Pugh's Queensland almanac, directory and law calendar. 1862-1866

Call Number
N 919.43 PUG
Created/Published
Brisbane, Queensland : Theophilus P. Pugh, 1862-1927
Issue
1900
Images
1202
Notes
Page 679 misprinted as 67, page 801 misprinted as 80. Some obscured text on maps due to book binding.
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Contents

PUGH’S ALMANAC AND QUEENSLAND DIRECTORY FOR 1900. 5
SYNOPSIS. 7 , 9
Advertising 8 , 10
GENERAL INDEX. 11 , 13 , 15 , 17 , 19
Advertising 12 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 18
INDEX TO PORTS, HARBORS, ISLANDS, LIGHTS AND SAILING DIRECTIONS. 19 , 20 , 21 , 23 , 25
Advertising 22 , 24 , 25
INDEX TO COUNTRY DIRECTORY. 26
Advertising 27 , 28
PUGH’S ALMANAC AND DIRECTORY, 1900. Common Notes for the Year 1900. 29
Eclipses, 1900. 29
Fixed and Movable Festivals and Anniversaries, 1900. 29
Jewish Calendar (A.D. 1900, A.M. 5660-61.) 29
JANUARY, FIRST MONTH. 30 , 31
FIXED STARS. 31 , 33 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 41 , 43
FEBRUARY, SECOND MONTH. 32 , 33
MARCH, THIRD MONTH. 34 , 35
APRIL, FOURTH MONTH. 36 , 37
MAY, FIFTH MONTH. 38 , 39
JUNE, SIXTH MONTH. 40 , 41
JULY, SEVENTH MONTH. 42 , 43
AUGUST, EIGHTH MONTH. 44 , 45
EXPLANATION OF NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS AS ON PAGES 3 TO 29. 45
COMPUTATION OF TIME BY STARS. 45 , 47
SEPTEMBER, NINTH MONTH. 46 , 47
OCTOBER, TENTH MONTH. 48 , 49
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. 49
THE PLANETS. 49
NOVEMBER, ELEVENTH MONTH. 50 , 51
DECEMBER, TWELFTH MONTH. 52 , 53
TWELVE O’CLOCK NOON, GREENWICH MEAN TIME, AS COMPARED WITH THE FOLLOWING PLACES. 53
JANUARY, FIRST MONTH. 54 , 55
STANDARD OF TIME. 55
FEBRUARY, SECOND MONTH. 56 , 57
ANNIVERSARIES, 1901. 56
FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS, 1901. 57
Tide Tables, 1900. 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67
Time of Sun's Rising and Setting throughout the Colony. 68
Meteorological Observations. 69
TABLE OF RAINFALL IN QUEENSLAND DURING 1898. 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77
MONTHLY SYNOPSIS—ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.* WICKHAM TERRACE, BRISBANE. 76
MONTHLY SYNOPSIS—SHADE TEMPERATURE, WICKHAM TERRACE, BRISBANE. 77
TABLE OF RAINFALL IN QUEENSLAND, FROM 1885 TO 1898. 78 , 79
THE CLIMATE OF BRISBANE.—MonthIy Synopsis. 80
REMARKS. 80 , 81
THE COLONY OF QUEENSLAND. 81 , 82 , 83 , 84
Queensland Events from 1878 to 1899. 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91
Diary of Events. 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101
Obituary. 101 , 102 , 103 , 104
FEDERATION. 105 , 106 , 107 , 108
REVIEW OF THE YEAR. 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 121 , 122 , 123 , 124
Dates of Parliaments 124 , 125
Public Acts. 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130
Private Acts. 130 , 131
Select Committees. 131 , 132 , 133
Governors. 134
Ministries. 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138
Royal Family of Great Britain. 138 , 139
Colonial Office. 139
Parliament. 140
RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR 1899 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF 1896. 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 , 146
Chief Secretary's Department. 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153
Home Secretary's Department. 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168
The Treasurer's Department. 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173
Department of Public Lands. 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177
Department of Agriculture. 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181
Department of Public Works. 181
Department of Justin. 182 , 183 , 184 , 185
Department of Mines. 185 , 186
Department of Railways. 186
Department of public Instruction. 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191
Postmaster-General's Department. 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202
Anditor-General's Department. 203
Consuls, Vice-Consuls and Consular Agents 203
Pensions and Retiring Allowances. 204 , 205
COMMISSION OF THE PEACE. 205 , 206 , 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227
Law Calendar. 228 , 229 , 230
Legal Profession. 230 , 231 , 232
COMMISSIONERS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND FOR TAKING AFFIDAVITS. 232 , 233 , 234 , 235
* COMMISSIONERS OE COLONIAL SUPREME COURTS RESIDENT IN QUEENSLAND. 235
Medical Practitioners. 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240
Chemists. 240 , 241
Banking Directory. 241 , 242 , 243 , 244
Bank Holidays, 1900. 244
Newspapers in Queensland. 244 , 245
QUEENSLAND CUSTOMS TARIFF. 246 , 247 , 248
ARTICLES EXEMPTED FROM DUTY. 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252
STAMP DUTIES. 252 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 256
QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS. PASSENGER FARES. 257 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261
PASSENGERS. 261 , 262 , 263
PARCELS, GOODS, AND LIVE STOCK RATES. 263 , 264
INTERCOLONIAL PASSENGER TICKETS AND FARES 265
Directions for making a Will. 266 , 267
POSTAL INFORMATION. 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271
PACKETS, PATTERNS, AND SAMPLES. 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276
NEWSPAPERS. 276 , 277 , 278 , 279 , 280
POST CARDS. 280 , 281 , 282 , 283
PARCEL POST. 283 , 284 , 285
LIST OF PARCEL POST OFFICES. 286 , 287 , 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292
MONEY ORDERS. 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298
POSTAL NOTES. 298 , 299
TIME TABLE OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF ENGLISH MAILS FOR 1900 300
TABLE OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF ENGLISH MAILS FOR 1900. 301
TORRES STRAIT ROUTE. 301
MAILS via SYDNEY and SAN FRANCISCO. 301
Table of Distances. 302
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321
TELEPHONES. 321 , 322 , 323 , 324
REGULATIONS WITH REGARD TO PRIVATE TELEPHONE LINES IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS. 325 , 326
Places and Post Towns. 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338 , 339 , 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345 , 346 , 347
Country Postal Directory for Queensland. 347 , 348 , 349 , 350 , 351 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361 , 362 , 363 , 364 , 365 , 366 , 367 , 368 , 369 , 370 , 371 , 372 , 373 , 374 , 375
COUNTRY GUIDE. 375 , 376 , 377 , 378 , 379 , 380 , 381 , 382 , 383 , 384 , 385 , 386 , 387 , 388 , 389 , 390 , 391 , 392
Stations in the Settled Districts. 392 , 393
Stations in the Unsettled Districts. 394 , 395 , 396 , 399 , 400 , 401 , 402 , 403 , 404 , 405 , 406 , 407
Advertising 397 , 398
COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS. New South Wales. 407 , 408
Victoria. 408 , 409
Tasmania. 409
South Australia. 409
New Zealand. 410
British New Guinea. 410
West Australia. 410
QUEENSLAND STATISTICS FOR 1898. 411
Imports and Exports 412 , 413 , 414 , 415 , 416
Revenue and Finance. 416
Shipping. 417 , 418
Mining. 419
Pastoral. 420
Crime. 420
public Debt. 420
Liens, Mortgages, and Bills of Sale. 420
Post Office and Talegraph Returns. 421
Insolvencies. 421
Relief Board. 421
Population of Queensland. 421
Education. 421
Ministers of Religion. 422 , 423
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 423
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF QUEENSLAND. 424
QUEENSLAND CONGREGATIONAL UNION. 424
AUSTRALASIAN WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH. 424
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF QUEENSLAND. 425
UNITED GERMAN AND SCANDINAVIAN LUTHERAN SYNOD OF QUEENSLAND. 425
LUTHERAN SYNOD OF QUEENSLAND. 425
CHURCH OF CHRIST. 425
CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC. 425
THE HEBREW CHURCH. 425
SALVATION ARMY. 425 , 426
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, QUEENSLAND. 426
Masonic Lodges. 426 , 427 , 428
SCOTTISH CONSTITUTION. 428 , 429
The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter. 429 , 430
IRISH CONSTITUTION. 430 , 431
Subordinate Lodges (1899-1900). 431 , 432
QUEENSLAND MASONIC UNION. 432
Friendly Societies. 432 , 433
North Queensland District. 433
Rockhampton United District. 433 , 434
MANCHESTER UNITY, I.O.O.F. 434 , 435
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS. 435 , 436
GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS. 436
UNITED ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS. 436 , 437
PROTESTANT ALLIANCE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA IN QUEENSLAND. 437 , 438
HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY. 438
LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION OF QUEENSLAND. 438 , 439
QUEENSLAND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES’ ASSOCIATION. 439
Temperance Societies. 439 , 440
Queensland "Men of the Time." 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
NEW INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS 470 , 471
NATIONAL FLAGS. 470
No title 471
NUMERAL FLAGS. 471
DESCRIPTIVE FLAGS. 471
EXAMPLES OF SIGNALS. 471
NIGHT SIGNALS. 471
STEAMER WITH TORRES STRAIT MAIL. 471
DISTINGUISHING PENNANTS. 471
SECTION II. SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORTS AND HARBORS OF QUEENSLAND, 1900. 473
Advertising 474
PORTS AND HARBORS. 475 , 476
LIST OF PORTS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE NUMBERS. 476 , 477 , 478 , 479 , 480 , 481
AVERAGE TIDE TABLES. 481
Sailing Directions. 481 , 482
MORETON BAY. 483 , 484 , 485 , 486 , 487 , 488 , 489 , 490 , 491
RIVER BRISBANE. 491 , 492 , 493 , 494
WIDE BAY. 495 , 496 , 497
THE MARY RIVER. 497 , 498 , 499
HERVEY’S BAY, AND NORTH ENTRANCE TO GREAT SANDY ISLAND STRAIT. 499 , 500 , 501
BURRUM RIVER. 501 , 502
BURNETT RIVER. 502 , 503
KOLAN RIVER. 503 , 504
INNER ROUTE FROM SANDY CAPE TO CAPE GLOUCESTER. 504 , 505 , 506 , 507 , 508 , 509 , 510 , 511
BAFFLE CREEK. 511
Bays and Creeks between Baffle Creek and Port Curtis. 511 , 512
PORT CURTIS—GLADSTONE. 512 , 513 , 514 , 515
CALLIOPE RIVER. 515
THE NARROWS. FROM PORT CURTIS TOWARDS KEPPEL BAY. 516
ROCKHAMPTON. KEPPEL BAY AND FITZROY RIVER. 516 , 517 , 518 , 519 , 520 , 521 , 522
PORT CLINTON. 523
BROAD SOUND. 523 , 524 , 525 , 526
ROCKY DAM, OR BURBANK CREEK. 526 , 527
SARINA INLET. 527 , 528
PLANE CREEK 528
CABBAGE TREE CREEK. 528
LOUISA CREEK. 528 , 529
SANDY CREEK. 529
BELL’S CREEK. 529
SCRUBBY OR BAKER’S CREEK 529
PIONEER RIVER AND FLAT-TOP ISLAND ANCHORAGE 530 , 531 ,