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

Call Number
JAFp GEN VIC (FC copy)
Created/Published
Melbourne : George Robertson, 1859-1927
Issue
(1904)
Images
110
Notes
Some loss of text in the gutter due to tight binding and position of barcode obscuring text on back cover.
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Contents

VICTORIAN ALMANAC 1 , 2
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 , 8
THE VICTORIAN ALMANAC 9
Advertising 10
VICTORIAN ALMANAC, 1904. CONTENTS. 11
Advertising 11 , 12
ECLIPSES IN 1904. 13
NOTES OF THE CALENDAR FOR 1904. 13
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS, 1904. 13
EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR. 13
THE AURORA. 14
MR. RUSSELL’S WEATHER THEORY. 14
THE MOON’S ACTIVITY. 15
HOW MANY ARE THE STARS? 15
THE REVOLUTION OF URANUS. 15
JANUARY. 16
FEBRUARY. 17
MARCH. 18
APRIL. 19
MAY. 20
JUNE. 21
JULY. 22
AUGUST. 23
SEPTEMBER. 24
OCTOBER. 25
NOVEMBER. 26
DECEMBER. 27
CALENDAR. 28
ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. 29
SUNSPOT THEORY REVISED. 29
NOTABLE EVENTS. 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44
Table for Converting Intervals of Sidereal Time into Intervals of Mean Time. 45
Difference of Telegraphic Time Between Greenwich Mean Time and following Places. 45
SEMI-DIURNAL ARCS FOR MELBOURNE. 46
TABLE FOR ASCERTAINING HEIGHTS. 46
MEAN ASTRONOMICAL REFRACTION (IVORY’S). 46
Corrections to be applied to the Melbourne Times of Sunrise and Sunset to get those of the following Australian Towns. 47
HIGH WATER AT WILLIAMSTOWN, 1904. 48
JEWISH CALENDAR FOR 1904-5661-65. 49
EUROPEAN LANGUAGES SPOKEN. 49 , 50 , 51
WEATHER TABLE FOR 1904. 51
YEARLY RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL AT MELBOURNE. 52
HOTTEST DAYS IN MELBOURNE. 53
AREA AND POPULATION OF THE FEDERATED STATES. 53
A USEFUL TABLE FOR FARMERS. 53
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR JANUARY. 54
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY. 55
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR MARCH. 56
THE DENSITY OF SEA WATER. 56
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR APRIL. 57
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR MAY. 58
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR JUNE. 59
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR JULY. 59 , 60
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 61
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER. 62
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER. 63
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER. 64
FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER. 65
MEDICAL NOTES. REFERRING TO A FEW OF THE MOST COMMON DISEASES. 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74
GOVERNOR-GENERAL & COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 74
GOVERNORS OF AUSTRALIAN STATES. 74
THE ROYAL FAMILY. 75
GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA. 75
FEDERAL MINISTRY. 76
COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT. 76 , 77
MINISTRIES IN VICTORIA. 77
NINETEENTH PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA. 78 , 79
PLACES IN MELBOURNE WORTH VISITING. 80
FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS, &c., 1904. 81
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. 81
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY TERMS. 81
TROY WEIGHT. 81
MEASURE OF SURFACE. 81
SITTINGS OF LAW COURTS. 82
PROBATE DUTIES. 82
INCOME TAX DUTIES. 82
STAMP DUTIES. 83
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. 84
FOREIGN CONSULS. 85
MELBOURNE HARBOR TRUST. 85
POSTAL RATES. [Specially prepared by the Postal Department.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN POSTAGE. 86 , 87
INLAND AND INTERCOLONIAL POSTAGE. 87 , 88 , 89
VICTORIAN INLAND PARCELS POST. (Telephone No. 377.) 89
INTERCOLONIAL PARCELS POST. 89
POSTAL NOTES. 89
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 90
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A WILL. 91
CLOSE SEASONS FOR GAME, &c. 92
CLOSE SEASONS FOR FISH. 92
EXTRACTS FROM GAME AND FISHERIES ACTS. 93
POPULATION OF THE EMPIRE.-NEARLY SEVENEIGHTHS BLACKS. 93
THE KEENNESS OF SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION. 94
EYE-STARTLERS. 95
NIGHT AIR BENEFICIAL. 95
HOW TO BE WELL AND LIVE LONG. 96
WHY ARE WE RIGHT-HANDED? 97
THE DECLINE OF KISSING. 98
AMBIGUOUS POEM. 99
ANCIENT NEWSPAPERS. 99
SINGULAR EPITAPHS. 100
BUSINESS MAXIMS. 101
THE FORMATION OF HAIL. 101
BACHELORS, BEWARE! 102
BEREAVEMENT AND BUSINESS. 102
RATHER AMBIGUOUS. 102
BRIDAL CUSTOMS. 103
CHRISTENING SHIPS. 103
LONG HAIR. 103
APOCRYPHAL STORIES. 104
A HIGHLAND STOIC. 104
SURVIVAL OF THE FATTEST. 105
VAIN REPETITION. 105
ANOTHER LIBEL ON SCOTSMEN. 106
JACK ASHORE. 106
“BUSINESS.” 106
EVERY-DAY EXPRESSIONS. 106
REFRESHMENTS. 107 , 108
COMMONWEALTH, AND WORLD, PATENT LAW. 108
THE SPLENDID PROFITS TN PATENTS. INVENTION A ROAD TO FORTUNE. 109
Advertising 110

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