The Australian handbook (incorporating New Zealand, Fiji, and New Guinea) and shippers' and importers' directory

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N 919.4 AUS
Created/Published
London : Gordon and Gotch, [1880-1905]
Issue
(1881)
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THE AUSTRALIAN HANDBOOK (INCORPORATING NEW ZEALAND, FIJI, AND NEW GUINEA) AND RAPPERS’ AND IMPORTERS’ DIRECTOR'S FOR 1881 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26
PREFACE. 27
Advertising 28
GENERAL INDEX. 29
Advertising 30
INDEX TO TOWNS. 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35
Advertising 36
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 37
AUSTRALIAN. 37 , 38 , 39
ENGLISH. 39 , 40
GERMAN. 40
THE MAIL SERVICE FOR 1881. 41
Advertising 43 , 44
THE AUSTRALIAN HANDBOOK AND ALMANAC, AND SHIPPERS’ AND IMPORTERS’ DIRECTORY, FOR 1881. CALENDAR, ANNIVERSARIES, AND FESTIVALS, 1881. 45
JEWISH CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1881. 45
MOHAMMEDAN CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1881. 45 , 46
LAW AND UNIVERSITY TERMS. 46
ECLIPSES OF THE SUN AND MOON. 46
BEGINNINGS OF THE SEASONS. 46
HOLIDAYS IN PUBLIC OFFICES IN ENGLAND. 47
MOON’S PHASES FOR 1881. 47
DURATION OF MOONLIGHT. 47
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF CITIES, OBSERVATORIES AND OTHER PLACES IN AUSTRALASIA. 47
1881 48
JANUARY. 49
FEBRUARY. 50
MARCH. 51
APRIL. 52
MAY. 53
JUNE. 54
JULY. 55
AUGUST. 56
SEPTEMBER. 57
OCTOBER. 58
NOVEMBER. 59
DECEMBER. 60
THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY. 61
HER MAJESTY’S HOUSEHOLD. 61
PRINCE OF WALES’S HOUSEHOLD. 62
HER MAJESTY'S CHIEF OFFICERS OF STATE. 62
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. 62 , 63 , 64
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68
GOVERNMENT OFFICES. 68 , 69
PUBLIC OFFICES, WITH HOURS OF BUSINESS. 69 , 70
COURTS OF LAW. 70 , 71
COURTS OF SESSIONS. 71
METROPOLITAN POLICE COURTS. 71
COUNTY COURTS. 71
BRITISH AND FOREIGN AMBASSADORS. 72
CONSULS OF FOREIGN STATES IN LONDON. 72
AGENTS-GENERAL AND CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES. 73
BANK OF ENGLAND. 73 , 74
LONDON BANKS AND BANKERS. 74 , 75
LLOYD’S REGISTER OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING. 76
COMMITTEE OF LLOYD’S, ROYAL EXCHANGE. 76
ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 76 , 79
WALTHAM BROS. POCKET MAP OF LONDON. 77
Advertising 78
CENTRAL AND ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF AGRICULTURE. 79 , 80
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. 80
LEADING CLUB HOUSES IN LONDON. 81
PRINCIPAL HOTELS IN LONDON. 81
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS 81 , 82
CAB FARES IN LONDON. 82
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN LONDON CONCERNING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. 83
DOCK COMPANIES. 83
BRITISH CUSTOMS’ TARIFF. 83 , 84
RATES OF BROKERAGE. 85
TAXES, LICENSES, AND STAMP DUTIES. 85 , 86 , 87
FOREIGN MONEYS, AND THEIR ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS. 87
POSTAL REGULATIONS FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 88 , 89
STATISTICS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 89 , 90
EMIGRATION. 91 , 92 , 93 , 94
NEW SOUTH WALES. 94 , 95 , 96 , 97
VICTORIA. 97 , 98
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 99 , 100 , 101
QUEENSLAND. 101 , 102
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 102 , 103
TASMANIA. 103 , 104 , 105
NEW ZEALAND. 105 , 106
LAND REGULATIONS. 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114
NEW ZEALAND. 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118
SUMMARY of Land Sold for Cash or Money Scrip in the several Provincial Districts of New Zealand, from the 1st of January to 31st of December, 1879. 119
MINING REGULATIONS. 120 , 121 , 122 , 124
THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES. 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139
Comparative Statistics of the Australian Colonies for the Year 1878. NUMERICAL AND SOCIAL STATISTICS. 140 , 141
STATISTICS OF AUSTRALASIA. 142 , 143
COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 144 , 145 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165
NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, &c. 165 , 166
The following Alterations have occurred during the passage of the Australian Handbook through the press 167
PUBLIC OFFICES. 169 , 170
LAW, RELIGION, POLICE. 170 , 171
BANKS AND BANKING COMPANIES. 171
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 171
INSURANCE COMPANIES. 171 , 172
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANIES. 172 , 173
BRITISH SHIPS OF WAR ON THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. 173
CLUBS IN SYDNEY. 173
CONSULS IN SYDNEY. 173
NEWSPAPERS IN SYDNEY. 173
CUSTOMS TARIFF OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 174
RATES OF COMMISSION 174 , 175
STAMP DUTIES. 175 , 176
PLACES WORTH SEEING IN AND NEAR SYDNEY. 176 , 177
TOWNS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.* 177 , 178 , 179 , 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 , 206 , 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 234
THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246 , 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259
GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA. 259
PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA. 260
OFFICIAL DEPARTMENTS IN VICTORIA. 261 , 262
NAVAL AND MILITARY FORCES. 262
BANKS AND BANKING COMPANIES IN MELBOURNE. 263
INSURANCE COMPANIES. 263 , 264
CLUBS IN MELBOURNE. 264
CONSULS IN MELBOURNE. 264
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 264
MELBOURNE EXCHANGE. 264
MERCHANT SHIPPING AND UNDERWRITERS’ ASSOCIATION. 264
NEWSPAPERS IN MELBOURNE. 265
PASSENGER SHIPS AND STEAMERS TO ENGLAND. 265
CUSTOMS TARIFF OF VICTORIA. 265 , 266 , 267 , 268
EXCISE DUTIES. 268
GOODS SUBJECT TO DRAWBACKS. 269 , 270 , 271 , 272
THEATRES AND OTHER PLACES OF AMUSEMENT AND INTEREST IN MELBOURNE. 272
COMMERCIAL CHARGES. 272 , 273
PROBATE DUTIES. 273
PILOTAGE RATES. 273 , 274
TOWAGE RATES. 274 , 275
STAMP DUTIES. 275 , 276
TOWNS IN VICTORIA. 276 , 277 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287 , 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338 , 339 , 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345
Advertising 311 , 312 , 313 , 314
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 346 , 349 , 347 , 350 , 351 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 363 , 364 , 365 , 366 , 367 , 368 , 369
Advertising 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361 , 362
GOVERNMENT. 369
OFFICIAL DEPARTMENTS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 369 , 370
BANKS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 371
INSURANCE COMPANIES. 371 , 372
CLUBS. 372
CONSULS. 372
ADELAIDE PRESS. 372
COUNTRY PRESS. 372
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 372
CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURES 372
CUSTOMS’ TARIFF OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 372 , 373 , 374
COMMERCIAL CHARGES. 374
MERCANTILE CHARGES AND RATES OF COMMISSION. 374
Advertising 375 , 376
MAP OK THE CITY OF ADELAIDE. 378
LICENCES. 379
SHIPPING CHARGES. 379
TOWNS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 379 , 380 , 381 , 382 , 385 , 386 , 387 , 388 , 389 , 390 , 391 , 392 , 393 , 394 , 395 , 396 , 397 , 398 , 399 , 400
Advertising 383 , 384
THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 401 , 402 , 403 , 404 , 405 , 406
OFFICIAL. 406
TOWNS IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 406 , 407
ADELAIDE, PORT DARWIN, AND LONDON TELEGRAPH. 407
THE COLONY OF WEST AUSTRALIA. 408 , 409 , 411 , 412 , 413 , 414 , 415 , 416 , 417 , 418
GOVERNMENT OF WEST AUSTRALIA. 418
OFFICIAL DEPARTMENTS. 418 , 419
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 419
HARBOR MASTER AND PILOT DEPARTMENTS. 419
COMMERCIAL. 420
PRESS. 420
LLOYD'S AGENT. 420
NEW CUSTOMS TARIFF OF WEST AUSTRALIA. 420 , 421
TOWNS IN WEST AUSTRALIA. 421 , 422 , 423 , 424 , 425
THE COLONY OF QUEENSLAND. 426 , 429 , 430 , 431 , 432 , 433 , 434 , 435 , 436 , 437 , 427 , 438 , 439 , 440 , 441
GOVERNMENT AND EXECUTIVE. 442
PRINCIPAL OFFICIAL DEPARTMENTS. 443
INSURANCE COMPANIES. 444
BANKS. 444
CONSULS AND CONSULAR AGENTS. 444
PRESS. 444
CLUBS. 444
STAMP DUTIES. 444 , 445
COMMERCIAL CHARGES, BRISBANE. 445
QUEENSLAND CUSTOMS TARIFF.* 445 , 446 , 447
LICENSES. 447
PRINCIPAL TOWNS IN QUEENSLAND. 448 , 450 , 451 , 452 , 453 , 454 , 455 , 456 , 457 , 458 , 459 , 460 , 461 , 462 , 463 , 464 , 465 , 466 , 467 , 468 , 469 , 470 , 471
THE COLONY OF TASMANIA. 472 , 473 , 475 , 476 , 477 , 478 , 479 , 480 , 481 , 482 , 483 , 484 , 485 , 486
THE GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. 486
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 487
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, ETC. 487 , 488
BANKS. 488
INSURANCE COMPANIES. 488
CONSULS. 488
THE PRESS. 489
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. 489
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 489
LLOYD’S AGENTS. 489
CLUBS. 489
NEW CUSTOMS TARIFF OF TASMANIA. 489 , 490 , 491 , 492
EXCISE DUTY. 492
TAXES. 492
STAMP DUTIES. 492 , 493
LICENSES. 493
TOWNS IN TASMANIA. 493 , 494 , 495 , 496 , 497 , 498 , 499 , 500 , 501
NEW ZEALAND. 502 , 503 , 505 , 506 , 507 , 508 , 509 , 510 , 511 , 512 , 513 , 514 , 515 , 516 , 517 , 518 , 519 , 520 , 521 , 522 , 523 , 524 , 525 , 526 , 527 , 528 , 529 , 530
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT. 531 , 532 , 533
PRINCIPAL INSURANCE COMPANIES IN NEW ZEALAND. 533
CONSULS AND CONSULAR AGENTS. 533
SHIPPING COMPANIES. 533
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. 533
LLOYD'S AGENTS. 534
BANKS IN NEW ZEALAND. 534
NEW ZEALAND CUSTOMS TARIFF. 534 , 535 , 536 , 537 , 538 , 539 , 540
STAMP DUTIES. 540 , 541
PROBATE DUTIES. 541
EXCISE DUTY. 541
TAXES. 541
LIGHTHOUSE DUES. 542
TOWNS IN NEW ZEALAND. 542 , 543 , 544 , 545 , 546 , 547 , 548 , 549 , 550 , 551 , 552 , 553 , 554 , 555 , 556 , 557 , 558 , 559 , 560 , 561 , 562 , 563
THE COLONY OF FIJI. 564 , 565 , 566 , 567 , 568 , 569
POSTAL TARIFF. 569 , 570
CUSTOMS, LICENSES, &c. CUSTOMS TARIFF. 570 , 571 , 572
GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT. 572 , 573
NEW GUINEA. 574 , 575 , 576 , 577 , 578 , 579 , 580 , 581
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 582
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA. 582 , 583 , 584
REMITTANCE OF MONEY TO AUSTRALIA. 584
CARRIAGE OF PARCELS TO AUSTRALIA. 584
THE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL SERVICE. 584 , 586 , 587
From SOUTHAMPTON. [P. & O. B. N. Co.] 585
1881. THE LINES OF STEAM COMMUNICATION EMBRACED BY THE OPERATIONS OF THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. ARE AS FOLLOWS, Viz. 585
THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACTS. 587 , 588 , 589
RATES OF POSTAGE TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. 589
FLEET OF THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. 590
FLEET OF THE PACIFIC MAIL COMPANY. 590
ORIENT COMPANY’S STEAMERS. 590
PARTICULARS OF PASSAGES BY THE MAIL COMPANIES’ STEAMERS TO AUSTRALIA. 590 , 591 , 593 , 594 , 595 , 596
SUCCESSION OF GOVERNORS IN THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. 597 , 598
AUSTRALASIAN MINISTRIES. 599
WOOL STATISTICS. 600
SUMMARY OF LEADING EVENTS IN AUSTRALASIA. 601 , 602
OBITUARY. 603 , 604
Advertising 605 , 606 , 607 , 608
LONDON SHIPPERS TO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND, WITH NATURE OF SHIPMENTS. 609 , 610 , 612 , 614 , 616 , 618 , 620 , 622 , 624 , 626 , 628 , 630 , 632 , 634 , 636 , 638
Advertising 611 , 613 , 615 , 617 , 619 , 621 , 623 , 625 , 627 , 629 , 631 , 633 , 635 , 637
IMPORTERS OF COLONIAL PRODUCE. 638
Advertising 639
MANCHESTER SHIPPERS. 640
BIRMINGHAM SHIPPERS. 640 , 642 , 644
Advertising 641 , 643 , 645
REDDITCH SHIPPERS. 646
WALSALL SHIPPERS. 646
WOLVERHAMPTON SHIPPERS. 646
BOSTON SHIPPERS. 646
BURSLEM, STAFFORDSHIRE. 646
Advertising 647
IMPORTERS IN MELBOURNE. 648 , 650 , 652 , 654 , 656 , 658 , 660 , 662 , 664 , 666 , 668 , 670
Advertising 649 , 651 , 653 , 655 , 657 , 659 , 661 , 663 , 665 , 667 , 669 , 671
IMPORTERS IN GEELONG. 672
GEELONG MERCHANTS. 672
IMPORTERS IN SANDHURST. 672 , 674
Advertising 673
IMPORTERS IN BALLARAT. 674
Advertising 675
IMPORTERS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 676 , 678 , 680 , 682 , 684 , 686 , 688 , 690 , 692 , 694
Advertising 677 , 679 , 681 , 683 , 685 , 687 , 689 , 691 , 693
NEWCASTLE. 694
Advertising 695
IMPORTERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 696 , 698 , 700 , 702 , 704 , 706
Advertising 697 , 699 , 701 , 703 , 705
IMPORTERS IN GAWLER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 706
IMPORTERS IN HINDMARSH, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 706
IMPORTERS IN PORT AUGUSTA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 706
IMPORTERS IN PORT ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 706
Advertising 707
IMPORTERS IN WEST AUSTRALIA. 708
IMPORTERS IN FREMANTLE, W.A. 708
Advertising 709
IMPORTERS IN QUEENSLAND. 710 , 712 , 714
Advertising 711 , 713
IMPORTERS IN IPSWICH. 714
Advertising 715
IMPORTERS IN MARYBOROUGH. 716
IMPORTERS IN ROCKHAMPTON. 716
Advertising 717
IMPORTERS IN TOOWOOMBA. 718
IMPORTERS IN WARWICK. 718
IMPORTERS IN TASMANIA. 718 , 719 , 720
IMPORTERS IN LAUNCESTON. 720
Advertising 721
IMPORTERS IN NEW ZEALAND. 722 , 724 , 726
Advertising 723 , 725
IMPORTERS IN AUCKLAND, N. Z. 726 , 728 , 730 , 731
Advertising 727 , 729
IMPORTERS IN CHRISTCHURCH, N. Z. 731 , 732 , 733
IMPORTERS IN WELLINGTON, N. Z. 734 , 736 , 737
Advertising 735
IMPORTERS IN NAPIER-HAWKES BAY. 737
IMPORTERS AT LEONKA. 738
IMPORTERS AT SUVA. 738
IMPORTERS IN TAVIUNI. 738
WOOL WAREHOUSE KEEPERS. 739
WOOL SALES ROOMS. 739
WOOL BROKERS. 739
AUSTRALIAN SHIPBROKERS, LONDON. 740
COMPANIES, BANKS, AND DEBENTURES. ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN AND AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES. 741 , 742 , 743
COMMISSIONERS FOR TAKING AFFIDAVITS, &c., IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 743 , 744 , 745
AUSTRALIAN BANKS AND BANKING AGENCIES IN LONDON. 745 , 746
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND, COLONIAL, GOVERNMENT, AND OTHER DEBENTURES. 746 , 747 , 748 , 749 , 859 , 860
Advertising 750 , 751 , 752 , 753 , 754 , 755 , 756 , 757 , 758 , 759 , 760 , 761 , 762 , 763 , 764 , 765 , 766 , 767 , 768 , 769 , 770 , 771 , 772 , 773 , 774 , 775 , 776 , 777 , 778 , 779 , 780 , 781 , 782 , 783 , 784 , 785 , 786 , 787 , 788 , 789 , 790 , 791 , 792 , 793 , 794 , 795 , 796 , 797 , 798 , 799 , 800 , 801 , 802 , 803 , 804 , 805 , 806 , 807 , 808 , 809 , 810 , 811 , 812 , 813 , 814 , 815 , 816 , 817 , 818 , 819 , 820 , 821 , 822 , 823 , 824 , 825 , 826 , 827 , 828 , 829 , 830 , 831 , 832 , 833 , 834 , 835 , 836 , 837 , 838 , 839 , 840 , 841 , 842 , 843 , 844 , 845 , 846 , 847 , 848 , 849 , 850 , 851 , 852 , 853 , 854 , 855 , 856 , 857

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