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Copyright © 2010 Archive Digital Books Australasia All Rights Reserved AUSTRALIAN HANDBOOK AND ALMANAC AND SHIPPERS' AND IMPORTERS' DIRECTORY FOR 1878. NINTH YEAR OF ISSUE. PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. CALENDAR OF NOTABLE EVENTS IN AUSTRALIAN AND ENGLISH HISTORY. Nail Calendar, showing the Arrivals and Departures of Australian Nails. British Customs Tariff, Postal Regulations, Stamp Duties, Public Amusements, Chambers of Commerce, London Bankers, Public Offices, Courts of Law, Members of both Houses of Parliament, Ministry, Officers of State, and other Information usually found an Almanac. FULL DETAILS CONCERNING EMIGRATION TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES Including the Current Rate of Wages for all Classes of Artisans and Labourers, and Cost of Provisions and House Rent. Uegulations for tatting up Earth in the 001Onte5S. Telegraphic and Postal Arrangements between Great Britain and Australia. A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF AUSTRALASIA. COMPRISING THE COLONIES OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, I WEST AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, QUEENSLAND, TASMANIA, NEW ZEALAND. Including the Discovery, Settlement, Geography, Climate, Products, and Resources and Statistics of each ; with Governmental, Commercial, Banking, Gold Mining, and other details. AN ACCOUNT OF THE COLONY OF FIJI AND NEW GUINEA. A' GAZETTEER OF THE PRINCIPAL TOWNS TN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, DIRECTORY AND BUSINESS GUIDE Of London Shippers to Australia, Importers in Australia, Banks, Anglo-Australian Companies, etc. PUBLISHERS: GORDON & GOTCL ST. BRIDE STREET, 1,01:10rDAS:51 85, Collins Street West, Melbourne ; George Street Sydney; Queen Street, Brisbane.

GENERAL IND EX. Dy. refers to the Directory • Agents—General Emigration, W. Australia ... 7.3 I Nelson Province... 345 Almanac for 1578 Excise Duties, Melbourne ... 183 New Guinea ...... 374 Alterations in Victorian Tariff 182 Fiji, Colony of .. :307 Newspapers for Celonies ... Anglo - Australian Compa- „ Government :;7 Newspapers in Adelaide .„ 24S nies ... Dy. 116 Fleet of Eastern Mail Co. ... 386 'Brisbane ... 316 179 Anniversaries 17 Foreign Moneys...... 76 PI Melbourne Assessed Taxes ... 54 Geelong Merchants Dy. 66 Perth ... 277 Australian Anniversaries ... 17 Government Offices ... 40 /3 Sydney . 115 Auckland Province ... 111 Hawke's Bay Province 344 If Tasmania 293 Australian Banks ... Be,. 119 Her Majesty's household 33 New Zealand. Colony of 331 to 349 Government ...:350 If Debentures... Du. 120 Hotels in London ... 30 PI Australasian Colonies ... 89 to 94 House of Peers ...... :34 Mail Service ... 383 Bank of England ... 45 Commons ... Official Deptmts. 350 Banks and Banking Corn- Importers in Adelaide P9. 88 Parliament 350 Dy. Northern Territory ... 264 pauses ... 113 PP Auckland 107 Banks in Adelaide .„ 241 Ballaarat 6$ f Towns in 267 „ Melbourne .. ... 177 Brisbane Da. 95 Obituary ...... 395 „ New Zealand :352 Christchurch Dy. 110 Officers of House of Commons 36 „ Queensland ...... 315 Dunedin Dy. 105 PP Peers ... 34 Sydney ... 113 Fremantle Dy. 103 Otago and Southland Province 348 „ Tasmania ... 292 Gawler Dy. 98 Passages by Mail Steamers ...386 „ West Australia ... 276 Geelong Dy. 66 Passenger Ships and Steamers 179 Birmingham Shippers Dy, 38 Hobart Town Dy. 86 P. 8z. O. S. N. Co.'s Fleet ... 385 Boston Shippers Du, 44 Ipswich ... Di). 103 Population of Great Britain... 58 British Customs' Tariff ... 53 Launceston Dy. 88 Postal Regulations, British ... 57 British and Foreign Ambas- Maryboro' D11. 10:3 Prince of Wales's Household... 34 sadors 43 Melbourne Dy. 44 Public Amusements, London 51 British Ships of War ... 114 Perth ... Dy. 104 Melbourne 184 Cab Fares in London ... 52 Port Pirie Dy. 98 „ Offices ... 41 Californian Mail Service 3s4 31 Rockhampton Dy. 103 Canterbury Province ...... 347 Sandhurst Dy. 66 Queen and Royal Family ... 33 Queensland, Colony of ... 302 Carriage of Parcels ... 374 PP Sydney ... Dy. 70 Central Criminal Court ... 43 Toowoomba Dy. 104 „ Government...... 313 Chambers of Agriculture ... 49 Wellington Dy. 111 PI Mail Service ... 383 „ Official Departments 314 Commerce ... 48 Importers 0,1 Produce ...Dy. :34 13 „ Adelaide ... 247 Income Tax ... .54 „ Parliament PP Rates of Brokerage ... 85143 31 „ Melbourne... 179 Insurance Coss in N. S. 113 ,, Tasmania 29 ; • New Zealand 352 „ I'lo N.Z. 3.56 Cliambei Manufact., 245 Queensland... 315 PP Commissn.,N.S.W.... 115 „ S. Australia 247 thief Officers of State... :14 PP S. Austla 244 Postage to Australia 381 Clubs in Adelaide .„ 247 PP 1.1 Tasanim ... 292 , „ Brisbane 316 Victoria,, ... 178 Redditch Shippers ... Dy. 42 Hobart Town ... 293 W. Australia 276 Remittances to Australia 381 Melbourne...... 178 Jewgth Caladar ••• 17 Seasons ... 18 Sydney ..„.. 111 Land Regulations, Canterbury Ship Brokers, Alistralian...Dy. 113 Tasmania ... 293 District „. 8; S. Australia, Colony of 231 to 242 Commercial Stalin, Duties „ Marlborough s „ Government ... 242 „ Charges, Brisbane ... 319 „ Nelson ., Official Departments 243 „ Melbourne ... 185 „ N. S. Wales... 7,;1 „ Parliament ... 243 „ Adelaide .. 247 „ New Zealand 8:3 Steam Navigtn. Co.s iii N.S.W. 114 Stamp Duties, British...... 55 PP „ N. Zealand ... ill „ Northern Territory 801 Comissionm Rates. Adelaide... 247 „ Otago 155 P7 „ N.S. Wales ... 116 Comrs. for Affidavit, ke. Dy. 117 „ Auckland ... 84 „ Tasmania ... 29•5 Cunsuls in Adelaide ... 245 „ Queensl 81 f „ Queensland ... 316 79, Statistics of Australian Colonies 94 PP Brisbane...... 311 „ South Australia ... , London 44 „ Taranaki .., 84 PP U. Kingdom ... 58 „ Melbourne...... 178 IP Tasmania ... .S3 Succession of Governors ... 390 „ New Zealand ... „ Victoria 78 Summary of Events ...... 393 „ Queensland si 5 „ Wellington 11151 Hawke's Taranaki Province :343 „ Sydney t Bay...... 84 Tasmania, Colony of -.282 to 290 „ Tasmania 293 „ We4 Australia 81 „ Government...... 291 West Australia ... 277 „ Westland ...... 85 Official Departments 292 Consuls of Foreign States in Law Terms „ Parliament ... 291 1 ,endon,„ ... 44 Leading Clubs in London 50 Telegraphic communication... 379 Corporation of London 49 Licenses .. 54 TOWNS IN N. S. WALES ...116 to 155 Courts of Law ...... 42 Lloyd's Register 48 „ N. Z E LA ND ...357 to 366 ,, Session 43 London Banks and Bankers ... 46 ,, QUEENSLAND ...318 to 330 County Courts ... 43 London Shippers ...Dy. 5 to 34 PP S. A US MALTA ...248 to 264 Crown Agents . . 4; Mail Calendar ... 21 to :12 PP TASMANIA 296 to 301 Customs' Tariff, British ... 53 „ Services ...... 38:1 ,, VICTORIA 1813 to 230 Fiji...... 372 Mail Service rid Suez ... 354 ,, IV. AUSTRALIA 2788 to 28281 Queensland... :117 California3.s4 University Terms .. 18 N. S. Wales... 115 Mail Table 16* Victoria, Colony of .., .156 to 174 N. Zealand ... 352 Manchester Shippers... Dy. 36 „ Ecclesiastical Appts. 177 S. Australia... 246 Marlborough Province ... 346 „ Govcrinnent 174 IP Tasmania ... 293 Metropolitan Police Courts... 43 „ Insurance Co.s. 178 Victoria ... 179 Mining Regulations ... 86 PP Naval 47, Mil. Forces 177 1, W.Australia... 277 „ N. S. Wales 86 Official Departments 175 Dock Companies „ Victoria... ,.. 86 Parliament ... 174 Drawbacks, Victoria ... 181 „ S. Australia 87 Walsall Shippers Dy. 44 Eclipses ... 1 „ Queensland ... 87 Wellington Province ... 344 Emigration ... 60 „ IV. Australia 87 Westland Province 346 „ Statistics ... 77 „ Tasmania ... 87 W. Australia, Colony of 268 to 275 „ N. S. Wales 03 „ N. Zeal ... 88 Government ... 275 New Zealand 76 Mohammedan Calendar ... 17 Official Departm. 275 „ Queensland... 71 Naval Forces, Victoria .. 177 Wool Brokers ... Dy. 114 „ S. Australia 68 N. S. Wales, Colony of... 9.5 to 109 Wool Statistics ... :392 „ Tasmania 74 „ Govrimant. Parlmt., P.c.... 110 Wool Warehouse Keepers Dy. 114 ,, Victoria „, 06 „ Official Departments 100 to 112 Wool Sales Room .., Dy. 114 INDEX TO TOWNS. PAGE PAGE IsGE PAGE I PAGE PAGE Abercrombie 116 Bankstown 118 Braidwood 121 CampbelltownConcord ... 125 Dungeness 322 Aberdeen ... 116 Bannister 278 Brandy Ck. 192' „ (Tas.) 297 I Concordia ... 251 Dunkeld ... 199 Aberdeen Baringheep 189 Branxholme 192 Campbellfield194 Condobolin 125 Dungog ... 127 (S. A.) 249 Barker's Ck. 189 Branxholme 296 Campbell's Condamine 322 Dunolly ... 199 Aberfeldy... 186 Barkly ... 189 Branxton ... 121 Creek ... 194 Cook ...... 125 I nirhamLead 200 Adaminiby 116 Barkstead ... 190 Braybrook 192 Camperdown Cookardinia 125 , Ox 200 Addison ... 357 Barnawaetha 190 Breadalbane 296 (N.S.W.) 123 Cooktown... 322 Est.Kempsey127' Adelaide ... 248 Barossa Gold BreakfastCr. 319 „ (Vitt.) 194 Coolatoo ... 251 „ Trentham 200 Adelong 116 Field 250 Break o'Pay 192 Canning 279 Cooma. ... 125 Eaglehawk 200 Akarea ... 357 Barraba ... 118 Breeza ... 122 Canonbar 123 Coonabara- Eatiablong 127 Albany ... 278 Barrington 119 Brewarrina 122 Capeville ... 321 bran ... 125 Eelnica ... 200 Albury ... 117 13ateman's Brewer Bay 278 Caramut ... 194 Coonamble 125 Echunga ... 252 Alberton(V.) 186 Bay 119 Briagolong 192 Carcoar 123 Cooper's Ck. 197 Eddington 200 „ (S.A.) 249 Batesford ... 190 Bridgetown 278 Cardigan ... 194 Cooranbong 125 Eden ... 127 Albion Park 117 Bathurst ... 119 Bridgewater Cardwell ... 321 Copmanhurst125 Edenhope ... 200 Aldinga ... 249 Baynton ... 190 (S.A.) ... 250 Cargarie ... 194 Copperfield 322 Edon Valley 252 AlexanderMt. Bealiba ... 190 Bridgewater Cargo ... 123 Coraki ... 125 Edithburg... 252 (see Castle- Beaufort ... 190 (T.) ... 296 Carisbrook 194 Corowa ... 125 Edwards- maine) ... 186 Beautiful V. 250 Bridgewater Carlsruhe ... 194 Coromandel town 252 Alexandra... 186 I3eochworth 190 on Loddon 192 Carlton 194 Val. ... 251 Edwards- Alexandra Beenleigh ... 318 Bright ... 192 Carlyle ... 358 Coromandel 358 town ... 323 (N. Z.) 357 Bega 119 Brighton(V.) 192 Carnamah 279 Cossack ... 279 Elaine ... 200 Alfredton 186 Belfast ... 190 „ (S. A. 250 Carnarvon... 321 Costorfield 197 Elderslie 298 A llansford... 186 Belford ... 119 „ (Tas.) 296 Carngham... 194 Cowes...... 197 Elliott ... 323 Allandale N. 249 I3ellerive ... 296 Brisbane 319 Caroling ... 279 Cownt...... 126 Eldorado ... 200 Allora...... 318 Beltana ... 250 „ (S.) 320 Carrick ... 297 Cowles Ck. 197 ElizabethTn. 297 Alma (S. A.) 249 Belvedere ... 250 BrisbaneWtr.122 Casino ... 121 Cowwarr ... 197 Ellalong ... 128 „ (V.) ... 186 Benalla 191 Broadford ... 193 Cassilis ... 124 Coy's Digings 197 Ellerslie ... 201 Alphington 186 Bendemeer 119 Broadrnarsh 296 Casterton ... 194 Crafers ... 251 Ellerslie (T.) 297 Altonsville 117 Berkshire V. 278 Brod. Medw. 192 Castlemaine 195 Craigie ... 197 Elmore ... 201 Amherst ... 186 Berlin 191 Broadwater 122 Castlereagh 124 Craiglee ... 251 Elphinstone 201 Amphitheatre Berrima ... 119 Brompton 250 Cathcart ... 124 Cranbounie 197 1,31sternwick 201 186 Berwick 191 Broughton's Caulfield ... 195 Cressy(Vict.) 197 Elthana ... 201 A ngaston ... 249 Bet-Bet ... 191 Creek 122 Cavendish... 195 „ (Tas.) 297 Emerald Hill 201 Angle Vale 249 Beveridge ... 191 Brown'sDig- Cawarral ... 321 Creswick 197 Emit Bay ... 297 Antil Ponds 296 Beverley ... 278 gings 192 ChambersCk.124 Croki 126 Erna Creek 128 Anvil Creek 117 13ibbenlitke 120 Brown's Rvr. 296 Charleston 251 Cromwell ... 359 Emu 128 Apoinga ... 249 Mellen° ... 296 Brunswick 193 (1.1arleville 321 Crossover Dgs198 Ensity...... 201 Appin...... 117 Billabong ... 120 „ (W.A.) 278 Charlton 195 Crowlands 198 Epping ... 201 Apsley (V.) 186 Binalong ... 120 Brushgrove 122 Charters Cudgegong 126 Epsom ... 201 „ (Tas.) 296 Bingera ... 120 Bruthen ... 193 Towers ... 821 Cundletown 126 Essendon ... 201 Mahlon 117 Birregurra 191 Buangor 193 Chatsworth 195 Cunnannilla 322 Esperance Aramae ... 318 Bishops- Buckland(T.) 296 Cheltenham 195 Currency Cr. 251 Bay ... 279 Ararat ... 186 bourne ... 296 „ (V.) 193 Chepstowe 195 Dalby 322 Eticup 279 Armidale ... 117 Blackall ... 318 Bugle Rang. 250 Cherry Gar- Dalkey ... 251 Ettrick ... 359 Armstrongs 187 Black Boy... 296 Bukkulla ... 122 dens 251 Dalton 126 Eucla, ... 279 Amino 278 Black Snake 318 Bulimba ... 320 Chetwynd 195 Dandenong 198 Euroa, 201 Arrow Town 357 Blacktown 120 Bulla ... 193 Chewton 195 Dangin ... 279 Euston 128 Arthur River 278 Blackwood ... 122 Chiltern 196 1),ipto 126 Evandale ... 297 Ascot ... 187 (V.) ... 191 Millbury ... 278 Chinaman's I 1argab 108 Everton ... 201 Ashburton... 357 „ (W.A.) 278 Bundaberg 320 Flat 196 Darliligford 198 Exton ... 297 Ashfield ... 118 Blanche T'n. 250 Bundarra ... 122 Christchurch 358 Darlington 198 Eyre 279 Ashford ... 118 131andford... 120 Bungaree ... 193 Christmas Dardandup 279 Farrell's Flat 252 Auburn ... 249 13layney 120 13tingendore 122 hill ,.. 196 Dashwood's Fairfield 128 Auckland ... 357 Blenheim ... 358 13uninyong 193 Chudleigh... 297 Gully 252 Falmouth 297 Australind... 278 Bletchley ... 230 Burnie ... 296 CircularHead297 Daveyston 252 Fenimount 128 Avenel ... 187 Blinman 250 Burnt Creek 193 Clare ...... 251 Daylesford 198 Fernshawe 201 Avisford 118 Blumberg... 250 Burra ... 251 ClarenceRiver Dean ... 198 Fern-TreeGu1201 Avoca (Tas.) 296 Blyth Plains 250 Burrangong Heads ... 124 Dean'sMarsh 198 Field of Mars 128 „ (V.) 187 Bodalla ... 120 (see Young)122 Clarence T'n. 124 Deepwater 126 Findon ... 252 Avon Plains 187 Boggabri 120 Burrowa ... 122 Clarendon Deloraine 297 Fingal ... 297 Axedale ... 187 Bolong (see Burrumbeet 193 (S.A.) 251 Deniliquin 126 Finnis Vale 252 Bacchus Bomadary) 120 13urwood ... 122 „ (N. S.W.) 124 Denman 127 FishRiverCk.128 Marsh ... 188 Bomadary... 120 „ 123 (Viet)... 196 Diamond Ck. 198 Fitzroy 201 Bagot'm Well 249 Bombala ... 120 Busselton ... 279 Clermont' , :321 „ Hill 199 Five Dock... 128 13ainisdale 188 Bontberambo191 Buxton ... 193 Cleveland(Q.):321 Digby 199 Flemington 202 Balaclava(V.) 188 Bookham ... 121 Byaduk •.. 193 „ (Tas.) 297 Diggers'Rest 199 Flynn's Ck. 202 „ (S.A.) 249 Boolbuna ... 318 Byerstown 320 Cloneurry ... 322 Dimboola, 109 Footscray 202 13albarmp ... 278 Borambil ... 121 Caboolture 320 Clunes(Vict.)196 Doncaster ... 199 Forbes ... 128 Balclutha ... 358 Border Town Cairns .„ 320 Clyde (N.Z.) 358 Donnelly'sCk199 Formby ... 297 Bald Hills— 188 (S.A.) ... 250 Callawadda 193 „ (Viet.) 196 Doligarra ... 279 FortitiideVal. 323 Balliannah 249 Border Town Callington 251 Clydesdale 196 Donnybrook 199 Framlingham202 Ballan ... 188 (V.) ... 192 Calliope ... :121 Cobargo ... 124 Dookie, 8th. 199 Franklin ... 297 Ballaarat ... 188 Bothwell .. 290 Caltowie ... 251 Coburg 196 DouglamPrk. 127 Franhston... 202 Ballandean 318 Bourke 121 Camberwell 123 Cobden 196 Dovedale ... 127 Fredericks- Ballangeich 189 Bowden ... 250 Cambooya ... 321 Codrington 124 Drake ... 127 walde ... 252 Ballina 118 Bowen 318 Cambridge 3581 Coghill's Ck. 196 Drayton ... 322 Fredericton 129 Bally-Shan- BowenD'wns 319 Camden 123 ' Coimadai 196 Dromana ... 199 Freeburgh 202 assy ... 189 Bowenfels... 121 Campania ... 297 Colae 196 Drumniond 199 Freeling ... 252 Balmain ... 118 Bowman's Campaspe ... 194 Coleraine 197 Dry Creek 252 Fremantle 279 Balmoral ... 189 Forest ••• 192 Campbelltown Collector ... 125 Drysdale ... 199 Freshwater Balranald ... 118 Bowna ... 121 (N.S.W.) 123 Collingwood Dubbo 127 Creek ... 202 Banana ... 318 Boyadine • e 278 ,, (N.Z.) 358 (N. Z.)... 358 Duckponds 199 Fryer's Town 202 BandouGrovell8 Bracknell 296 „ (S.A.) 251 „ (Viet.) 197 Dunedin ... 359 Fulham ... 252 8 INDEX TO TOWNS.

PAGE PAGE 1 PAGE PAGE 1 PAGE ' PAG t: Fyfe-Barnett 323 Haddon .. 205 Jupiter Ck. 254 Lobcthal ... 255 I Millfield ... 137 Nettie Yal- Fyansford ... 203 Hadspen .. 298 Kadina ... 2.51 Lockvillo ... 280 l Milton oc ... 215 Gaffney's Ck. 203 Hagley .. 298 Kaiapoi ... 361 Lockwood... 211 1 (N.S.W.) 137 'Sayan ... 258 Gainsford ... 323 Hahndorf .. 253 Kaikoura ... 361 Lochinvar... 136 „ (N.Z.) 362 , Navarro ..... 2165:12. Gatton ... 323 Hamilton Kalkallo ... 208 Longford ... 299 Miner's Rest 2141 Nebo Gawler ... 252 (N.S.W.)... 131 K'ng'rooFlat 208 Long Reach 136 I Mmmi ... 138 I Neilborough 216 Gayndah ... 323 Hamilton(V.) 205 „ Ground 208 Longswamp 136 , Mintaro ... 256 Nelligen ... 140 Geelong ... 203 „ (S.A)253 „ Valley 133 Longwood .. 211 i Mitshell Nerrigundah 140 George's Bay 297 Hamilton-on- Kanmantoo 254 Louisa Creek 136' Downs ... 325 Nelson ... 362 Georgetn.(T.) 297 Clyde (T.) 298 Kanyaka ... 254 Loup ... 280 I Mitta Mitts 214 Newbridge 218 (Q.) 323 Hamilton-on- Kapunda ... 254 Lovett ... 2119 I Moama ... 138 1 Newcastle ,,(S.A.)_ 252 Forth (T.) 298 Kawarau ... 361 Lower Mit- 1 Modbury ... 256 1 (N.S. W.) 140 Geraldine ... 279 Hamiltons... 360 Kayuga ... 133 cham ... 255 ! Mokihinui .. 302' „ (W.A.) 280 Geraldton ... 279 Hamley Bdg. 253 Keilor ... 208 Ludlow ... 280 Moliagul ... 214 Newham ... 216 Germanton 129 Hampden ... 360 Kelso ... 133 LunatieReef s 130 Molong ... 138 , Newhaven 216 Germantown 203 HangingRck.131 Kempsey ... 134 ' Lyell .. ... 361 Monarto ... 256 'Newtown Gerringong 129 Harcourt ... 205 Kempsey,W. 134 Lymington 299 Montefiore 138 (N.S.W.; 14:; Ghennghap 203 Hargreaves 131 Kempton ... 299 Lyndoch ... 255 Moonta ... 257 ; „ (Tas.) 299 Gilbert Town 253 Harrietville 205 Kensington 208 Lyttelton ... 361 Moonambel 214' New England141 Gilberton ... 323 Harrogate ... 254 Kerang ... 208 Lytton ... 324 , Moonee Ponds215 New Norcia 2$o Gingin ... 280 Harrow ... 206 Kersbrook... 254 Macarthur... 211 Moorabool ... 215 Newstead ... 211; Gishorne Hartley ... 132 Kew ... 208 Macclesfield 2:551 Moorilim ... 215 New Norfolk 299 (N. Z.) ... 359 Hartley(Lit.) 132 Kiama ... 134 Macdonald 1 Mooroopna 215 New Ply- Gisborne (V. ) 203 Hasiem's Ck. 132 Kiandra ... 131 Town ... 136 . M ooroowool- mouth ... 362 Gladstone 129 Hastings ... 206 Kiewa ... 208 1 Macedon ... 214 I len ... 138 Newtown „ (Q.) 323 Havelock(V.) 206 Kilmore ... 208 Mackay ... 324 Moorwatha 138 ( N.S. W. ) 141 „ (S.A.) 253 „ (N.Z.) 360 Kimberley 134 Maclean ... 136 , Morang ... 21.5 Newton (Tas)299 Gladesville 129 Hawthorne 206 Kingower ... 209 Macquarie 1 Mordialloc 215 Ngaruawahia,30.; Glanmire ... 129 Hay...... 132 Kingsboro'... 324 Plains ... 136 Morningt on 215 Ngakawhau 30.; Glebe ... 129 Healesville 206 Kingston(V.) 209 Maffra ... 211 ' Morpeth ... 138 Niinitybelle 111 Glcnburn ... 253 Heathcote... 206 „ (Tas.) 299 Magill ... 2.55 1 Morphett V. 257 Nine Mile Glenburnie 233 Heidelberg 206 „ (S. A.) 251 Maidstone .. 211 , Mortlake ... 21.5 Springs;... 300 Glendaruel 204 Hepburn ... 206 „ (Q.) .. 324 Slaindamplc 211 Moruya ... 138 Noarlunga... 256 Glenelg ... 253 Hexham Koetong ... 209 Maitland ... 1:16 Moss Vale ... 138 1 Norman by Glengower 204 (N.S.W.) .. 132 Kojonup ... 280 Maitland, E. 137 Moulamein 139 Goldfield 326 Glengrove ... 253 Hexham (V.) 206 Kooringa ... 255 Majorca ... 211 Mt. Barker 257 Normanton 321 Glen limes 129 Heyfield ... 206 Koroit ... 209 Maldon ... 211 „ „ (WA) 280 Normanville 25S Glenluce ... 204 Heywood ... 206 Kumara ... 361 Mallala ... 256 „ Barker 257 Northam ... 28,1 Glenlyon ... 204 Highlands... 132 Kurrajong .. 134 Malinsbury 212 „ Bischoff 299 Northampton Glenosmond 233 Highton ... 206 „ Hts. 134 Mandurah... 280 „ Black- Glenorchy(V.)204 Hill End ... 132 Kyneton ... 209 Mangana ... 299 wood ... 215 Northcote . 281'2 „ (Tas.) 298 Hindmarsh 254 Kynumboon 134 Mannum ... 2.56 „ Cotterell 215 Northfield... 141 Glenore ... 29S Hinton ... 132 Laanecoorie 209 Manoora ... 256 „ Egerton 215 North Rich- Glenpark •.. 204 Hit or Miss 207 Lachlan ... 135 Mansfield ... 212 „ Gambier '257 mond ... 141 GI nttomps'n 204 Hobart Town 298' Laggan ... 13.5 Marengo ... 137 „ Ida ... 362 Norton's Sum- Gobur ... 204 Hochkirch 207 Lake Bolac 209 Margate ... 299 „ Mercer 215 mit ... 2-„, Godfrey's Ck. 204 Hoddle sCk. 207 Lake Plains 255 Marong ... 212 „ Perry ... 325 Norwood ,... '2.."0 Goodna ... 323 Hokianga ... 360 Lal Lal ... 210 Maroona ... 212 „ Pleasant 257 Nowra ... 141 Goolwa ... 253 Hokitiki ... 360 Lambton .., 135 Marrabel ... 256 „ Rowan 215 Nnmeralla... 111 Gooley's Ck. 204 Home Rule 132 Lamplough 210 Martin's Bay 361 „ Stirling 280 Nunawading 217 Goondiwindi 323 Hope Valley 254 Lauceficld .. 210 Marrickville 137 „ Torrens 257 Nundle ... 141 Goornong ... 204 Horsham ... 207 Landsboro' 210 Maryborough „ Victoria 139 Nuriootpa ... 258 Gordons ... 204 Hotham ... 207 Lane Cove... 135 (Vict.) ... 212 Moutajup ... 215 Oak bank .. 258 Gordon ... 298 Hotspur ... 207 Langhorne 's „ (Q.) 325 Moyston ... 215 Oakey Creek 32 ; Gosford ... 129 Houghton ... 254 Creek ... 255 Mandan ... 137 Mudgee ... 139 Oakleigh... 217 Goulburn ... 129 Hoyleton ... 254 Lam .. ... 210 Maryland ... 137 Mulgoa ... 139 Oamaru ... 30:; Grafton ... 130 Huntly ... 207 Larpent •.. 210 Masterton ... 361 Mundooran 139 Oatlands ... 30(1 Grahamstown359 Hunter's Hill 13:3 Latrobe ... 2991 Mathinna ... 299 Mungindi ... 139 Oaks ... 141 Grand Junct. 253 Hutt ... 360 Latrobe Bdg. 210 Mathoura ... 137, Murchison... 216 Oberon ... 141 Grant ... 204 111awarra ... 133 Launceston 299 Matlock ... 212 ! Murphy's Ck 325 O.B. Flat ... 258 Grantville ... 204 Indigo ... 207 Laura ... 2551 Mathinna ... 299 Murroon ... 216 Obley ... 141 Graytown ... 204 Inglewood 207 Lawrence Mauriceville 362 Murrumbur- O'Brien's GreatWestn. 204 „ (Q.) 324 (N.S.W.)... 135 Maytown ... 325 rah ... 139 Bridge ... 300 Greendale ... 205 Invercargill 360 „ (N. Z.) 361 Meadows ... 256 Murrurundi 139 Omeo ... 217 Greenock ... 253 Inverell ... 133 Learmonth 210 Melbourne 212 Muswell- Onehunga .. 303 Greenough 280 Inverleigh 207 Leasingham 255 t Melrose ... 256 1 brook ... 139 One-Tree Hill 141 Greenponds 298 Ipswich ... 324 Ledcourt ... 210Melton ... 2141111yall River 139 Oomberatana 259 Grenfell ... 130 Ironbarks ... 133 Leonard'sHil 210 MeltonMowb.299I Myers' Flat 216 Ophir ... 141 Grenville ... 205 Israelite Bay 280 Lethbridge... 210 1 Menangle ... 137 Myponga ... 258 Opossum ... 300 Gresford ... 130 Italian Gully 207 Leven River 299 Menindie ... 137 Myrniong ... 216 Gully ... 217 Greta ... 205 Jamberoo ... 133 Lexton ... 210 Meningie ... 256 Myrtleford 216 Orange ... 141 Greymouth 360 James Town Leyburn ... 324 Meredith ... 214 Nagambie ... 216 Orford ... 217 Greytown ... 360 (S.A.) ... 254 Lilydale ... 210 , Merimbula 137 Nailsworth Ournie ... 142 Grunthal ... 253 Jamestown 361 Lintons ... 210 ' Merino ... 214 Prop. ... 258 Ouse Guildford(V. ) 205 Jamieson ... 207 Lismore Merriwa ... 137 Nairne ... 258 Overland , (W.A.) 280 Jan Juc ... 208 (N.S.W.) 135 Merton ... 214 Nanango ... 325 Corner ... 259 Gulgong ,,, 131 Jerilderie .., 133 „ (V.) 211 j Michelago ... 137 Napier ... 362 Oxley ,,, 217 Gulligal ... 131 Jerry's Plains133 Lithgow ... 135 . Middleton Napoleons ... 216 Paddington 142 Gumeracha 253 Jerusalem... 298 Little Bills- ! (S A.) ... 256 Narellan ... 139 Palmer (S. A.)259 Gundagai ... 131 Jimna ... 324 bong ... 135 „ (Tas.) 299 Narrabri ... 140 „ (Q.) 326 Gundaroo ... 131 Jordan ... 208 Little River 211 Milang ... 256 Narracoorte 258 I Palmerston 2111 Gunnedah... 131 Joyce's Ck. 208 Littleh'mpt'n 299 Millewa ... 214 Narrandera 140 „ (N.Z.) 363 Gunning ,,, 131iJugiong ... 133 Liverpool ... 135 Milchester... 325 Naseby ... 362 Pambula ... 142 Ciympie ,,, 323 i Junes .. • 133 „ Plains 1361 Millicent ... 256 Nat tai .., 140 Parkes ... 142

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PAGE • PA( ,E Parralllatta 142 Ramornie ... 144 Sandy Bay 300 Strathalbyn 262 Trunkey Wellington Parrots Hill 259 Randallsea .. 260 Sandy Creek Strathmore 223 Creek ... 149 ,N.S.W. 152 Pampa ... 217 Randwick ... 144 (V. 221 Streaky Bay 262 Truro ... 263 „ S.A..)264 Patca ... 363 Rangiora ... 364 „ (S.A.) 261 Streatham... 225 Tuella ... 150 „ ( N.Z) 365 Paterson ... 142 Rapid Bay... 260 St. Alban's 146 Stroud ... 146 Tumberumba130 Went worth 132 Peel...... 143 Ravenswood „ Arnaud Stuart Mill 22.3 Tumby Bay 26.1 Werribee ... 228 Pekina ... 259 (V.) 219 V. 223 Sturt .. 262 Tumut 150 Westbury ... 301 Penguin ... 300 „ (Q. 326 „ Bathans 364 Suminerhill Tunbridge... 301 Westwood._ 329 Penritti ... 143 RaymondTer- „ (ie./ego .. 327 Creek .. 146 Tunkillo ... 263 ' Westport ... 363 Penola ... 250 race ... 144 „ Helen's 30) Sunbury ... 225 Turon 150 Whangarei :106 Penshurst ... 217 Ray wood .. 219 „ John's ... 262 Surat ...:328 Two Wells .. 263 White Hills 228 Pentridge ... 217 Redfern ... 144 „ Kilda ... 224 Sutton Forest Tylden ... 226 White Island Pereydale ... 217 Redbank ... 219 „ Lawrence :127 146 Port .., 329 Perth ... 280 Bedlnll ... 260 „ Leonard's 224 Swan Hill... 225 Ulladulla ... 150 Whittlesea... 22, Perth ,Tas. , 300 Redruth;SA.1200 „ „ (Tas 300 Swansea ... 301 Ulmarra ... 150 Wiiroo 228 Picton (NSW)143„ (V.) 219 „ Mary's ... 300 Switzers ... :i65 Ulverstone 301 l Wickl-1. /m 133 „ (N.Z.) 363 Reedy Marsh 300 Sarstield ... 22] Sydney ... 146 Underdale... 263 Wickliffe .. 22; Piggorect ... 217 Reefton(N.Z.)364 Scarsdale ... 221 Unley 263 Wilberforce 1.53 Pimpaina ... 326 Reeftown ... 326 Schnapper Tabulam ... 148 Upper Dargo 226 Wileannia ... 153 Pinjarrah ... 280 Reeves Plains260 Point ... 22-2 Taieri ... 365 Upper Swan 281 William's Pir •on Ial- Reid's Creek 219 Scone ,.. 145 Talbot ... 223 Uralla ... 150 River ... 281 lock ... 217 Revolver Pt. 326 Sebastopol... 222 Talisker ... 262 Urana ,„ 150 Wdliamst,e,n n Pitt Town... 113 Reynella ... 260 Second Tallarook ... 225 (Viet., 228 Pitfield ... 218 Richmond Valley ... 261 Tambu ... 323 -Vaughan 227 „ S.A.t 261 Point Mackay 239 (N.S.W. I 144 Schick's Hill 261 Tambaroora 148 Vegetable C. 1.30 „(NSW. 1.3; „ Sturt 239 Richmond(V)219 Serpentine 0.222 Tamworth... 148 Victor Port 263 Willunga ... 261 Pontville ... 300 „ (Tas.) 300 Serpentine .. 281 Tangil ... 225 Victoria(Tas.;301 Winchelsea 22', Porcupine Riddell's Seven Hills Tanunda ... 262 Victoria Windeyer la.; Plat ... 21$ Creek ... 219 (N.S.W.)... 145 Taranaki ... 365 Plains ... 2S1 Windsor . 13.; Portarlington2I8 Ringarooma 300 „ (S.A. , 261 Taradale ... 22.5 Violet Town 227 „ (V.) 229 Portland ... 218 Riverton .. 261 Seymour ... 222 Taralga ... 148 Virginia ... 263 Wiugen ... 15.; Port, Albert 218 „ (N.Z. 364 Shady Creek 222 Tarcutta, ... 140 Winghain .. 1.3I „ Adelaide239 Robe Town 261 Shea Oak Log262 Three ... 149 W.iggaWagga151 Winslow 229 „ Arthur 300 Robertson .. 144 Shelbourne 222 Tarlee ... 262 Wagonga ... 151 Wit don ... 306 „ Augusta259 Rochester Shelford .,. 222 Tarnagulla 226 Wahgunyah 227 Wiseman's , l „ 250 (S.A.) 261 Shepparton 222 Taroom ... 328 Wahring ... 227 Ferry 131 „ Chad- „ ( V.) 2191 Shoalhaven 145 Tarpeena ... 263 Waikouaiti 365 Wistow ... 261 niers ... 363 Rochtord ... 220 ' Shortland ... 364 Tarraville ... 226 Waimate ... 365 Wodonga 229 „ Cygnet 300 Rockingham 280 Singleton ... 143 Tarrawingee 226 Waitahuna 363 .. 151 „ Elliott 260 Rockhamp- Skipton ... 222 Tauranga ... 365 Walcha 151 Wollongong 151 Lem- ton .., :326 Sliding Rock 262 Tea-Tree Walgett 131 Wombat .„ 131 priere ... 300 Rockley .., 114 Smcaton ... 222 Gully ... 263 Walhalla ... 227 Woodburn .. 134 Lincoln 260 Rocky 1Mouth144 Smithfield Teesdale ... 226 Wallan Wal- Woodeliester 261 Macdon- ' Rocky River 143 (N.S.W.) .. 146 Templers ... 263 Ian ... 227 Woodend ... 229 nell ... 260 Roel.nirne ... 281 „ (S. A.) 262 Templestowe 226 Wallerawang 151 Woodford ... 229 „ Mac- Rokeby ... 300 „ (Q.) 327 Ten-Mile Wallsend 151 Woodh (use- (plane ... 143 Rokewood .. 220 Sinythesdale 22:3 Creek ... 149 Wallaroo ... 263 lee ... 134 „ Pine ... 260 Roma ... 327 Sofala ... 146 Tenterfield 149 Wain inera,wa, 1.31 Wo.,(1sIde „ Stephensll:1 Romsey ... 220 Solferino ... 146 Toning ... 226 Wandandian 131 (s.A. ... 261 „ Victor 260 Rosenthal ... 261 Somerset ... 327 Terara ... 149 Waugaratta 227 Wu. Kish le ,, Wake- Roseworthy 261 Somerton ... 223 Teviot .., 365 Wanganui 365 (N. S. W.) .. 134 field ... 260 Rosedale .,. 220 Somerville... 223 Thebart Al. .. 263 Wanerenooka28I Wood a Point 229 Poverty B ... 361 Ross (Tas.)... 300 Sorrento ... 22:3 Thornborough Waratah 1.51 \Voonooua Pr.ehran ... 218 „ (N.Z.) 364 Sorell... 301 328 Warburton 227 Woolsthorpe 229 Preston ... 21$ „ Creek 220 Southport Three Hut Wardell 152 Woormloo 231 Prospect Rouse Hill 145 (N.T.) ... 267 Point ... :101 Warialda 132 W• bong ,5 N.S.W.) 143 Rowland's S. _Ramon— 22:1 Thu •aday Is- Warneton 132 Wynya •d . „ Village Flat ... 261 S. Petherton 202 land ... 328 Warkworth 132 I aamba,...23.) (S.A.) 260 Roxburgh .. 364 S.Yarra ... 223 Tian) ... 328 Warrandyte 227 Iackandandah Pyalong...... 218 Runnymede 220 Spring Grove 146 Timarti ... 365 Warrenheip 227 230 Rushworth 220 Springs .. 223 Timbarra ... 149 Wanmamboo1228 Vain Creek 26r Quambone ., 143 Russell's Springhnrst 223 Timor ... 226 Warwick ... 329 Iandilla .. 32', Quartzreefs 218 Creek ... 220 Springsure 327 Tinonee ... 149 Wasleys 26.1 Iandoit ... 230 Queanbeyan 143 Rutherglen 220 Stanley .. 301 Tokomairiro 36.5 Waterloo Ian Iean .. 230 (Queeliborough Rydal ... 145 Stanthorpe 327 Tomago ... 149 (N.S.W.)... 132 203 00 ... 145 Stawell .. 224 Tooloom ... 149 „ ( Viet.) 228 Vass .., 1.3.5 Qiieenseliff 219 RydeRylstone ... 145 Steelton .. 262 Toongabbie 226 „ (S.A.' 264 1 ea 2.10 Queenstown(V.) 219 Saddleworth 261 Steiglitz .. 224 Toorak ... 220 Water Vale 264 Yengarie a) N. Z.) 364 Salisbury ... 261 Stirling N.... 262 Toowoomba 328 1Vatson'sBay 152 letman ... 1;3 ... 220 Stockport .. 262 Torquay ... 301 Watsonville 329 York ... •01. QuirindiQuindalup...... 144 280 Sandergrove Sale... 261 Stockyard Torrens Vale 263 IVaurnPonds 228 Yorke Town 201 Sandford ... 221 Creek ... 224 Townsville 328 Weaner's Flat 264 Young ... 15.5 Raglan (V.) 219 Sandgate ... 327 Stratford ... 224 Traralg-on ... 226 Wee-Was ... 132 Youngedinc 2,1 Ra.41,01 (N.Z.)364 Sandhurst .. 221 Strathfield- i Urentham ... 220 Wedderburn 22$ Indanamit- „ .N.S.W.) 144 Si/Aldridge ... 221 saye ... 22.3 Triabunna .. 301 Wellingrove 1.32 tana 261

INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

Note.—All the Advertisements, with the exception of those on coloured paper, and the special ones facing Indices, etc., are paged at the bottom. Dy. is contra° tion for Directory.

PAGE C. ' Avoca Mail ' ... 164 r r; A. Ayling, Ed. (Oars, &c.) 257 Callaghan & Son colrd. iv. PAGE Cameron, Amberg & Co. A. B. C. Guide' ... 158 colrd. xxxx Abraham, J. S. ... 194 Camperdown Chronicle' ... 165 Acraman, Main & Co. ... 224 Candell, W. Acton & Borman ...... 253 B. Carbolic Acid ... 252 Adams' Patent Small Arms... 1,2 Carmichael, L. ... 238 Adelaide Marine and Fire Bacchus Marsh Express' ... 167 Carlyle, G. ... Dy. 67 Assurance Co. 131 Bank of New South Wales 178, 179 Carr & Sons ... 155 Age and Leader' 159 Bank of South Australia ... 211 Cary, W. 192 Aime-Hugon Dy. 37 „ „ Adelaide ...... 212 Castelberg, Petitpicrre & Co. Aitchison, Wm. ... 239 Barnett, E. & Co. ... 240 Dy. 13 Albury Banner ... 208 Barnett, Son, & Foster, cold. Cawthorn°, W. A. & Co. ... '295 Allerding, F. & Son ... Dy. 79 interleaved. Victoria. Chard, W. H. & Co...... 182 Allexand er, R. F. &J. (Cottons) Bartleet, W. & Sons ... 250 Cheavins, G. ... 248 cold. interleaved. Bassett & Son ... 186 Christen, W. & Co. ... 216 Allnutt, F. (Fumigating City Galvanizing Works, Baume & Co. ... Dy. 27 Sydney ... 192 Paper) ... 264 Beach & Barnicott Dy. 85 Allott, W. D. ... Dy. 89 Beattie's Hat Establishment 239 City Iron Works Co. ... 188 Alston & Brown, coloured City of Melbourne Bank ... 197 Beddow, B. & Son ... Dy. 7 „ Bank, Sydney ... 173 interleaved. Victoria. Beckman Bros. ... Dy. 33 Ararat & Pleasant Creek Clarence Hotel ... 211 Bega, Gazette' ... 208 Clark, Francis, & Sons ... 221 Advertiser' ... 163 Benson & Adams. ... Dy. 81, 83 Archer, D. C. ... 134 Berkley, Taylor & Co. ... 238 Clark & Co. (Cottons) Dy. 11 Armour, Robt. & Co. .. 236 Clayton & Shuttleworth ... 15 Berry, F. & Sons ... 252 Clough, J. H. & Co...... 157 Arnoldi, J. & R. ... 232 Bird, Charles ... 161 Atlas Company of Engineers Clunes Guardian ' 164 Blair's Gout Pills ... Dy. 43 Clyde Rivet Works ... 260 Dy. 63 Booth, J. & Co. ... 201 Australasian' & `Sketcher' 161 Colac Herald' ... 168 Boothby, J. Gilbert .. 219 Colac Times' ...... 169 Australasian Shipping and Border Post' ••. 210 Forwarding Co. ... Dy. 113 Coleman & Morton's Patent Bowen, Wm. ... 154 Cultivator ... cold. xxvi. Australasian Steam Joinery Brabant & Co...... 235 Works ...... 152 Colonial Sugar Refinery Co. 198 Bradshaw's Guide' ... 168 Collingwood Paper Works Dy. 75 Australian Discovery ... 203 Brick-making machinery, C. Australian Rope Works ... 198 Collis Browne's Chlorodyne Whittaker & Co...... 251 Dy. 61 Australian Wool Scourer ... 262 Bristol Daily Post' ... 269 Australian Mutual Provi- Colton, J. & Co. ... Dy. 89 Mercury' ... 269 Comml. Banking Co., Sydney dent ...... 171 Britannia, Fire & Life Asso. Dy. 95 Australian and New Zealand 174, 175 Britannia Sewing Machines 254 Condon, R. 199 Gazette' ... 267 Brookes, H. C. ... Dy. 77 Australian and European Conisbee and Sons ...... 4 Brookes, Henry & Co. Cornwall Fire and Marine In- Bank ...... 213 cold. p. opp. 270 Australian Agency Banking surance Co., Sydney Dy. 71 Brookes, W. Sr Sons ...... 249 Cowles, C. ... 188 Co...... 157 Brown, D. L. & Co. .., ... 240 Australian Medical Jour- Crosbee, Thos. & Sons ... 246 Brown and Poison 6 Crown Perfumery Co. Dy. 53 nal'...... 168 Buckland, John F...... 233 Australian Joint-Stock Bank Building Society-4th Vic- 176 & 177 toria Permanent ... 133 D. „ Steam Nay. Co. ... 184 ... 201 Australian Packets, Thames Bulli Coal Mining Co. Daglish, Robt. & Co.... cold. v. Bumsted, D. & Co. ... ,.. 259 Daily Telegraph,' Melb. ... 160 and Mersey Line ... 247 ...... 239 Australian Widows Fund Burns, J. & J.... Daniels Brothers, Seed Mer- 128 & 213 Butler Bros. ... •.. ... 237 chants...... Dy. 43 •

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PAGE PAGE PAGE banks, John ... 150 Franks, Henry ... 161 Holmes, W. H. & Co. 93 Davenport & Alcock 183 Freeman's Chlorodyne cold. xiv. Hollidge, E. J.-. cold. xxxi. Davenport's Patent Fasten- Freemasons' Hotel ... 198 Home News' ... 2 l9 ings Dy. 43 Fry & Sons' Cocoa ... Dy. 17 Hopgood & Co...... 252 Davies Bros. Galvanized Iron Hopkins, F. 237 Dy. 51 Hopkinson & Cope ... Dy. 69 Davies, W. E. & Co. (hardware) 261 G. Hounsell, W. & Co...... 250 Davy & Sands ... 187 Gardener, Robt. & Co. Dy. 113 Howard, Ma.pplebeek & Co. 243 Dawson Bros...... cold. viii. Garton & Corner ... 199 Hubbuck, T. & Son ... Dy. 21 Day, Son & Hewett Dy. 23 Genders, Jos. C. & Co. Dy. 97 Hudson & Hopwood... 212 Deane, Jas. & Co. 135 General Advertising Agency Hudson Bros. 201 Deed, J. S., & Sons ... Dy. 19 Dy. 43 Hufton, Shaw & Co. ... 14S Denison, Foundry, Bathurst 194 General Insurance Co. of Hunter, Stevenson & Co. ... 220 Denny & Co. ... Dy. 63 Dresden Hunter, W. H...... 148 Denton & Jutsum ... cold. xv. Gibbs & Son .. Dy. 37 Dietz & Co...... 263 Gilchrist, Stubbs & Weston 192 Dinwiddie, Morrison & Co, 240 Gillott, Joseph Dy. 19 Dobbie, A. & J...... 222 Gipps Land Mercury' 167 Dollond & Co.... facing pref. 2 Gipps Land Standard' ... 163 Illawarra Mercury ' ... 208 Doolette, G. P. Dy. 89 Gipps Land Times' ...... 162 `Illustrated Australian News' 159 Downing, J. S. ... Dy, 39 Gisborne Times' ...... 162 Illustrated Sydney News '... 206 Dudgeon & Arnell ..• 147 Goldsbrough, R. & Co. ... 156 Improved Seidlitz Powders, Duesbury, Geo. ... 187 Gordon & Gotch... cold. Duguid, Robt. & Co.... Dy. 67 Victoria 239 & 271 Improved Water Filter ... 248 Government Emigration to Ingle's Printing Machine Dy. 87

N.S.W. ... 266 E. Goodlett & Smith Dy. 85

Eastern and Australian Mail `Grafton Argus ' •.. 209 Graham, ... 182 J. Steam Co., Bright Bros. ... 136 `East Charlton Tribune' ... 163 Grant, Wm...... 192 James, John, & Sons Dy. 101 Greatrex, C. & Sons ...... 255 Edwards, John & Co. ... 247 Jefferies & Co. ... cold. vii. Elder Line,' Trinder, An- Green, J. J. ... Dy. 97 Johnston & Furniss ... 213 derson & Co. Dy. 73 Green, J. R. & ... 144 Jones, David & Co. ... 9 Elliott Bros. (Eckhold's Pa- Griffiths & Browett... Dy. 19 Jones, H...... 199 Grin-laud & Co's. Cards Dy. 85 tent Omnimeter) 256 Juleffe Bros. ... 197 Ellis, Joseph & Co. ,.. ... 152 Gundagai Times ... 209 ' Emigration Papers ' ... 265 Eng., Scot., & Aust. Char- tered Bank ...... 124 H. K. Eno's Fruit Salt, back page Hadfield's Steel Foundry Co. Kaines, J. H. Dy. 95 of London Map and ,.. 226 cold. xxiv, xxv, Kapunda Herald' wrapper. }Tabling & Sehimel 186 Keep & Parsons 104 Epps & Co. colrd., end of book. Hamilton Spectator ' ... 166 Keith, W. ... 238 European Hotel—J. Voges 232 Hampshire's Blinds ... Dy. 49 Kiama Reporter' ...... 206 European Mail' ... 18 Hargreave,, Wm...... 188 King, George & Co. ... Dy. 113 Evans & Wormull Dy. 15 Harper Twelvetrees' Villa Klemm, F. C. & Co...... 143 Evening News '...... 205 Washer ... Dy. 53 Klisser, C. L. Dy. 89 Express & Telegraph' 228 Harrison, T. S. & Co. ... 154 Kronheimer, J. & Co. ... 149 Harris, Geo. & Co...... 231 Harris, G. P., Scarfe & Co.... 93 F. Harris, S. & H...... 16 L. Falk, P. & Co.... 140 Han old Bros. Dy. 91 Fanning & Co...... 219 Hart, A.&J.,page ii. of wrapper ii. Laidley, Wm. & Co. ... 186 Farmer & Co. ... Dy. 85 Hastings, Cunningham & Lamplough's Pyretic Saline Fan-ow & Jackson ... 238 Co. ... Dy. 49 Dy. 55 Paulding, F. H. & Co. Dy. 91 Hemsley, Chas. (last whole p.) 272 Lancefielki Chronicle' 162 Feldheim, Jacobs & Co. 143 Hepburn & Gale ... cold. xv. Land Agency, Vincent Brown 107 Feltham & Co. Dy. 35 Hicronimus, W. ... Dy. 45 Lande, W. J. & Co. ... 147 Fenwick & Scott 240 Hindley, E. S.... cold. xxix. `Launceston Examiner' ... 242 Fenner & Appleton Dy. 41 Hobartown Mercury' 242 Leistikow & McMinn ... 108 14.7. Fletcher, C. ... 239 Hodgkiss, John & Co. Levey, Oliver ` Forbes Times' 209 cold. interleaved Lezard & Son ... Dy. 41 Forster, Stephen, & Sons ... 183 Hockin, Wilson & Co. ... 270 London and Lancashire Fire 131 Fowler, D. & J. ... Dy. 93 Holdsworth, J. B...... 190 London Char. Bk. of Australia 130

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PAGE PAGE PAGF. Longford Wire Iron & Steel Munro, David and Co., cold. iii. Publishers :- Co...... cold. xiii. Murray, J...... 202 Chambers, W. R. ... xxxviii. Longmore, Francis ...... 134 ` Murrurundi Times'...... 209 Chapman & Hall cold. xxxiv. Lord & Hughes ...... 140 Mutual Life Association of Chatto & Windus xxxiii. Loon Cheong & Co...... 189 Australasia ... 172 Gordon & Gotch Lyons, H. & R...... 186 Myers & Solomon Griffith & Farran xxxvii. cold., interleaved. Partridge, S. W. & Co cold. xxxv. Ward, Lock & xxxvi. M. Mackenzie, G. B...... 185 N. Q. Mackenzie, N. J...... 182 Queenbeyan Age ' 207 Mackenzie, W. H. & Co. Dy. 79 National Bank of Australasia 125 Queen Insurance Co.... 181 & 231 McCall, D. ... 197 „ Insurance Co. of Queensland National Bank 230 McCarty, E. & Co. ... 189 Australasia ...... 133 Queensland Gov. Savings Bk. 229 McComas, John Wm. & Co. 149 Narrabri Herald' ... 207 Queensland Pianoforte Com- McCulloch & Co. . • • ... 146 Neild, J. C. ... ••• 181 pany ... 241 McEwan, Jas. & Co. ... 131 ' Nelson Evening Mail' ... 227 Quinlan and Co. ... 23! M'Ilwraith, John ...... 153 Newcastle Coal Mining Co. Macintosh, Charles & Co. ... ii. Dy. 79 New Zealand Shipping Co. (wrapper) R. `McIATor Times ' ... 167 cold. xxviii. 111`Lean Bros. & Rigg Dy. 57 Nicholson & Ascherberg Dy. .59 Rabone, Feez and Co. ... 18.; McNiven and Cameron ... 264 North Western Mail' 207 Radford, Wm. 1.54 McNaught, J. IL ... 237 Norwich -Union Fire In- Ransomes, Sims & Head, col. Maddock, William ...... 77 surance Society ...... 129 pages xviii. to xxiii. Main, A. J. & Co. ... cold. xvi. N.S.W. Emigration ...... 266 Ramsay, J. G. & Co. ... 222 Main & Geyer Shale Oil Comp. ... 194 Read, Charles ... 191 `Mansfield Guardian' ... 165 Renard Bros. and Co. ... 143 Marks, H. and Son ...... 260 Rhodes, W. & T. ... 221 Marriott & Graham ... Dy. 47 Rigby's Council Club and Martin, Arthur ...... 232 0. Commercial Hotel ... 141 Marwood, M. & Co...... 215 Himmel, Eugene ... Dy. 59 Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon 139 Oakes, E. W. and Co. ... 249 Riponshire Advocate' ... 163 Masters, W. H. & Co. cold. xxxii. Oppenheimer & Co...... 262 Riverine Grazier' ... 209 Mather's Feeding Bottle ... 10 Oriental Bank Corporation... 126 Roberts, Morris & Deacon ... 149 Matson, H. & CO. Dy. 113 011ernshaw, John ... 195 Robertson, John ...... 200 Melbourne Lead Works ... 153 ' Ovens & Murray Advertiser ' 166 Robertson, Wm. & Co. Dy. 63 Melbourne Savings' Bank ... 124 Robin, James & Co...... 219 Melliday, J. & T. ... 189 Roche's Herbal Embroca- Mercantile Bank of Sydney 180 tion ... Dy. 29 `Methodist Journal '... 227 P. Rolls, Schweitzer & Co. (Var- Millbay Soap Works...cold. xxx. nishes) ... 2t;0 Miller, T. ... 237 Pacific Fire & Marine Ins. Rooke, Dr., coloured page at Miller, W. & Sons ...cold. xxx. Co...... cold. iv. end. Miller and Richard ... 266 Padman and Co...... 222 Rowatt and Sons ... Dy. 9 Millington, J. J. ... Dy. 101 Partridge, J...... 195 Rowntree, T. S. & Co. ... I t.6 Milne, Wm., Junr. Dy. 91 Paul, J. C. ... Dy. 67 Royal Hotel, Lithgow 103 4 Monaro Mercury' ... 206 Peate & Harcourt ... 195 Royal Insurance Co...... 128 Money Wigram & Sons, All- Peters, D...... 194 port &Morgan ...... 137 Phillips, Albert ... 246 Money Wigram, W. Siddeley Phillips, G. & Co...... 221 S. & Co...... 136 P. & 0. Co. ... cold. xvii. Monnery, W. ... 265 P. & 0. Co., Melbourne ... 135 St. Arnaud Mercur ' 164 Morehead, B. D. & Co. ... 233 Phosphodyne, Dr. Lalor Samuel, E. & Co. ... 149 Morgan, Wm. & Co...... 216 cold. xxviii. San Francisco Route... 170 Moodie & Monro ... 193 Port, James & Co...... 153 Schilds, J. C. C. ... 171 Moore, T...... 189 Powell & Bishop cold. xii. Seamier, J. H. ... 193 Moore, Chas. & Co. ... Dy. 71 Powell, J. M...... 264 Sharman & Ladbury... 21.; Mort, Holland & Co...... 241 Pratt, W. & Son ...... 214 Sharpe, John .. ... 152 Moss, Henry, Steam Tugs ... 137 Preston & Parsons ...... 217 Shoalhaven News' ... 206 Moss, White & Co...... 147 Price, George (Safes)... 259 Siebe and Gorman ... 15 Muecke, H. & Co...... 220 Protestant Advocate' ... 227 Simons & Son ... cold. xxx. 4 Mudgee Independent' ... 207 Propert's Harness Composi- Singleton Argus ' ... 210 Muir, Warde & Co. ... 232 tion Dy. 7 Singleton's Eye Ointment ... 257

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PAGE PAGE PAGE Smellie, R. R. & Co...... 236 Thames & Mersey Line Warrnambool Standard' ... 167 Smith & Chamberlain cold. x. xi. (Thompson & Gracie) ... Watson, Gow & Co. ... cold. vi. Smith, G. H. 194 The Mercury' ... 242 Watson & Co., Machine Silk Smith, Dr. L. L...... 169 The Scrutineer' ... 209 cold. xxxi. Smith, G. W. ... 224 The Telegraph,' Brisbane ... 241 Watson, John ...... 193 Smith & McLauren cold. xxix. Thomas, H. (Guide Books) ... 138 Way, E...... 199 Smith & Mamie11 ... 193 Thomas, J. T...... 143 Webb & Son ...... 249 Solomon, E. H. ... cold. xii. Thomson, W. S. & Co. Dy. 31 Webster & Co...... 233 South Australia' .. 226 Thorowgood & Steinberg Dy. 71 Webster, J. & Co. ... Dy. 99 South Australian Ins. Co. 132 Tidman & Son, Sea Salt Dy. 4 Western Daily Mercury' 268 'S. A. Register' „ Salicylic Soap cold. intl. Western Post' 208 South British lusur. Comp. 231 Toiray, Gustave cold. xxvii. Weekly Times' (Melb.) ... 160 Southern Argils ' S.A. ... 225 Tolley, J. & W...... 245 Week,' The 241 Spicer Bros...... 266 Toolamba Telegraph' 168 Welch & Co. ... co/rd. xl. Stanley, W. F. ... Dy. 25 Tolley, Albion E...... 215 Whybrow's Popular Relish... 247 Stevens' Ointment ... 253 Town & Country Journal'... 205 Whyte, Counsell & Co. ... 217 Stewart, Robert ...... 155 Treble, Wm...... 182 Wigg, R. H. & Son ... Dy. 99 Storer, D. & Sons ... Dy. 65 Triggs, Mare & Taylor ... 187 Wilcannia Times' ...... 207 Strutt, W. G. &J. ... Dy. 37 Turner, Jas. & Son ...... 155 Wilcock, B. & J. ... Dy. 61 Stuart, C. ... 77 Williams, Cameron & Co. Dy. 113 Stubbs & Taylor ...... 133 Williams, E. H...... 195 Sydney Steam Saw Mills ... 193 U. Wills, G. & R., & Co. ... 223 S. Australian Advertiser '... 228 Ullathorne & Co. ... 142 Wilson & Cunningham ... 198 'S. Australian Chronicle' 228 Union Bank of Australia ... 123 Wolstencroft & Co. (Washing Sunday Times' Dy. 77 United Insurance Co. (Melb.) 128 Machine) ... cold. xxxi. Swallow & Ariell ... 141 „ „ (Sydney) 181 Wood, George ... Dy. 99 Sydney Echo ' ... 204 Wood, G., Son & Co...... 217 'Sydney Mail '...... 204 Woodman, Joseph ... 246 Sydney Morning Herald ' ... 204 V. Worms, M.A...... 255 Vale, H...... 188 Wright, A...... 188 Victoria Fire & Marine Ins. Wright & Butler ... 244 Co...... 131 Vosz, H. L. ... 218 T. Tallerman, S.D. & L. A. ... 142 W. Y. Tamworth Observer' ... 208 Wagga Wagga. Express ' ... 210 Young, Geo...... 220 Tankard's Temperance Hotel 141 Wa Hap...... 189 York's Magic Lantern Slides 259 Tarrangower Times' ... 164 Wainwright, J. J. & Co. Tasmanian Mail' ... 242 coloured interleaved Tate, Frederick ...... 134 Walterns, Brown & Co. Dy. 71 z. Tann, John. (Safes). Dy. 21 Ward & Payne...... cold. ix. Taylor & Wearing ...... 188 Ward, Joseph, & Co...... 197 Zair, G. & J...... 247 Tebbatt, E. J. & Co...... 182 Warner, J. & Sons ... Dy. 71 Zeal, W. Austin ... 150 60

EMIGRATION. IN this page and the following pages, such information is given as is likely to be of service to intending Emigrants. It has been principally compiled from official papers, and is corrected up to the date of publication. Since January 1, 1873, the powers and duties imposed on the Emigration Commissioners have been transferred to the Board of Trade. EMIGRATION BOARD. Sir T. W. CLINTON MURDOCH, K.C.M.G. Sir STEPHEN WALCOTT, K. C. M.G. Office : Downing Street, Westminster, London.

SPECIAL EMIGRATION AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES. NEW SOUTH WALES.— W111. Forster, Esq., 3, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, West- minster. VICTORIA. —Archibald Michie, Esq , 8, Victoria Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. —Sir Arthur Blyth, K.C.M.G., 8, Victoria Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S. W. QUEENSLAND. — A. Macalister, Esq., C.M.G., 32, Charing Cross, W.C. TASMANIA. —Emigrant and Colonies Aid Corporation, 25, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster ; Secretary, C. Dugald Buckler, Esq. NEW ZEALAND. — Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G., 7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—W. Felgate, Esq., 12, Clement's Lane, Lombard Street.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION OFFICERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, ACTING UNDER THE BOARD OF TRADE. LONDON (Office, St. Katharine's Dock House, Tower Hill) : Lieut. G. C. Sconce, I.N. Assistants, Captain R. Elliott, R.N., and F. Wake, Esq. LIVERPOOL (Office, Customs' House Arcade): Captain F. W. Gough, C.B., R.N. Assistants, Captain Geary, R.N.; E. R. Moodie, Esq. ; and Robert Evatt, Esq. PLYMOUTH : Captain Stoll, R.N. ; H. D. Grey, Esq. GLASGOW AND GREENOCK : W. P. Pryce, Esq.; Corn. Cressy, R.N. CORK, Sze.: E. Christian, Esq.; Com. Gibbons, R N. LONDONDERRY : Lieut. H. J. Edwards, I.N. CARDIFF : W. H. Neate, Esq. LEITH : R. Murray, Esq. NORTH SHIELDS : L. Mills, Esq. HULL : C. E. Pryce, Esq. SOUTHAMPTON : J. Burgess, Esq. Blum', : H. R. J. Pearch, Esq. DUBLIN : W. W. Kiddie, Esq. The following is a summary of the duties of the Emigration Officers:— They procure and give gratuitously, information as to the sailing of ships and means of accom- modation for emigrants ; and whenever applied to for that purpose, they see that all agreements between the shipowners, agents or masters, and intending emigrants, are duly performed. They also see that the provisions of the Passengers' Act are strictly complied with ; viz., that passenger vessels are seaworthy, that they have on board a sufficient supply of provisions, water, medicines, &c., and that they sail with proper punctuality. They attend personally at their offices on every week-day, and afford gratuitously all the assistance in their power to protect intending emigrants against fraud and imposition, and to obtain redress where oppression or injury has been practised on them. VESSELS.—There are several lines of ships sailing from London to Australia and New Zealand. The leading shipbrokers are : Messrs. Allport & Morgan, 7, Leadenhall Street (for Melbourne) ; Anderson, Anderson & Co., 1, Billiter Court, E.C. (Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney) ; Devitt & Moore, 109, Leadenhall Street (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Tasmania) ; Felgate & Co., 12, Clement's Lane, Lombard Street (West Australia) ; F. Green & Co., 110, Fenchurch Street (Melbourne) ; Houlder Brothers & Co., 146, Leadenhall Street, and 4, Oriel Chambers, Water Street, Liverpool (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Adelaide) ; New Zealand Shipping Co., India House, Alderman's Walk, New Broad Street (New Zealand) ; Ogilby, Moore & Co., 6A, Austin Friars (Adelaide) ; Potter, Parnell & Co„ 15, Great St. Helen's (Sydney and Melbourne) ; Shaw, Saville & Co., 31, Leadenhall Street (New Zealand) ; Taylor, Bethel! & Roberts, 110, Fenchurch Street (Queensland, Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide) ; E Thompson & Co., 27, Leadenhall Street (Sydney and Melbourne) ; Geo. Thompson, jun., & Co., 24, Leadenhall Street (Melbourne and Sydney). On application to any of these firms, either per- sonally or by letter, full particulars can be obtained of vessels about leaving, the rates of passage, dietary scale, and any further information that may be required. The vessels themselves lie for inspection in the London, East India, West India, or South West India Docks, and can be seen any time between the hours of about ten and four. LENGTH OF VOYAGE. — The usual length of the voyage to the Australian Colonies in sailing ships averages about ninety-five days, and to New Zealand a little longer ; though occasional passages 86

MINING REGULATIONS.

The following information is an epitome of the laws of the various Colonies relating to the taking up by purchase, or on lease or license, and the working, of mineral lands. It will be found that under the head of each Colony the information is classified into " Mining for Gold" and "Mining for Metals and Minerals other than Gold." NEW SOUTH WALES. GOLD MINING. By the Mining Act of 1874, the Governor was empowered to proclaim Crown lands to be gold fields, and to grant " Miners' rights " at a fee of 10s. between January and June inclusive, of each year, and 5s. after that date in each year, subject to certain regulations to be from time to time prescribed. All miners' rights terminate with the last day of the year, and without a miner's right, no person is allowed to mine, for gold, under a penalty not exceeding £10. Business licenses may also be granted enabling persons to occupy Crown lands for business purposes, on payment of a fee of £1 for a year, and 10s. six months_ Leases of auriferous lands may be obtained in accordance with the regulations for the time being, the rent to be fixed by the Governor in Council. MINERALS OTHER THAN GOLD. Mining leases may be granted by the Government, not exceeding 320 acres for coal, nor SO acres for other minerals, for a period of not more than fourteen years, with the right of renewal for another fourteen years, subject to a rent of 5s. per acre, to be paid annually in advance, and to the condition of expending at the rate of £5 per acre on the land within the first three years. Notice in writing to the Government during the thirteenth year is necessary before renewal, and the fee for such renewal is to be deter- mined by appraisement, but is not to be less than £2 10s. per acre. The license fee for cutting timber or bark is £3 ; for cutting hardwood or bark, £1 ; and for quarrying for stone, brick earth, &c., £3. All licenses to expire on the 31st December, but quarterly or half-yearly licenses may be granted at a pro- portionate fee. VICTORIA. GOLD MINING. The Land Act, 1869, provides that licenses may be granted for not more than one year, and for an extent not exceeding 20 acres, entitling the holders to reside on or cultivate land on any gold field, on payment of such fees and subject to such conditions as the Government may approve. Miners' rights are issued for not more than fifteen years at the rate of 5s. per annum, and consolidated miners' rights may be issued for the like period on the application of the manager or trustees of any company agreeing to work in partner- ship any claims registered under the Act, on payment of a sum at the prescribed rate multiplied by the number of miners' rights so consolidated. Miners' rights entitle the holders to take possession of, and reside and mine on so much of the Crown lands as may be prescribed by the bye-laws of the Local Mining Board. Business licenses enable the holders to occupy and carry on business on the gold fields, on lands, not exceeding a quarter of an acre in extent, and are issued at £2 10s. for six months, and £5 for twelve months. A lease may be granted of not more than 100 acres in one lot for such term as the Governor may determine, and at a nominal rent, to any holder of a miner's right who may be desirousto prospect for gold in any place where sinking through basalt will be necessary, and to which no part of any gold workings shall be nearer than five miles, one mile being allowed to be marked off for the prospecting, and the lease of 100 acres to be granted only in case of remunerative gold being found. Leases of auriferous lands shall not be less than one nor more than 30 acres, and in the case of a lode the length shall not be less than 100 yards nor more than 600 yards along the lode, and the width not less than 50 yards nor more than 200 yards across the lode. The rent of leases is at the rate of £1 per annum payable half-yearly in advance, and a fee of £1 for the preparation of the lease, and survey fees from &3 Is. upwards are required, together with a deposit of £2 for an area under 10 acres, and of £5 above 10 acres, to be made on application. Where gold is associated with other minerals, the lessee must obtain, in addition to that for removing those minerals, a lease under the gold mining regulations. During the session of 1877, a Bill to provide for mining on private property, was introduced into the Victoria Legislative Assembly. It gave authority to enter on the private property of any one for the purpose of mining for gold, subject to certain conditions. Leases for the same would be granted for any term not exceeding fifteen years, and the lessee would be under the same regulations as though mining on Crown Lands. MINERALS OTHER THAN GOLD. Mineral leases may be granted for any term not exceeding 30 years and for the following areas :—Coal, not less than 50 nor more than 640 acres ; iron, not less than two nor more than 100 acres ; for all other leases, except gold, not less than a quarter of an acre nor more than 50 acres. The rent is fixed at not less than 3d. nor more than 2s. per acre per annum. Licensees to work one or more minerals may obtain licenses to work other minerals, not being gold, on the same land by payment of a further rent of not more than ls. per acre for each such mineral. Should there be gold on the land, the lessee must obtain in addition a lease under the gold leasing regulations before he can mine for, or remove it. In addition to the above fees a royalty of 2 per cent, is charged on all minerals (except gold) at the mouth of the mine. Mineral licenses for not more than one year may be granted of the following areas : -Coal not exceeding 640 acres, ores of iron not exceeding 100 acres, other minerals (except gold) not exceeding 50 acres. The fees for these licenses are not less than £1 nor more than £10. Licenses to construct dams, races, and reservoirs may be granted for not more than fifteen years, the land held under a license for a race not to exceed four acres for every mile in length of such race, the fees for such race, having regard to the quantity of water and the expenditure necessary, but not to be less than £2 per annum. Leases of reservoirs constructed at the public expense are also granted on certain terms and conditions. TOWNS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 119 BARRINGTON, a postal centre in the county sively in the town. Beer is brewed in the city and of Gloucester, electorate of Williams, and Stroud at Glanmire, 7 miles distant. Since June, 1872, the police district, 164 miles N. of Sydney, on the river city has been lighted with gas. There are Anglican of the same name. Communication is by coach and (Dr. Marsden) and Roman Catholic (Dr. Quinn) steamer rid Raymond Terrace. Population about Bishops of Bathurst. 140. It has one school, in which divine service is BEGA is situated on the banks of the Bega held. Mountainous and rocky district, with some river, 9 miles distant from the seaport of Tathra, and patches of alluvial soil, held principally by farmers 255 miles S. of Sydney. Conveyance to Tathra, or on lease. Merimbula—the seat of Munn's maizena manufac- BATEMAN'S BAY, a post town, telegraph, ture—thence by steamer, are the means of communi- and money-order office, in the county of St. Vincent cation. It is a postal, money order, and Government and Eden electoral district, situate on the Clyde savings' bank office and telegraph station. There river, 200 miles S. of Sydney. It contains an hotel— are four places of worship—St. John's (Church of the Union—and a public school. Steamer commu- England), St. Patrick's (Roman Catholic), a Presby- nication with the metropolis once a week. At the terian church, built of stone, and a Wesleyan chapel south side of the river there is another hotel—the of brick. Each of these edifices has accommodation Marine—also a ship-building yard and saw mill, and for 150 to 200 hearers, and with the exception of the other saw mills in the vicinity. Episcopal Church are all in Gipps Street. Other BATHURST, so named by Governor Macquarie, public buildings comprise the Court-house, a brick in 1815, in honour of Lord Bathurst, then Secretary structure—the Public School, in Auckland Street, of State for the Colonies, is the principal town in the School of Arts, built of brick at a cost of 1,700, with western district of N. S. Wales. It is situated on library of 900 vols., and three respectable inns—the the south bank of the Macquarie river, on rising Commercial, the Victoria, and Bega Family. The ground, 2,333 feet above the sea-level, surrounded by Bank of N. S. Wales and Commercial Bank have hills, and is distant from Sydney 122 miles, nearly branches here, and there are agencies of the Victoria due west. It is now in direct communication by and Colonial, and Mutual Insurance Companies. The rail with Sydney. Bathurst may be considered the district is largely occupied by farms, and the export third town of the Colony, and its importance is to Sydney of dairy produce is considerable, and on steadily increasing. It has numerous well laid-out the increase. In 1877, 5,1881 acres of land were under streets of ample width, crossing each other at right cultivation, principally for maize,barley, and potatoes, angles, with a square in the centre. The principal the produce being 4,225 bushels of barley, 115,449 thoroughfares are George and William Streets. The bushels of maize, and S631 tons of potatoes. Stock public buildings are very numerous, and metro- returns, 4041 horses, 42,378 cattle, 1,139 sheep, 9,760 politan almost in their character : they comprise pigs. The Bega Gazette and Bega Standard are the several places of worship—the Anglican Cathedral local papers. The population numbers 516 ; inclusive a brick building with a peal of bells, the Wesleyan of the district, there are 2,653 persons. Two tan- Chapel, the Roman Catholic Cathedral and Convent, yards, one flour mill, and one saw mill represent the the Presbyterian Church, Congregational Church, manufactures. Twenty-two miles N. is the settle- and others. Two large and commodious buildings ment of Cobargo, the centre of the " wattle bark" just erected by the Government—one for a post-office Productive industry. Bermague is the port for this and the other for a telegraph-office. Court-house township. South, 12 miles, is Candelo, with a Public (tenders have been called for a new Court-house) and School, two hotels, a Roman Catholic church, Post Gaol ; numerous schools, a School of Art, recently Office, and School of Arts, with 700 vols. Candelo is considerably enlarged, having a library of 4,885 on the high road from the coast to Monaro. Twelve vols. ; the Joint Stock, N. S. AN ales, City, and Com- miles further on is Tantawangalo, wherethe ascent of mercial Banks ; the Hospital, the hotels (Tattersall's, the mountain leading to the Monaro table-land com- the Royal, and Club, being the leading), and very mences. Magnificent scenery here greets the eye of many well-built and handsomely fitted up stores and the traveller, and the flora is remarkably compre- business premises. There are agencies of Victoria hensive ; musk, ferns, wild flowers, and splendid Fire and Life, Standard, Liverpool and London and " stringy bark " timber clothe the hillsides. Most of Globe, and Australian Widow's Fund Insurance the country is "free selected ;" but there is a large Offices. The city, too, possesses a good cricket acreage of decent land open to selection. Bega is ground and a fine reserve for horse-racing, The one of the prettiest and most healthy places in the cemeteries for the various denominations are in the colony. neighbourhood of the town. Bathurst was erected BELFORD, a post town on Jump-up Creek, in into a municipality on November 13th, 1862. There the county of Northumberland, electoral district of are 57 miles of roads and streets in the district, Patrick's Plains and police district of Singleton. It value of rateable property is £486,558. Population of is situated in 33° 11' S. lat. and 150° long., 115 miles the city between 5,000 and 6,000, with an electoral N. of Sydney, and is a platform on the Great North- roll of 1,552. The census returns of 1871 give 16,826 ern Railway. It has one school and two wine shops. as the population of the city and district. The Population about 68. The country around is sandy country surrounding Bathurst may be described as loam overlying yellow clay, below which is slatey agricultural and pastoral, consisting of extensive rock mixed with pipeclay ; its features are undulat- fertile plain, very productive, and especially suited ing and pleasing ; on one side the Rothhery mountain to the growth of cereal crops, but mining is also very shuts in the view, bush land bounding the other largely carried on, though not in the imme- sides. The soil is poor and impregnated with nitre. diate vicinity. In 1877, 34,235 acres of, land in The vine is largely cultivated by the German portion the district were under cultivation, the produce of the inhabitants. being 242,148 bushels of wheat, 69,792 of maize, BENDEMEER, a township on the banks of 11,692 of barley, 32,914 of oats, 8,214 tons of potatoes, the Muluerindie river, on the main Northern Road, while 1,430 gallons of wine were pressed. Stock distant from Sydney, N. 273 miles. Communication returns were, 11,300 horses, 32,480 cattle, 266,342 is by coach to Quirindi, thence rail to Newcastle, sheep, 4,189 pigs. The gold is principally found in and steamer. The town contains a few stores, two quartz veins. In the neighbouring gold fields (within hotels, Glover's and the Telegraph, and a steam flour a radius of 30 miles from Bathurst, and which may mill. The surrounding country is more or less auri- be said to be in the district) of Wattle Flat and ferous, but as yet has not been systematically Sofala, Hill End and Tambaroora, Chambers' and worked. There are numerous stations in the dis- Cheshire's Creeks, Trunkey, Tuena, the Abercombie, trict ; farming is not much followed. It is a tele- Caloola, and Rockley, as well as at the copper mines graph, money order, and postal station, and is a place of Cow Flat and Campbell's river, a large number of of petty sessions. About 200 persons represent the persons are resident, computed at many thousands. population. The newspapers are the Bathurst Free Press, Bathurst BERRIMA, is a township, telegraph station, Times, Western Independent, and the Sentinel. The Government savings' bank, and money-order office, manufactories in Bathurst are several tanneries, a on the Wingecarribee river, on the main Southern coach factory, and five flour mills. Soap, candles, Road, at an elevation of about 2,300 feet above the glue, boots and shoes, are also manufactured exten- sea-level. It is 83 miles distant from Sydney, SW.1 156

THE COLONY OF VICTORIA.

THE COLONY OF VICTORIA, which from 1835 to July 1st, 1851, formed a portion of New South Wales, under the name of Port Phillip, may be said to have been practically discovered on February 15, 1802, by Lieutenant John Murray, the commander of the Lady Nelson, although its coast line had been partially surveyed and named by his predecessor, Lieutenant Grant, in the previous year, and Bass had, so early as January 4, 1798, visited Western Port, one of its harbours, in the course of a whale-boat expedition along the coast. At that time, however, the Southern portion of Australia was supposed to be connected with Tasmania, and the wide passage now known as Bass's Straits, and whitened by the sails of ships of every nationality, was believed to be only a deep bight in the land, of which Western Port was a small arm. It ought, perhaps, here also to be stated that on April 19, 1770, Captain Cook in the Endeavour sighted the coast near Ram Head. On April 26, 1802, Captain Flinders, in the Investigator, sailed up the Bay of Port Phillip (which was so named after Captain Phillip, the first governor of New South Wales), and explored it still farther ; and in 1803 Mr. Grimes, the Surveyor-General of New South Wales, discovered and sailed up the river at the head of the bay, then, as now, known by its native name Yarra•Yarra, or ever flowing. During the same year Colonel Collins was sent out from England, with a small armed force and a party of convicts, in order to form a settlement on the shores of Port Phillip similar to that in Botany Bay. This expedition, consisting of H. M. ship Calcutta and the tender Ocean, arrived on October 7 and 9, 1803, and landed in a part of the southern portion of the bay near the present site of Sorrento. Finding no water, he hastily abandoned such an apparently sterile and inhospitable spot, after a short sojourn of about three months, tempted, too, no doubt, by the glowing accounts he had heard of the beauty and fertility of the opposite shores of Tasmania, to which place he removed. It is recorded as a singular fact, that during the course of an exploration tour, undertaken by some of the officers of the convict fleet, a rapidly flowing stream was discovered, in the sandy bed of which grains of a sparkling substance were found which were at first thought to be gold, but were afterwards declared to be mica. With the present knowledge of the auriferous character of most Australian streams, it is more than probable that the first surmise was the correct one. Victoria, or, as it was then called, Port Phillip, does not appear to have attracted any attention for the twenty years following this cursory visit, and, in fact, all that is known of the country in the interior, is the meagre information obtained from one William Buckley (a soldier and a native of Macclesfield, in Cheshire, who had been transported for striking his superior officer), who escaped into the Lush during Collins's encampment on the bay, and dwelt for many years with the aborigines. In the year 1824, two stockowners, named Hume and Hovell, living near Lake George, in New South Wales, determined to explore the unknown country to the south of them in search of new pastures, and after a laborious and protracted journey of four hundred miles, during which they passed over the Australian Alps and crossed the rivers now known as the Hume or Upper Murray, the Ovens, and the Goulburn or Hovell, came out on the shores of a bay, which, from what they had heard, they imagined to be Western Port, but which there is little doubt was the western arm of Port Phillip, somewhere about where now stands the large and flourishing town of Geelong. It is singular that during the course of this arduous journey Messrs. Hume and Hovell should have altogether missed sight of the vast stretches of magnificent sheep country that skirted them on every hand. Hume and Hovell made no attempt at settlement in the new country they had found, and there was, after their visit, another lapse of ten years. In 1834, the Messrs. Henty, a firm engaged in whaling pursuits in Tasmania, established a branch station at Portland, in the south-western district, and imported sheep and cattle to feed on the rich grass of that favoured locality. This was, indeed, the first real attempt at settlement in Victoria, and thence may be traced the spread of flocks and herds over the country, which has made the name of -Victoria more famous even than the vast plains of South America, as a cattle and sheep-breeding territory. The Messrs. Henty were followed by other flockowners from Tasmania ; and in May, 1835, Mr. John Batman, a native of New South Wales, then on a visit to Tasmania, sailed from Launceston in the Rebecca, with a party of blacks, and landed in Port Phillip, where he entered into negotiations with the natives and induced them to assign him, in consideration of receiving a certain quantity of apparel, and other miscellaneous wares, a tract of land estimated at about 600,000 acres ; this "bargain" was, however, ignored and nullified by the Government. Batman was followed in the same year by Mr. John Pascoe Fawkner, who despatched the schooner Enterprise from Launceston on July 27, 1835, which sailed up the Yarra, and on August 28 was moored by its captain, John Lancey, to trees where the Australian Wharf now is. Prevented by sickness from accompanying his vessel on her first, T VSMANIA 291 THE GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. Captain General Governor in Chief and N ice Ad Hon W R Giblm mural His Excellency Fredei ick Aloysius Weld Hon J it Scott £3 000 and £1 500 allowances lion J A Jackson Private Secretary Lt Col St Hill £350 Hon A Kennerley Hon P 0 Fysh EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Hon Wm Moore Hon W T N Champ Hon G Gilmore Hon Sir Francis Smith Hon Thomas Reibey Hon T D Chapman Hon C H Bromby Hon F M Innes Hon W L Crowther Hon W L Dobson Hon C. 0 Reilly Hon J Whyte Hon. J W Agnew Hon C Meredith Hon is I Brown Hon R B Miller Hon A Dobson Hon Sir J M Wilson Clerk to the Council Edwm Cradock Nowell £100 Hon H Butler bin ISTRY Premiei (without portfolio) Hon P 0 Fysh Minister of Lands and Works Hon N J Brown Colonial Secretary Hon W Moore £700 £700 Colonial Treasurer Hon W R Giblet £ 00 Without office Hon. J W Agnew Atto -ney General Hon A Dobson £700

PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Number of Members 16 of Electors 2 834 President Hon Su J M Wilson £200 I Chairman of Committees J Aikenhehd £150 Clerk of the Council, E C Nowell £300 Usher of the Black Rod B 0 1%. eile Wilson. £100 MEMBERS BUCKINGHAM—Hon T D Chapman MEANDER—Hon T W Field CAMBRIDGE—Hon John Lord MERSEY—Hon W K Hawkes DERWENT—HOn Walter A B Gellibrand NORTH ESIC.-.41011 Donald Cameron, HOBART—HOn William L Crowther Hon. James PEMBROKE—Hon James Lord W Agnew Hon Sir James Milne Wilson SOUTH Esx—Ilon James Reid Scott lino,' Hon J T Robertson TemAn—Hon William Dawson Grubb, Hon James JORDAN—Hon James Maclanachan tikenhe id LONGFORD—Hon W Dodery HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY Number of Members 32 Electorates 32 Electors 14 093 Speaker Hon Sir Robert Officer £200 Chairman of Committees H Lette £150 BRIGHTON—Hon Henry Butler NEW NORFOLK—A Riddocli CAMPBELLTOWN—G W Keach NORTH Hoitirvr—George Saber CENTRAL HOBART—D Lewis Nonni' LAIMICESTON—H Lette CENTRAL LAUNCESTON—G Hart NORFOLK PLAINS—(vacant) CLARENCE—H Lamb OATLANDS—J R Pillmger CUMBERI A1M—N J Brown Q UEENBOROUGH—R Gayer Dk.LORA INE—S Henry RiNowoon—W St Paul Gellibrand EAST DEVON—J M Dooley RICHMOND—W Hodgson EAST HOBART—Hon P 0 Fysh SELBY—T C Just FINGAL—A Douglas SORELL—J A Gunn FRANKLIN—J E Risby SOUTH HOBART—W Belbin. GLENORCHY Hon A Dobson SOUTH LAIINCESTON—S Tulloch GLAMORGAN—John Mitchell WESTBITRY—H011 Thos Reibey GEORGE TOWN—George Gilmore WELLIRGTON Hon William Moore KTNGBOROUGII C 0 Reilly WEST DEVON—Hon C Meredith MoavEN—John Whitehead WEST HOBART—a D Balfe Clerk of the House and Librarian Hugh Munro Hull £400 Sergeant at Arms J E Calder £100

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, ETC. Office hours generally 9 till 4 Saturdays 10 till 1 COLONIAL SECRETARY S DEPARTMENT COLONIAL TREASURY Office Public Buildings Murray Street Public Buildings, Murray Street Colonial Secretary Hon W Moore E-00 Assistant Colonial Secretary B Travers Solly £500 Colonial Treasurer Hon W R Giblm £700 Chief Clerk H E Smith £300 Assistant ditto, W H. Windsor £400 u2 350 NEW ZEALAND. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT. THE GOVERNOR'S DEPARTMENT. Wigley, Hon. Thomas Henry...Nelson. Governor and Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency Williamson, Hon. James _Auckland. the Marquis of Normanby, K.C.M.G. £4,500. MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE- Private Secretary, Capt. I. C. Maling, 35th Reg-t. SE N TATI YES. Aide-de-Camp, Lord Hervey L. Phipps, N.Z. Militia. Assistant and Extra, Lieut. R. F. Le Patourel, N.Z. EIGHTY-EIGHT MEMBERS, ELECTED FOR FIVE YEARS. Militia. Speaker, Hon. Sir W. Fitzherbert, C.M.G. £600. Chairman of Committees, G. M. 0. Rorke. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. Clerk of Parliament, Major F. E. Campbell. £600. His Excellency the Marquis of Normanby. Sergeant-at-Arms, J. D. Greenwood. £250. *Hons. Major Atkinson, C. C. Bowen, J. D. Ormond, Clerk Assistant, G. Friend. £500. Dr. Pollen, Donald Reid, F. Whittaker, Wiremu Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills and Taxing Katene, Wiremu Parata. Officer, E. de B. Brandon. Clerk of Executive Council, Forster Goring. £300. Assistant Librarian, E. McColl. £200. Atkinson, Harry Albert...Egmont. CABINET. Baigent, E. ..Waimea. *Premier and Colonial Treasurer, Hon. Major Atkin- Ballance, John...Rangitikei. son, £1,250. Barff, Edmund...Hokitiki. Postmaster-General and Minister of Public Works, Hastings, H....Wakaia. Hon. J. Davies Ormond. Beetham, George...Wairapara. Colonial Secretary and Native Minister, Hon. David Bowen, Charles Christopher ..Kaiapoi. Pollen. Brandon, Alfred de Bathe...Wellington Country Dis- Commissioner of Customs, trict. Secretary for Crown Lands and Minister for Immi- Brown, James Clarke...Tuapeka. gration, Hon. Donald Reid. £1,250. Brown, John Evans... Ashley. Minister of Justice and Commissioner of Stamp Bryce, John. ..Wanganui. Duties, Hon. Charles Christopher Bowen. £1,250. Bunny, Henry...Wairarapa. Attorney-General, Hon. Fred. Whittaker. Burns, A. J. ..Roslyn. Hon. Wiremu Katene—Without portfolio. £400. Button, E. C....Hokitiki. Hon. Wiremu Parata—Without portfolio. £400. Carrington, Frederick A....Grey and Bell. Secretary to Cabinet, G. S. Cooper. Cox, A....Waipa. Curtis, Oswald...Nelson City. Dignan, Patrick...Auckland City West. MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. De Latour, C. A....Mount Ida. Speaker, Sir J. L. C. Richardson, Kt. Douglas. Sir R....Marsden. Chairman of Committees, Hon. M. Richmond, C.B. Fisher, J. T....Heathcote. Clerk of Council, L. Stowe. £400. Fitzherbert, Hon. William, C.M.G....Hutt. Fitzroy, C. A....Selwyn. Ackland, Hon. J. Barton Arundel...Canterbury. Gibbs, William _Collingwood. Baillie, Hon. William Douglas Hall...Marlborough. Gibson, W....Totara. Bell, Sir Francis Dillon. Grey, Sir George, K.C.B....Thames. Boner, Hon. James Alexander...Westland. Hamlyn, E....Franklin. Brett, Hon. De Renzie James...Canterbury. Harper, L.... Cheviot. Buckley, Hon. George...Canterbury. Henry, Joseph...Buller. Campbell, Hon. Robert...Otago. Hislop, T. W....Waitaki. Chamberlin, Hon. Henry ..Auckland. Hodgkinson, Sam....Riverton. Edwards, Hon. Nathaniel...Nelson. Hunter, George...Wellington City. Fraser, Hon. Thomas...Otago. Hursthouse, R....Motueka. Grace, Hon. Morgan Stanislaus...Wellington. Johnston, Walter Woods...Manawatu. Gray, Hon. Ernest _Canterbury. Joyce, J. P....Wallace. Hall, Hon. John ..Canterbury. Kelly, Thomas...New Plymouth Town. Hart, Hon. Robert ..Wellington. Kennedy, Martin ..Grey Valley. Holmes, Hon. Matthew _Otago.' Kenny, C. W. A. T....Picton. Johnson, Hon. George Randall...Auckland. Larnach, W. J. M....Dunedin City. Johnston, Hon. John...Wellington. Lumsden, G.... Invercargill. Kenny, Hon. William Henry...Auckland. Lusk, H. H....Franklin. Kohere, Hon. Mokena...Auckland. Macandrew, James...Dunedin City. Lahmann, Hon. Henry II. Westland. Macfarlane, J. S....Waitemata.. Maclean, Hon. Every Auckland. Menders, Henry...Wakatipu Mantell, Hon. Walter Baldock Durant _Wellington. Maclean, George...Waikouaiti. Menzies, Hon. James ..Otago. Montgomery, William Akaroa. Miller, Hon. Henry John..Otago. Moorhouse, W. S....Christchurch City. Ngatata, Hon. Wi Tako...Wellington. Morris, G. B....East Coast. Nurse, Hon. William Hugh _Otago. Murray-Aynsley, H. P....Littleton. Paterson, Hon. James ..Otago. Murray, William Archibald...Bruce. Peacock, Hon. John Thomas...Canterbury. Nahe, Hoani...Western Maori Electoral District. Peter, Hon. William Spence...Canterbury. Ormond, John Davis...Clive. Pharazyn, Hon. Charles Johnson...Wellington. O'Rorke, George Maurice...Onehunge. Pollen, Hon. Daniel...Auckland. Pyke, Vincent...Dunstan. Renwick, Hon. Thomas...Nelson. Reid, Geo. E....East Coast. Rhodes, Hon. Wm. Barnard ..Wellington. Rees, W. L....Auckland City East. Richardson, Hon. Sir John Larkins Cheese...0tago Reid, Donald...Taleri. (Speaker). Reynolds, William Hunter...Port Chalmers. Richmond, Hon. Matthew, C.B....Nelson. Richardson, Edward...Christchurch City West. Robinson, Hon. William . Nelson. Richmond, Andrew James...Nelson Suburbs. Russell, Hon. Henry Robert...Hawke's Bay. Rolleston, William Avon. Scotland, Hon Henry Taranaki. Rowe, W....Thames. Stokes, Hon. Robert ..Hawke's Bay. Russell, W. R....Napier. Taylor, Hon. Charles John ..Auckland. Seaton, —, ...Caversham. Waterhouse, Hon. George Marsden...Wellington. Seymour, Arthur Penrose... Wairau. Whitmore, Hon. George Stoddart ..Hawke's Bay. Sharp, John...Nelson City. • The Atkinson ministry resigned early in October last, and Sir George Grey formed a new cabinet, with Messrs. 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SUMMARY OF LEADING EVENTS IN AUSTRALIA. (FROM OCTOBER, 1876, TO OCTOBER, 1877.) SEPTEMBER, 1876. 9. Mr. Crawford, attached to the English Leg-atiorr, China, arrived in New Zealand, to report on Chinese 29. Beechworth Railway, Victoria, opened by Immigration to Australia. Governor Sir G. Bowen. 14. Border Duties Convention between S. Austra- lia and N. S. Wales renewed for o e year, f.•r £35,000. OCTOBER. 15. Mn Dav_d Buchanan's motion in the N. S. 3. Meeting at Sydney of the General Synod of Wales Assembly, coudenaning the English Government the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania. for their Eastern policy, negativ.id by a large 7. Foundation stone laid of New Lands Office, majority. Sydney. 15. Tobacco Manufactory started at Adelaide, by 10. New Hall of the R. C. Guild opened by Mr. Dixon, of Sydney and Melbourne. Archbishop Vaughan, Sydney. 16. Schooner Postboy lost, with 6 hands, on the 13. House of Representatives, N.Z., passed resolu- S. Australian Coast. tion for modification of Mail Service, rid San 16. Hodgkinson exploratioa p irty reports dis- Francisco. covery of a new port for the Cloneurry mines at 18. Yanko Reserve, N.S.W, thrown open for Leichhar dt river. selection. 18. Half-yearly Meeting, Melbourne, of the 20. Branch Railway between Maryborough and Victoria Ladies Sericicultural Society. Avoca, Victoria, opened by Sir Geo. Bowen. 14. Wreck of the barque William Akers, Foveaux 24. Sir Hercules Robinson left Sydney for Mel- Straits. bourne, overland. 24. Serious Fire at Inglewood, Victoria. 28. Great Entertainment to Sir Hercules Robin- 30. Termination of toe Match of th3 All Eng- son and sir Geo. Bowen, at Albury. land Eleven, against 15 of Victoria, the latter win- 30. Public Meeting of the Free Trade League, at ning by 31 runs. the Temperance Hall, Melbourne. JANUARY, 1877. NOVEMBER. 3. Prohibition of the A. S. N. Co. for their steamers to have any connection with the steamers 1. Railway extension opened from Bowning to arriving from the Chinese ports. Binalong, and Bathurst to Blayney, N.S.W. 4 Shops opened in Sydney f.r the sale of small- S. Academy of Music opened in Melbourne. pox disinfectants. 7. Melbourne Cup won by Briseis. 9. Sydney Parlia 'tient met. 8. Repot t from Mr McMinn, to the S. A. Govern- 9. Green Cre 1i tele_raph station, near George- ment, of the Daly and Katherine river being identi- town, Queensland, attacked by the blacks. cal, having followed it for z40 miles. 10. Mr. Weld, Governor of Tasmania, landed a 8. Meeting of the Otago Convention, N. Z. salmon in the Derwent, weighing 8i lbs. 9. Inaugural Banquet given by Mr. Paterson, 11. Bishop Moorhens.) installed at St. James'• Mayor of Melbourne. C atht dral, Melbourne. 9. Ovation to Trickett on his return to Sydney. 14. Dawaon's flour mills, at Gawler, S. A., de- 16, 17, 18. First Match of all England Eleven, stroyed by fire. Adelaide; South Austialians defeated in one inn- 15. £500 presented to Bishop Short, at Adelaide. ings. 15. Douglas tragedy at Chile ite Island. 18. Salmon Ova, brought from California, and 17. The All England Eleven left for New Zea- deposited in the Maharewa Ponds, Invercargill, N. Z. land. 21. Rich &Ivor Mine discovered at Penguin creek. 18. Tasmanian Parliament met. Tasmania. 21. Shock of Earthquake, Castlemaine. 23. Foundation Stone laid at Adelaide of the 25. Telegraph Conference opened Sydney. Blind, and Deaf and Dumb Asylums. 25. Anglican General Synod opened at Nelson,. 24. Estate of the Sydney Curpoiation seques- N. Z. trated by order of the Insolvency Commissioner. 30. Siagapore steamer wrecked at Lone Island, 24. Railway from Geelong to Winchelsea opened. off Port Mackay. 29. Arrival of the English Cricketers at Sydney. 29. Visit of the Governors of N. S. Wales and Victoria to Deniliquin. FEBRUARY. 6, 7. Incendiary fires in Western District, Victoria. 11. Blue Bell steamer wrecked on Koppel rock. DECEMBER. 13. Cricket match, All England Eleven at Taranaki 1. Presentation to Mr. D. C. MacArthur on his against '22 Colonials. retirement from the superintendentship a the Bank 15. Heavy floods, South Australia. of Australasia. a`ter a connection of 41 years. Di. Rev. J. Selwyn, consecrated Bishop of Mela- 4. Wreck of Otago steam r at entrance of Foveaux nesia at Nelson, N.Z. Terrible hurricane at the Straits. Lacipede Islands. 5. Proposal t3 purchase Hobson's Bay Railway, by 25. Over 20 inches of rain fell at Townsville, Queens- the Government, defeated in the Victoria Assembly. land, within three days. 6. Banquet at Sandhurst, to Mr. John McIntyre. 26. Floods in Northern Queensland. 6. Opening of the Railway at Port Pirie, S. A. 28. Earthquake at Toowoomba and Gympie 7. Public Meeting at Hall of Commerce, Mel- Queensland. bourne, to hear Mr. J. G. Francis, on the Cape Route. MARCH. 7. Earthquake at Port Darwin. 3. Presentation to Mr. Adamson, American Consul,. 7. New Zealand Ministry re-construc*ed. Melbourne. 9. Signor D'Albertis returned to Sydney after a 6. Vote of censure on the Robertson Government„ successful exploration in New Guinea. carried by Mr. Parkes, N. S. Wales. General Tips

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