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

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JAFp BIBLIO F17876
Created/Published
Melbourne : George Robertson, 1859-1927
Issue
1886
Images
104
Notes
Tightly bound material. Best available copy.
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Contents

VICTORIAN ALMANAC 1886 1
Advertising 2
No title 2
Advertising 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10
THE VICTORIAN ALMANAC FOR 1886 11
Advertising 12
VICTORIAN ALMANAC, 1886. CONTENTS. 13
Advertising 13 , 14
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1886. 15
Mean Places for 1st of January, 1886, of Twenty-one Stars of the First Magnitude. 15
Explanation of the Calendar. 16 , 17
Duration of Twilight after Sunset at Melbourne. 17
Supplementary Tide Table for the Principal Australian Ports. 17
Apparent Places of the Principal Planets for each Tenth Day of the year 1886, at 9h. 40m. p.m., Melbourne mean time. 18
Mean Astronomical Refraction (Ivory’s). BAR. 30 INCHES. FAH. THER. 50°. 18
Semi-Diurnal Arcs for Melbourne. 19
Table for Converting Intervals of Sidereal Time into Intervals of Mean Time. 19
Table for Ascertaining Heights. 19
Table for finding local times of Sunrise and Sunset at chief towns of Australasia. 20
Fixed and Movable Festivals, &c., 1886. 21
Notes of the Calendar for 1886. 21
The Australian Seasons, 1886. 21
Plain Rules for Foretelling the Weather. 21
JANUARY. 22 , 23
FEBRUARY. 24 , 25
MARCH. 26 , 27
APRIL. 28 , 29
MAY. 30 , 31
JUNE. 32 , 33
JULY. 34 , 35
AUGUST. 36 , 37
SEPTEMBER. 38 , 39
OCTOBER. 40 , 41
NOVEMBER. 42 , 43
DECEMBER. 44 , 45
CALENDAR 46
CALENDAR OF THE JEWS FOR 1886-5646-47. 47
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. 47
HOTTEST DAYS IN MELBOURNE. 48
Signals in Use within the Ports of Victoria. 48
WEATHER TABLE FOR 1886. 49
Acts of Session of Twelfth parliament 50
TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA. 51 , 52
MINISTRIES IN VICTORIA. 53
GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA. 53
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, 1884. 53 , 54 , 55
LAW DEPARTMENTS. 56
GOVERNORS OF VICTORIA. 56
P. & O. MAIL. 57
ORIENT MAIL. 57
POSTAL RATES. 58 , 59
INLAND AND INTERCOLONIAL POSTAGE. 60 , 61
MONEY ORDERS. 61 , 62
POSTAL NOTES. 62 , 63
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS. 63
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 64
European Mail Signals. 65
TO FIND THE CYCLE OF THE SUN FOR ANY YEAR TILL 1900, AND THE SUNDAY LETTER. 65
COACHES. 66
BANKS, &c., IN VICTORIA. 67
Melbourne University Terms. 67
THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY. 68
A USEFUL TABLE FOR FARMERS. 68
PLACES IN MELBOURNE WORTH VISITING. 69
FOREIGN CONSULS. 70
MELBOURNE HARBOUR TRUST. 70
Governors of the Australasian Colonies. 70
MEDICAL NOTES 71 , 72
SCARLET FEVER. 73
MEASLES, 73 , 74
DIPHTHERIA 74 , 75 , 76
DIARRHOEA 76 , 77
CROUP. 77 , 78
WHOOPING-COUGH. 79
OVER-TRAINING. 79 , 80
THE MELBOURNE SAVINGS BANK. 81
NOTABLE EVENTS. 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89
CARLISLE EXPECTATION TABLE. 89
HINTS WORTH REMEMBERING. 90 , 91
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 91
WHAT WAS HIS CREEDS 91
MARK TWAIN AND HIS HORSE. 92
MAID AND GUITAR. 92
A SAD EXPERIENCE. 92
HAPPY THOUGHTS. 93
A NOTED NEW YORKER AND HIS WIT. 93 , 94
Advertising 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104

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