The Victorian almanac for ... : containing gardener's calendar, colonial information, and table of moonlight nights

Call Number
JAFp BIBLIO F17876
Created/Published
Melbourne : George Robertson, 1859-1927
Issue
1879
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112
Notes
Very tightly bound material. Best copy available.
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Contents

VICTORIAN ALMANAC 1879 1
Advertising 2
No title 2
Advertising 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14
THE VICTORIAN ALMANAC For 1879 15
Advertising 16 , 17
VICTORIAN ALMANAC, 1879. CONTENTS. 17
Advertising 18
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1879. 19
Notes of the Calendar for 1879. 20
The Australian Seasons, 1879. 20
Supplementary Tide Table for the Principal Australian Ports, 20
Fixed and Movable Festivals, &c. 20
Plain Rules for Foretelling the Weather. 20
Explanation of the Calendar. 21 , 22
Mean Places for 1st of January, 1879, of Twenty-one Stars of the First Magnitude. 22
Apparent Places of the Principal Planets for each Tenth Day of the year 1879, at 9h. 40m. p.m., Melbourne mean time. 23
Mean Astronomical Refraction (Ivory’s). 23
Semi-Diurnal Arcs for Melbourne. 24
Table for Converting Intervals of Sidereal Time into Intervals of Mean Time. 24
Table for Ascertaining Heights. 24
Table for finding local times of Sunrise and Sunset at chief towns of Australasia. 25
JANUARY. 26 , 27
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 27
FEBRUARY. 28 , 29
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 29
MARCH. 30 , 31
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 31
APRIL. 32 , 33
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 33
MAY. 34 , 35
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 35
JUNE. 36 , 37
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 37
JULY. 38 , 39
Astronomical Ntotios of the Planets. 39
AUGUST. 40 , 41
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 41
SEPTEMBER. 42 , 43
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 43
OCTOBER. 44 , 45
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 45
NOVEMBER. 46 , 47
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 47
DECEMBER. 48 , 49
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 49
CALENDAR 50
CALENDAR OF THE JEWS FOR 1879-5639-40. (As compiled by the REV. MOSES RINTEL, Senior Jewish Minister.) 51
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. 51
Governors of the Australian Colonies. 51
WEATHER TABLE FOR 1879. 52
NINTH PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA. 53 , 54
MINISTRIES IN VICTORIA. 54
GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA. 55
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 55 , 56 , 57
LAW DEPARTMENT. 58
MELBOURNE HARBOUR TRUST. 58
European Mail Signals. 59
SAN FRANCISCO MAIL ROUTE. 59
TORRES STRAITS MAIL SERVICE. 59
TABLE, showing the proposed movements of the Mail Steamers between Southampton and Melbourne. 60
Advertising 61
POSTAL RATES. 62 , 63 , 64
Postal Cards. 64
Money Orders. 64 , 65
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 65 , 66
Melbourne, Port Darwin, and European Telegraph. 66
Mauritius and Cape of Good Hope. 67
BANKS, &c., IN VICTORIA. 67
Melbourne University Terms. 67
NOTABLE EVENTS. 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82
THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY. 83
GOVERNORS OF VICTORIA, 83
RETURNING OFFICERS FOR ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 84
TABLE OF CAB FARES. 84
THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND. 85
PLACES IN MELBOURNE WORTH VISITING. 86
MEDICAL NOTES BEFERRING TO A FEW OF THE MOST COMMON DISEASES. 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93
POPULATION, &c., OF VICTORIA. 93
ON LETTER WRITING. 93
FACTS ABOUT GAS. 94 , 95
NOTES ON GARDENING. 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99
FOWL FARMING. 99 , 100
RECIPES. 101 , 102
CARLISLE EXPECTATION TABLE. (FOR ASSURANCE PURPOSES.) 102
HOTTEST DAYS IN MELBOURNE. 103
FOREIGN CONSULS. 104
Duration of Twilight after Sunset at Melbourne. 104
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A WILL. 105
CONVERSATION. 106
Advertising 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112

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