Walch's Tasmanian almanac for

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N 919.46 WAL
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Hobart, Tas. : J. Walch & Sons, 1870-[1971]
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(1911)
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WALCH'S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 1911. 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
TASMANIA 6
WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC FOR 1911 7
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 8
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 8
EDITOR’S NOTICE. 8
INDEX. 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1911. 15
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS. 15
SNAKE – BITES. 15
FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS, ETC. 16
NOTES UF THE CALENDAR. 16
EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN TIME. 16
TO PRESERVE EGGS. 16
USEFUL TABLE FOR GOLD BUYERS, ETC., 17
AN APPROXIMATE AND CONCISE EQUATION TABLE 18
APPROXIMATE TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURE AT SEVERAL PLACES SITUATED WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF A SIMILAR LATITUDE. 18
SICE'S OF THE ZODIAC. 18
EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR. 19
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS. 19
APPROXIMATE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEAN TIME AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES AND AT HOBART. 19
RAINFALL IN TASMANIA from Oct. 1, 1969, to Sept. 30,1910, showing total fall each Month, and Number of Days on which Rain fell. 20 , 21
EXPLANATION OF HOBART SIGNALS 22
EXPLANATION OF LAUNCESTON SIGNALS 22
TO FIND THE TONNAGE OF SHIPS. 22
HOBART SIGNALS 23
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS 23
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE, 1911. 24
CALENDAR FOR 1911. 25
CALENDAR FOR 1912. (Leap Year.) 25
JANUARY 1911. 26 , 27
FEBRUARY 1911. 28 , 29
MARCH 1911. 30 , 31
APRIL 1911. 32 , 33
MAY 1911. 34 , 35
JUNE 1911. 36 , 37
JULY 1911. 38 , 39
AUGUST 1911. 40 , 41
SEPTEMBER 1911. 42 , 43
OCTOBER 1911. 44 , 45
NOVEMBER 1911. 46 , 47
DECEMBER 1911. 48 , 49
NOTES AND MEMORANDA FOR NEXT YEAR, 1912. 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND SINCE CONQUEST. 55
SOVEREIGNS AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS. 55
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. REIGNING SOVEREIGN AND FAMILY 56
ANNUITIES TO THE ROYAL FAMILY. 56
CENSUS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 56
BRITISH GOVERNMENT. 57
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. 57
A GENTS-GENERAL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, LONDON. 57
LIST OF BRITISH COLONIES, WITH NAMES OF GOVERNORS, ETC. 58 , 59
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR COLONIES, 1854-1908. 60
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. 60
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 61 , 62
PRINCIPAL ISLANDS OF TASMANIA. 62
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA. 63
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. 64
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 65
THE MINISTRY. (October 27, 1909.) 66
POLITICAL AND OFFICIAL RECORD. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 71
PARLIAMENTARY QUALIFICATIONS 72
ELECTION PETITIONS. 72
PARLIAMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 72 , 73 , 74
SUCCESSIVE PRESIDENTS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SINCE 1856. 74
SUCCESSIVE SPEAKERS OF HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SINCE 1856. 74
MINISTRIES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 75 , 76 , 77
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 77
ECCLESIASTICAL. 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84
CORONERS. 85 , 86
MAGISTRACY. A LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE ISLAND OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108
REGISTRATION OF FIRMS. 108
LAW. HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA. 109
THE SUPREME COURT OF TASMANIA. 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113
RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS, NOT EXCEEDING £300. 114 , 115
Court Fees. 115
Local Courts Act. Sittings of the Courts. 116
COURTS OF GENERAL & QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129
COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN TASMANIA 130 , 131
DISTRIBUTION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS. 132
STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142
DEPARTMENT OF MINES. 143
REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINING ACT.” 143 , 144 , 145 , 146
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. 146
RAILWAYS. 146
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND STOCK 146 , 147
BOARDS OF AGRICULTURE. 147 , 148
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 149
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS. 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153
POST OFFICE. 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161
LETTER RECEIVERS, LAUNCESTON. 161
LETTER RECEIVERS, HOBART. 162
POSTAL NOTES. 163
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 163
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS. 163
TABLE OF THE ARRIVAL AND DESPATCH OF INLAND MAILS. 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205
BONDING WAREHOUSE RENTS AND CHARGES. 206 , 207
WEATHER TABLE. 207
COMMONWEALTH LETTERS PATENT 207 , 208 , 209 , 210
H.M. SHIPS ON THE AUSTRALIA STATION. 211
COMMONWEALTH SHIPS OF WAR. 211
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 211
COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 217 , 218
INDICATIONS OF WEATHER. 218
TASMANIAN MAIN LINE RAILWAY. 218
TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. 218 , 219
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. MAIN LINE – HOBART TO LAUNCESTON. 220 , 221 , 222 , 223
MAIN LINE-HOBART SUBURBAN TRAINS. 224
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. 225
PARATTAH AND OATLANDS LINE. 225
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. 226
FINGAL LINE. 226
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. 227
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. 228
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. 229
GAUGES OF AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS. 229 , 230
DEATH DUTIES. 231
STAMP DUTIES. 231 , 232 , 233
MARINE BOARDS 233 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF HOBART. 244 , 245 , 246
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF LAUNCESTON. 246 , 247
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 248
AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT of science. 248 , 249
TASMANIAN MUSEUM, ART GALLERY, AND BOTANICAL GARDENS. 249
QUEEN’S DOMAIN COMMITTEE. 249
DESTRUCTION OF CALIFORNIAN THISTLES. 250
DESTRUCTION OF RABBITS. 250
FRUIT DISTRICTS. 250 , 251
FISHERIES. 251 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 255
GAME LAWS, SHOOTING AND FISHING SEASONS, ETC. 255 , 256
PUBLIC HEALTH. 256
MEDICAL. 257 , 258 , 259 , 260
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 261 , 262 , 263
REFORMATORIES. 263
DENTAL 263 , 264
REGISTERED DENTISTS. (RESIDENT IN TASMANIA.) 264
THE MIDWIFERY NURSES ACT, 1901. 265
PHARMACY BOARD OF TASMANIA. 265
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOBART. 265
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LAUNCESTON. 265 , 266
GOVERNMENT CHEMICAL AND ASSAY LABORATORIES, Bathurst-street, Hobart. 266
THE CLOSER SETTLEMENT BOARD. 267
THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA. 267 , 268 , 269 , 270
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. 270
TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 271
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276
BANK HOLIDAYS. 276
TASMANIAN BANKS, SEPTEMBER 26, 1910. 276
BANKS. 277 , 278
INLAND RATES OF EXCHANGE. 278
DAYS OF GRACE. 279
REGULATIONS FOR STATE SAVINGS BANKS. 279
INSURANCE COMPANIES. HOBART. 279 , 280
INSURANCE COMPANIES, LAUNCESTON. 280 , 281
FIRE STATIONS AND ALARMS, HOBART. 281 , 282
FIRE BRIGADE BOARDS. 282
FIRE BELL SIGNALS, LAUNCESTON. 283
SUCCESSION OF AGENTS-GENERAL OF TASMANIA. 283
MASONIC. 283 , 284 , 285
LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION. 285
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS, M.U. 286
FIRE BRIGADE BENEFIT SOCIETY, LAUNCESTON. 286
HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY. 286
UNITED ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS. 287
PROTESTANT ALLIANCE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA. 287
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES, S.U. 288
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS 288
AUSTRALIAN NATIVES’ ASSOCIATION. 289
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. 289
TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAY SERVANTS’ FRIENDLY SOCIETY. LAUNCESTON. 289
RACE MEETINGS, TASMANIA. 290
PROGRESS OF TASMANIA 1816 TO 1903 292
PROGRESS OF TASMANIA. 293
STATISTICS.* 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297
LAND UNDER CULTIVATION, 1893 TO 1909. 297
POPULATION OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS AS PER CENSUS, 1901. 298
OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE, MARCH 31, 1901. 299
SHIPPING TRADE, 1909. 300 , 301 , 302
GENERAL REVENUE, 1909-10. 303
EXPENDITURE, 4909-10 303
CAPITAL VALUE OF RATABLE PROPERTY, 1909. 304
GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS IN THE AUSTRALIAN STATES 304
PUBLIC DEBT, TASMANIA. 304
TAXATION, 1908-9. 305
PLAIN RULES FOR FORETELLING WEATHER. 305
AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1909. 306
POPULATION. 306
FIN ANCIAL—RAILWAYS-TELEGRAPES. 306
LAND-LIVE STOCK. 306
LIST OF TOWNS, POST OFFICES, & TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN TASMANIA. 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319
PARISHES 319 , 320
CHIEF MOUNTAINS & HEIGHTS IN TASMANIA. 321 , 322
HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS IN THE SEVERAL CONTINENTS. 323
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD. 323
DISTANCE TABLE. 323
STANDARD TIME IN TASMANIA. 323
THE CITY OF HOBART. 324 , 325 , 326 , 327
WATER SUPPLY, HOBART. 327 , 328
ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS. 328
COACHES AND OMNIBUSES FROM HOBART. 328
STEAMERS FROM HOBART. 329 , 330
WATERMEN'S FARES, MOBART. 331
METROPOLITAN DRAINAGE BOARD. 331
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR HOBART. 331 , 332
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, CLUBS, ETC., HOBART. 332 , 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338 , 339 , 340 , 341 , 342
CITY OF LAUNCESTON. 342 , 343
MUNICIPALITY. 343 , 344 , 345
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS, NOT MUNICIPAL LAUNCESTON. 345 , 346
CARTERS' CHARCES, LAUNCESTON. 346
CAB FARES, LAUNCESTON. 346
COACHES FROM LAUNCESTON. 346 , 347
STEAMERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 347
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR LAUNCESTON. 347 , 348 , 349 , 350 , 351 , 352 , 353
MUNICIPALITIES. 354 , 355
BEACONSFIELD MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 355 , 356 , 357
BOTHWELL MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, AND WESTORLAND. 357 , 358
BRIGHTON MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 358 , 359
BRUNI MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 360
CAMPBELL TOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF SOMERSET AND GLAMORGAN. 360 , 361
CIRCULAR HEAD MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WELLINGTON AND RUSSELL. 362 , 363 , 364
CLARENCE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 364 , 365
DELORAINE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON, WESTMORLAND, AND LINCOLN. 365 , 366 , 367
DEVONPORT MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 367 , 368 , 369
EMU BAY MUNICIPALITY. 370 , 371
ESPERANCE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF ARTHUR, KENT, AND BUCKINGHAM. 372 , 373
EVANDALE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL, DORSET, AND SOMERSET. 373 , 374
FINGAL MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND GLAMORGAN. 374 , 375 , 376
FLINDERS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF FLINDERS. 376
GEORGE TOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 376 , 377 , 378
GLAMORGAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. 378 , 379
GLENORCHY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 379 , 380
GORMANSTON MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTIES OF MONTAGU, FRANKLIN, AND LINCOLN 380 , 381
GREEN PONDS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MNMOUTH. 381 , 382
HAMILTON MUNICIPALITY. IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, LINCOLN, ARTHUR, FRANKLIN, AND BUCKINGHAM. 382 , 383 , 384
HUON MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT AND BUCKINGHAM. 384 , 385
KENTISH MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND LINCOLN. 385 , 386 , 387
KINGBOROUGH MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 387 , 388
KING ISLAND MUNICIPALITY, IN THE CONTY OF WELLINGTON. 388 , 389
LATROBE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 389 , 390
LEVEN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 391 , 392
LILYDALE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 393
LONGFORD MUNICIPALITY. IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORLAND, SOMERSET, AND CORNWALL. 394 , 395
NEW NORFOLK MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF BUCKINGHAM AND MONMOUTH. 396 , 397
NEW TOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 397 , 398
OATLANDS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, SOMERSET AND PEMBROKE. 398 , 399 , 400
PENGUIN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 400 , 401
PORT CYGNET MUNICIPALITY. IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 401 , 402
PORTLAND MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND DORSET. 403 , 404
QUEENBOROUGH MUNICIPALITY. IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 404
QUEENSTOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MONTAGU. 405 , 406 , 407 , 408
RICHM0ND MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND PEMBROKE. 408 , 409
RINGAKOOMA MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 409 , 410 , 411
ROSS MUNICIPALITY. IN THE COUNTIES OF SOMERSET AND GLAMORGAN. 411 , 412
SCOTTSDALE MUNICIPALITY. IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 412 , 413
SORELL MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 413 , 414
SPRING BAY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 415
ST. LEONARDS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND DORSET. 415 , 416
STRAHAN MUNICIPALITY. IN THE COUNTIES OF MONTAGU, FRANKLIN, MONTGOMERY, AND ARTHUR. 416 , 417
TABLE CAPE MUNICIPALITY. IN THE COUNTY OF WELLINGTON. 417 , 418 , 419
TASMAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 419 , 420
WARATAH MUNICIPALITY. 420 , 421
WESTBURY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTITES OF WESTMORLAND AND DEVON. 422 , 423
ZEEHAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF RUSSELL, MONTAGU, AND LINCLN. 423 , 424 , 425
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND PAYMENTS. 425
INCOME TAX. 426 , 427
TAX ON DIVIDENDS AND COMPANIES 427
LAND TAX. 427
LLOYD’S AGENTS. 427
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 428 , 429
Obituary. 429 , 430
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 431 , 432
Advertising 432 , 433 , 434 , 435 , 436 , 437 , 438 , 439 , 440 , 441 , 442 , 443 , 444 , 445 , 446 , 447 , 448 , 449 , 450 , 451 , 452 , 453 , 454 , 455 , 456 , 457 , 458 , 459 , 460 , 461 , 462 , 463 , 464 , 465 , 466 , 467 , 468 , 469 , 470 , 471 , 472 , 473 , 474 , 475 , 476 , 477 , 478 , 479 , 480 , 481 , 482 , 483 , 484

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