The Newcastle business directory and Hunter River District almanac for the year

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N 528.8 NEW
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Newcastle, N.S.W. : R.C. Knaggs & Co
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THE NEWCASTLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND HUNTER RIVER DISTRICT HUNTER RIVER DISTRICT ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1869. 1
Advertising 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
THE NEWCASTLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND HUNTER RIVER DISTRICT ALMANAC For the Year 1869 5
BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND HUNTER RIVER DISTRICT ALMANAC. INDEX TO CONTENTS. 6
ECLIPSES, 1869. 7
CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES FOR 1869. 7
ERAS OF THE WORLD. 7
EEADY RECKONER. 8
AVERAGE TIDE TABLE. 8
JANUARY. 9
CONSULS IN SYDNEY. 9
AT NEWCASTLE. 9
FEBRUARY. 10
COURTS OF PETTY SESSIONS. 10
MARCH. 11
STEAM FERRIES. 11
APRIL. 12
HOLIDAYS IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES. 12
WEATHER TABLE. 12
MAY. 13
LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES OF AUSTRALIA. 13
MOONLIGHT NIGHTS. 13
JUNE. 14
FORM OF NOTICE TO QUIT. 14
FORM OF AGREEMENT FOR LETTING HOUSER. 14
JULY. 15
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS. 15
AUGUST. 16
DISTRICT COURTS. 16
SEPTEMBER. 17
OCTOBER. 18
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A WILL. 18
WILL. 18
NOVEMBER. 19
ATTESTATION. 19
DECEMBER. 20
MOVEABLE FESTIVALS, 1869. 20
JEWISH CALENDAR. 20
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS, FOR THE YEAR 1869. FOR THE MERIDIAN OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT GREENWICH. THE REDUCTION OF TIME. 21 , 22
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JANUARY, XXXI. DAYS. 23
1869-NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS—FEBRUARY, XXVIII. DAYS 24
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—MARCH, XXXI. DAYS. 25
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS—APRIL, XXX. DAYS. 26
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—MAY, XXXI. DAYS. 27
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS—JUNE, XXX. DAYS. 28
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JULY, XXXI. DAYS. 29
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS—AUGUST, XXXI. DAYS. 30
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS—SEPTEMBER, XXX. DAYS. 31
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—OCTOBER, XXXI. DAYS. 32
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS—NOVEMBER, XXX. DAYS. 33
1869—NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—DECEMBER, XXXI. DAYS. 34
TABLE I. 35
TABLE II. 36
TABLE III. 37
EXPLANATION. 37
TABLE IV. 38
TABLE V. 38
EXPLANATION TO TABLES I. AND II. TABLE I. 39
TABLE II. 39
DECLINATION OF FIXED STARS 40
MOON’S MERIDIAN PASSAGE, SEMI-DIAMETER, &c. 40
STATISTICS OF THE PORT OF NEWCASTLE. 41 , 42 , 43 , 44
SIGNALS IN USE AT ALL THE BAR HARBOURS ON THE COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES, NORTH OF PORT JACKSON. 44
PORT OF NEWCASTLE. 45 , 46 , 47
USEFUL SHIPPING INFORMATION. 47 , 48
FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING COAL. 48 , 49
CUSTOMS DUTIES FOR 1867. 50
NEWCASTLE PORT CHARGES. 50
NEWCASTLE. 51 , 52 , 53
BOREHOLE OR PIT TOWN. 53
BURWOOD. 53
HEXHAM. 53 , 54
MINMI. 54
LAMBTON. 54
STOCKTON. 54
WARATAH. 54
WALLSEND. 54 , 55
MAITLAND. 55 , 56
MORPETH. 56 , 57
MUSCLEBROOK OR MUSWELLBROOK. 57
RAYMOND TERRACE. 57 , 58
SINGLETON. 58
SCONE. 58 , 59
ABERDEEN. 59
STROUD. 59 , 60
OUR COAL FIELDS. 60 , 61
THE HUNTER RIVER VINEYARDS. 61 , 62 , 63 , 64
THE EARTHQUAKE WAVE. 64 , 65 , 66
PART II BUSINESS CARDS AND ADVERTISEMENTS. INDEX TO BUSINESS CARDS AND ADVERTISEMENTS. 67
Advertising 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106
PART III. FISHERIES ACT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 1ST JUNE, 1865. 107
THE CARELESS USE OF FIRE ACT. 107
POSTAL REGULATIONS. BATES OF POSTAGE. 108 , 109 , 110 , 111
MONEY ORDERS. 111
Places of Issue and Payment. 112 , 113
THE ROYAL FAMILY. 113
ROYAL PRINCES AND PRINCESSES. 113
TABLE OF DESPATCH AND ARRIVAL OF INLAND MAILS, AND ROUTE FOR TRAVELLERS FROM SYDNEY. 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120
PANAMA MAIL. 120
P. & O. COMPANY’S MAIL TABLE. 121
STEAM COMPANIES. 121
OTHER JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. 121
FIRE COMPANIES. 121
MANCHESTER UNITY OF ODD-FELLOWS. 122
ORDER OF DRUIDS.—SYDNEY DISTRICT. 122
ANCIENT ORDER OF FREE MASONS. 123 , 124
GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS.—SYDNEY DISTRICT. 124
ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. 124
PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION. 125 , 126
GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION. 126 , 127 , 128 , 129
EXHIBITIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 129
CITY AND SUBURBAN MUNICIPALITIES. 130
BANKS IN SYDNEY. 131
FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICES. 131 , 132
BENEVOLENT AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. 132
REGISTRATION OF BRANDS ACT. 133 , 134 , 135
SCHEDULES. 135 , 136
LIST OF POUNDS IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 136 , 137
SHEEP INSPECTORS IN NEW SOUTH WARES. 137
NEW SOUTH WALES STAMP DUTIES. 138
OMNIBUSES. 139
DIGGERS’ READY RECKONER. 140
MINING COMPANIES. 140
DIGGERS’ READY RECKONER. 141
DIGGERS' READY RECKONER. 142
HACKNEY CABS. 142
DIGGERS’ READY RECKONER. 143
CLUBS. 143
DIGGERS’ READY RECKONER. 144
BUILDING SOCIETIES. 144
TARIFF OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 145
TARIFF OF QUEENSLAND. 145
VICTORIAN TARIFF OF 1867. 145 , 146

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THE NEWCASTLE  

BUSINESS DIRECTORY  

AND HUNTER RIVER DISTRICT  

HUNTER RIVER DISTRICT  

ALMANAC  

FOR THE YEAR 1869.  

With Nautical Ephemeris, Declination of Fixed Stars, and  

Chart of the Harbour of Newcastle.  

IN' THREE PARTS—PRICE ONE SHILLING.  

R. C. KNAGG-S AND CO., â€¢  

NAUTICAL AND GENERAL STATIONERS,  

CHART AND BOOKSELLERS,  

IMPORTERS OF ENGLISH PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS,  

OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE,  

HUNTER STREET, .NEWCASTLE.  

THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.  

NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH. ,:A  

34 HTTHSTTZEIR, STBEET, S’Y’ZDHSriE'Y".  

LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT.  

Life Assurance at English rates. Policies protected by the Legislature against seizure under,the  

Insolvency Laws, and can be held by married women and minors in their own right.  

Profits divided amongst assurers on the participation scale, and every advantage that can be offered  

by modern institutions, with the guarantee of well-established Company.  

Fire Insurance at reduced rates.  

THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.  

FIDELITY GUARANTEE DEPARTMENT.  

All the Colonial Governments accept this Society's guarantee policies’ in lieu of the bonds of  

private sureties.  

The premium on first-class guarantee for Government and Bank officials is reduced to 15s. percent.  

future all owance of Is. per cent, per annum will be made until the premium is reduced to 10s. per cent.  

Ordinary guarantees at rates varying from 20s. per cent, upwards, with periodical reductions.  

Life Assurance and Fidelity Guarantee may be combined'upon terms whereby the whole of the  

guarantee premium is allowed in reduction of the life premium.  

Tables of rates and every information can be obtained from any of the agents, or from  

FREDERICK J. JACKSON, Resident Secretary, 34 Hunter-st.  

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