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
1890
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100
Notes
Very tightly bound material. Best copy available.
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Contents

VICTORIAN ALMANAC 1890 1 , 2
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10
THE VICTORIAN ALMANAC FOR 1890 11
Advertising 12
VICTORIAN ALMANAC, 1890. CONTENTS. 13
Advertising 13 , 14
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1890. 15
Explanation of the Calendar. 16
Supplementary Tide Table for the Principal Australian Ports. 17
Notes of the Calendar for 1890 17
Australian Seasons, 1890. 17
Fixed and Movable Festivals, &c., 1890. 17
Apparent Places of the Principal Planets for each Tenth Day of the year 1890, 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
Mean Places for 1st of January, 1890, of Twenty-one Stars of the First Magnitude. 21
Duration of Twilight after Sunset at Melbourne. 21
JANUARY. 22 , 23
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 23
FEBRUARY. 24 , 25
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 25
DRILLING GLASS. 25
MARCH. 26 , 27
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 27
APRIL. 28 , 29
Astronomical Aotices of the Planets. 29
MAY. 30 , 31
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 31
JUNE. 32 , 33 , 34 , 35
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 33
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 35
AUGUST. 36 , 37
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 37
SEPTEMBER. 38 , 39
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 39
OCTOBER. 40 , 41
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 41
NOVEMBER. 42 , 43
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 43
DECEMBER. 44 , 45
Astronomical Notices of the Planets. 45
CALENDAR 46
CALENDAR OF THE JEWS FOR 1890-5650-51. 47
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. 47
HOTTEST DAYS IN MELBOURNE. 48
Plain Rules for Foretelling the Weather. 48
WEATHER TABLE FOR 1890. 49
Acts of Third Session of Thirteenth Parlintnent 50
Melbourne University Terms 50
THIRTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA. 51 , 52 , 53
MINISTRIES IN VICTORIA. 53
GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA. 53
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 53 , 54 , 55 , 56
LAW DEPARTMENT. 56 , 57
Signals in Use within the Ports of Victoria. 57
POSTAL RATES. 58 , 59 , 60 , 61
MONEY ORDERS. 62 , 63
POSTAL NOTES. 63 , 64
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS. 64
VICTORIAN INLAND PARCELS POST. 65
BRITISH AND FOREIGN PARCELS POST. 65
GOVERNMENT TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. 65
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 66
PLACES IN MELBOURNE WORTH VISITING. 67
BANKS, &c., IN VICTORIA. 68
THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY. 69
GOVERNORS OF VICTORIA. 69
FOREIGN CONSULS. 70
A USEFUL TABLE FOR FARMERS. 70
MEDICAL NOTES REFEERING TO A FEW OF THE HOST COMMON DISEASES. 71 , 72
SCAELET FEVER. 73
MEASLES. 73 , 74
DIPHTHERIA 74 , 75 , 76
DIARRHOEA 76 , 77
CEOUP. 77 , 78
WHOOPING-COUGH. 79
ALLEGED CURE FOR SMALL-POX. 79
THE MELBOURNE SAVINGS BANK. 80
EUROPEAN MAIL SIGNALS. 81
MELBOURNE HARBOR TRUST. 81
Governors of the Australasian Colonies. 81
SALARIES OF AUSTRALASIAN GOVERNORS. 81
NOTABLE EVENTS. 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88
REFRESHMENTS. 89
COMING INTO PORT. 90 , 91
THE LIEUTENANT AND THE HAWKER. 92
THE SMITH FAMILY. 92
HOW THEY ADVERTISE IN AMERICA. 93 , 94
Advertising 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100

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