Walch's Tasmanian almanac for

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N 919.46 WAL
Created/Published
Hobart, Tas. : J. Walch & Sons, 1870-[1971]
Issue
(1918)
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Contents

WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
TASMANIA 6
WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC FOR 1918: 7
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 8
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 8
INDEX. 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1918. 15
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS. 15
FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS, ETC. 16
NOTES OF THE CALENDAR. 16
EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN TIME. 16
DRILLING GLASS. 16
WEATHER TABLE. 17
PLAIN RULES FOR FORETELLING WEATHER. 17
A USEFUL TABLE FOR FARMERS. 17
EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR. 18
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS. 18
APPROXIMATE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEAN TIME AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES AND AT HOBART. 18
AN APPROXIMATE AND CONCISE EQUATION TABLE 19
APPROXIMATE TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURE AT SEVERAL PLACES SITUATED WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF A SIMILAR LATITUDE. 19
SICES OF THE ZODIAC. 19 , 20 , 21
EXPLANATION OF HOBART SIGNALS. 22
EXPLANATION OF LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 22
HOBART SIGNALS. 23
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 23
WEATHER SIGNALS. 24
DISPLAYED IN ALL THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITALS. 24
CALENDAR FOR 1919. 24
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE, 1918. 25
JANUARY 1918. 26 , 27
FEBRUARY 1918. 28 , 29
MARCH 1918. 30 , 31
APRIL 1918. 32 , 33
MAY 1918. 34 , 35
JUNE 1918. 36 , 37
JULY 1918. 38 , 39
AUGUST 1918. 40 , 41
SEPTEMBER 1918. 42 , 43
OCTOBER 1918. 44 , 45
NOVEMBER 1918. 46 , 47
DECEMBER 1918. 48 , 49
NOTES AND MEMORANDA FOR NEXT YEAR, 1919. 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
LIST OF BRITISH COLONIES, WITH NAMES OF GOVERNORS, ETC. 58 , 59
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR COLONIES, 1854-1917. 60
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. 60
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 61 , 62
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS. 62
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA. 63
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. 64
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71
PARLIAMENTARY QUALIFICATIONS. 71 , 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 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85
CORONERS. 85 , 86 , 87
MAGISTRACY. 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110
LAW. 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131
AGENTS-GENERAL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, LONDON. 132
COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN TASMANIA. 132 , 133
SUCCESSION OF AGENTS-GENERAL OF TASMANIA. 134
DISTRIBUTION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS. 134 , 135 , 136 , 137
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS. 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144
SURVEY FEES. 144 , 145 , 146
HYDRO-ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT. 146 , 147
BOARDS OF AGRICULTURE. 147
TASMANIAN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. 147
QUARANTINE. 148
DEPARTMENT OF MINES. 148 , 149 , 150 , 151
TASMANIAN PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION. 152
COMMONWEALTH LETTERS PATENT. 152
LETTERS PATENT. 152 , 153 , 154
COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES. 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163
TELEGRAPHIC INFORMATION. 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168
POST OFFICE. 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173
LETTER RECEIVERS, HOBART. 174 , 175
TABLE OF THE ARRIVAL AND DESPATCH OF INLAND MAILS. 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205 , 206 , 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 219
THE CLOSER SETTLEMENTS BOARD. 219
BONDING WAREHOUSE RENTS AND CHARGES. 220
GAUGES OF AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS. 221
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. 221
TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. 221 , 222 , 223 , 224
MOUNT LYELL‘RAILWAY (PRIVATE LINE.) 224
MAIN LINE-HOBART SUBURBAN SUNDAY TRAINS. 224
MAIN LINE-HOBART SUBURBAN TRAINS. 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 235 , 236
RAILWAY BETWEEN SYDNEY AND BRISBANE. 237
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 238
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 238
MARINE BOARDS. 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244
MARINE BOARD OF KING ISLAND. 245
MARINE BOARD OF LEVEN. 245
MARINE BOARD OF BURNIE AND TABLE CAPE. 245
MARINE BOARD OF CIRCULAR HEAD. 245
MARINE BOARD OF STRAHAN. 245
SHIPPING MASTERS. 245
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF HOBART. 246 , 247
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF LAUNCESTON. 248 , 249
FACTORIES. 249
WAGES BOARDS. 249 , 250
SHOPS. 250
REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS. 251 , 252
AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 252 , 253
TASMANIAN MUSEUM, ART GALLERY, AND BOTANICAL GARDENS. 253
NATIONAL PARK. 253
DESTRUCTION OF RABBITS. 253
DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS WEEDS. 254
FRUIT DISTRICTS. 254 , 255
FISHERIES. 255 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 260
STAMP DUTIES. 260 , 261 , 262
PUBLIC HEALTH. 262 , 263
MEDICAL. 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 268 , 269 , 270
DENTAL. 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274
INLAND RATES OF EXCHANGE. 275
LICENCES. 275 , 276
THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA. 276 , 277 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285
TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 285 , 286
DEATH DUTIES. 286 , 287
INCOME TAX. 287 , 288
TAX ON DIVIDENDS AND COMPANIES. 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292
INSURANCE COMPANIES, LAUNCESTON. 292 , 294
PROGRESS OF TASMANIA. 295 , 296
SHIPPING TRADE, 30TH JUNE, 1916. 297
PRODUCTION 298
GENERAL REVENUE. 1916-17, 299
*EXPENDITURE, 3916-17 299 , 300
TAXATION, 1916-17. 301 , 302
AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1916. 303 , 304
PRINCIPAL ISLANDS OF TASMANIA. 304
MASONIC. 305 , 306 , 307
UNITED ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS. 308 , 309 , 310 , 311
RACE MEETINGS, TASMANIA. 311
LIST OF TOWNS, POST OFFICES, & TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN TASMANIA. 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323
PARISHES 324 , 325
INDICATIONS OF WEATHER. 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332
MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS. 333 , 334
CAB FARES, HOBART. 335
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, CLUBS, ETC., HOBART. 336 , 337 , 338 , 339 , 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345
CITY OF LAUNCESTON. 346 , 347 , 348 , 349 , 350 , 351 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357
LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 357
MUNICIPALITIES. 358
BEACONSFIELD MUNICIPALITY, 359 , 360
BOTHWELL MUNICIPALITY, 360 , 361 , 362
BRIGHTON MUNICIPALITY 362 , 363
BRUNY MUNICIPALITY, 363
CAMPBELL TOWN MUNICIPALITY, 364 , 365
CIRCULAR HEAD MUNICIPALITY, 365 , 366 , 367
CLARENCE MUNICIPALITY, 367 , 368
DELORAINE MUNICIPALITY, 368 , 369 , 370 , 371 , 372
EMU BAY MUNICIPALITY. 373 , 374
ESPERANCE MUNICIPALITY, 375 , 376
EVANDALE MUNICIPALITY, 376 , 377
FINGAL MUNICIPALITY, 377 , 378
FLINDERS MUNICIPALITY, 378 , 379
GEORGE TOWN MUNICIPALITY, 379 , 380
GLAMORGAN MUNICIPALITY 380 , 381
GLENORCHY MUNICIPALITY, 382 , 383
GORMANSTON MUNICIPALITY, 383 , 384
GREEN PONDS MUNICIPALITY, 384 , 385
HAMILTON MUNICIPALITY, 385 , 386 , 387
HUON MUNICIPALITY, 387 , 388
KENTISH MUNICIPALITY, 388 , 389
KINGBOROUGH MUNICIPALITY, 390 , 391
KING ISLAND MUNICIPALITY, 391 , 392
LATROBE MUNICIPALITY, 392 , 393 , 394 , 395
LILYDALE MUNICIPALITY, 396
LONGFORD MUNICIPALITY, 397 , 398
NEW NORFOLK MUNICIPALITY, 398 , 399 , 400
NEW TOWN MUNICIPALITY, 400 , 401
OATLANDS MUNICIPALITY, 401 , 402
PENGUIN MUNICIPALITY, 402 , 403
PORT CYGNET MUNICIPALITY, 404 , 405
PORTLAND MUNICIPALITY, 405 , 406
QUEENSTOWN MUNICIPALITY, 406 , 407 , 408 , 409
RICHMOND MUNICIPALITY, 409 , 410
RINGAROOMA MUNICIPALITY, 411 , 412 , 413 , 414 , 415 , 416
SPRING BAY MUNICIPALITY, 416 , 417
ST. LEONARDS MUNICIPALITY, 417 , 418
STRAHAN .MUNICIPALITY, 418 , 419
TABLE CAPE MUNICIPALITY, 419 , 420
TASMAN MUNICIPALITY, 420 , 421
WARATAH MUNICIPALITY. 422 , 423
WESTBURY MUNICIPALITY, 423 , 424
ZEEHAN MUNICIPALITY, 425 , 426
MOONLIGHT NIGHTS. 426
RIFLE CLUBS RESERVES. 427
TO FIND THE TONNAGE OF SHIPS. 427
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD. 428
DISTANCE TABLE. 428
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND PAYMENTS. 428
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 429
FORM OF AGREEMENT FOR SHEEP SHEARERS 430
GRASS AND CLOVER. 430
USEFUL TABLE FOR GOLD BUYERS, ETC., 431
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 432 , 433
TABLE FOR ASCERTAINING HEIGHTS. 433
THE GREAT WAR. 434 , 435
Obituary. 436 , 437
SEMI-DIURNAL AND SEMI-NOCTURNAL ARCHES, 437
Advertising 438
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 439 , 440
Advertising 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 , 485 , 486 , 487 , 488 , 489 , 490 , 491 , 492

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