PUGH'S uttn44aub luaja(t AND LAWCAL EN FOB 186 BEING TEE FIRST AFTER BISSE LEAP-YEAR. Ciiirb f ear of publication. BRISBANE,QUEENSLAND : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THEOPHILUS P. PUGH. t P "rice- Half-a-Crown. This is a blank page CONTENTS. r Articles of the Calendar ... ... ... Eclipses ... ... ... .... ... Notes for the Calendar ... ... ... The Calendar ... ... ... ... ... Law Arrangements ... Gardening Calendar ... ... ... ... Meteorological Observations ... ... Return of Births ... ... ... ... Ditto of Marriages ... ... ... ... Ditto of Deaths ... ... ... ... Summary of Deaths ... ... ... ... Government Departments , &c. ... ... Commission of the Peace ... ... ... Ministers of Religion ... ... ... Banking Establishments ... ... ... Newspapers ... ... ... ... ... QUSaxs.ANDLAND Aors- Occupation of Unoccupied Lands Tenders Regulation Act ... ... Alienation of Crown Lands Act... Crown Lands Leasing Act ... i V. CONTENTS. Saarcu OleQ ,u aNs .AND- Introduction ... ... ... ... 103 L-Geographical Position and Extent ... ... 113 II.-Population : how distributed ... ... ... 115 III.-Form of Government ... ... ... ... 123 IV.-JAws and Municipal Institutions ... ... 125 V.-Education and Religion ... ... ... ... 129 VI.-Capabilities of the Soil-Advantages and Resources ... ... ... ... ... ... 134 VII.-Climate ... ... ... ... ... ... 145 VIII.-Management of Public Lands ... ... ... 149 IX.-Trade and Revenue ... ... ... ... 156 X.-Employment of Labor ... ... ... ... 159 XI.-Misce llaneous ... ... ... ... ... 162 Appendix I. (Table of Distan ces) ... ... ... 166 „ U. (Kennedy District ) ... ... ... 169 „ LII. (Geology, &c.) ... ... ... ... 173 Criminal Statistics ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 185 AOaicu truaAt,- Draining and Subsoiling ... ... ... ... ... 186 Banana Cultivation ... ... ... ... ... 190 Artificial Grasses ... ... ... ... ... ... 192 Table of Plants in an Acre ... ... ... ... 194 Postal Information ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 194 Trade Returns ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 201 Ta ri ff of Queensland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 205 Sailing Directions for Moreton Bay ... ... ... ... 205 Registration of Births , Mar ri ages , and Deaths ... ... ... 208 Advertisements ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 209 PUGH'S ALMANAC FOR 1 8 6 1. ARTICLESOF THE CALENDAR. Golden Number ........................ 19 Dominical Letter .................. F Epact ......................... j1 18 Roman Indiction ................... 4 Solar Cycle .............................. 22 Julian Period ......................... 6574 ECLIPSES. Ix the year 1861, there will be three eclipses of the Sun, one of the Moon, and a transit of Mercury over the Sun's disc. I.-An annular Eclipse of the Sun , Janua ry 11,+' 1861, visible in Australia. Begins on the earth generally January I Id, 10h. 47m. 2s. a.m., mean time at Brisbane , in longitude 57° 43' E of Greenwich , and latitude 19° 82' S. Ends on the earth generally , January I Id. 4h. 35m . 32s., in longitude 173° 18' E. of Greenwich , and latitude 7o 35' N. II.-An annular Eclipse of the Sun , July 8, 1861 , visib le in Australia Begins on the earth generally, July 8d. 9h Som . 8s. a.m ., mean time at Brisbane, in longitude 100° 6' E. of Greenwich , and latitude 3° 54' N. Ends on the earth generally , July Sd. 3h. 13m. 44a., in longitude 172° 26' W. of Greenwich , and latitude 19° 11' S. III. -A partial Eclipse of the Moon, December 17, 1861, invisib le in Australia. IV.-A total Eclipse of the Sun , December 31, ISC1, invisible in Australia. NOTES FOR THE CALENDAR. Tae Moon's Age is given at noon , and is the mean time elapsed since the Moon's ecliptic conjunction with the bun, or since the Sun and Moon had the same longitude . The numbers in the " Moon 's Age" column are calculated for Brisbane , and are expressed in days and decimal parts of a day. Pica difference in time be tween high water at the Bar and Brisbane, is one hour; between Brisbane and Ipswich , 3 hours. This applies as a general rule, but the actual time of high water is frequently influenced by strong northerly and easterly gales, and violent freshes in the river. When the Sun is south of the Equator , the day tides in the southern hemis- phere are the highest ; when north of the equator , the night tides are highest. These changes will take place about the second or thirdopring ti de after the sun has crossed the equinox . The day tides will be the highest until the first spring tide in April, when the night tides will take precedence until the new moon in October , after which , the day tides will again take precedence. * The time of these Eclipses has been arranged to suit the meridian of Brisbane. A 6 JANUARY, 31 DAYS. TEMPERATURE. Mean Maximum shade .............. 88.7 Mean Temperature ................ 77.8 Summer is now fairly set in; weather hot and oppressive, often with rain squalls, thunder and lightning. Greatest diurnal range 31.9 (from 67 6 to 99.5) Mean diurnalrange.. 20.7 OCCURRENCES, &C 1 Government Resident first appointed at Moreton Bav, 2 Queensland Electomatesproclaimed, 1860. [1853. 3 4 5 S New South Wales Constitution Act proclaimed, 1843. 6 S Epiphany. 7 8 TFirst Separation Meeting held in Brisbane, 1851. 9 10 Th Heavy flood at Ipswich. 1844. 11 12 13 14 M First transports reached Botany Bay, 1788-Gaol 15 T [delivery, Toowoomba 16 17 Th Highest flood in Ipswich and Brisbane, 1841-Civil 18 F [Sittings, Toowoomba. 19 20 21 M Ship Fortitude arrived at Moreton Bay, 1849. 28 23 W 24 Th [Brisbane, 1842. 25 F [m'mication opened up between Sydney and 26 S Foundation of New South Wales, 1788-Steam com- 27 S Septuagesima Sunday. 28 M 29 I T First shipment of cotton hence, 1854. 30 I W 31 Th JANUARY , 31 DAYS. 7 PHASES OF THE MOON. D H M a D H Last Quarter 4 0 6 8p.m . Perigee .......... 3 6a.m. NewMoon .. 11 1 39 26p,m. Apogee .......... 18 3a.m. First Quarter 19 2 12 20p .m. Perigee ....... 29 9p.m. Full Moon .. 27 3 18 50a.m. S u N Moon's High Water on Bar REMARKS. Rises Sets Age Morn. Aftern. H M H M H M H M 1 5 14 6 54 19 5 1 20 1 44 Tats month the Sun is 5 14 6 54 20 5 2 6 2 28 situated south of the 2 Equator, and is still 3 5 15 6 55 21 5 2 54 3 16 going to the northward. 4 5 15 6 55 22 5 3 36 4 0 On the 20th he passes 5 516 655 235 422 444 from the sign Capri- cornus to Aquarius. 6 5 16 6 55 24 5 5 8 5 32 Spring tides will oc- 7 5 18 6 55 25 5 5 56 6 20 cur on the IItbor 12th, 8 5 19 6 55 26 5 6 45 7 8 and on th- 27th or 28th 9 5 19 6 55 27 5 7 32 7 56 of thismonth. 10 5 20 6 55 28 5 8 26 8 54 11 5 20 6 55 29 5 9 28 10 0 CHEAP FAINT IMPER- 12 5 22 6 55 1 0 10 30 10 58 VIOUS TO WEATHER.- 13 5 23 6 55 2 0 11 20 11 45 Dissolve eight pounds 14 524 654 30 010 040 of glue in boiling water, 5 25 6 54 4 0 1 8 1 34 and with thin stack a 15 bushel of quicklime 16 5 25 6 54 5 0 2 0 2 24 until it becomes of the 17 526 654 60 248 316 usual consistence of 18 5 27 6 54 7 0 3 44 4 12 paint. Lay on three coats of this mixture 19 628 654 80 440 5 8 with a painter's brush, 20 528 6.54 90 526 550 taking care that each 21 5 29 6 54 10 0 6 12 6 32 coat is dry before it is 22 5 30 6 54 11 0 6 50 7 12 succeeded by another; over the third dust sand 23 5 30 6 54 12 0 734 8 0 or grey-stone dust fr om 24 5 31 6 53 13 0 8 18 8 40 a dredger . By mixing 25 5 32 6 53 14 0 9i 0 9 20 ochre with the wash, shy desired colour may 26 5 33 6 53 15 0 9 42 10 0 he obtained . It may be 27 5 34 6 52 16 0 10 24 10 45 made green by mixing 28 5 34 6 51 17 0 11 8 11 34 common blue and yel- 29 535 6 51 18 0 11 56 0 18 low ochre, and applying them hot. This makes 30 5 36 6 50 19 0 0 40 1 4 a cheap paint toy pal- 31 5 37 6 50 20 0 1 28 1 52 Inge. A* 8 FEBRUARY, 28 DAYS. TEMPERATURE. Mean Maximum shave .............. 87.3 Glean Temperature 78 2 This is frequently the hottest month of the year ; heavy squalls with thunder and rain are common, and strong easterly n inds. Greatest diurnal range 30.8 (from 63.6 to 94.4) Mean diurnal range.. 19 9 y OCCURRENCES, &C. A A I F 2 S Maryborough township established, 1851. 3 S 4 M Gaol delivery, Ipswich. 5 T 6 W First Supreme Court sittings held at Ipswich, 1860. 7 Th Civil Sittings, Ipswich. 8 F 9 S [Bathurst, 1851. 10 S Quinquagesima, Shrove Sunday-Gold diseover.d at 11 Al 12 T 13 W Ash Wednesday-Civil Sittings, Biishane. 14 Th [-First wool ship sailed hence for England, 1851. 15 F Volunteer movement commenced in Queensland, 1860 16 S Fearfully disastrous floods in southern districts of 17 S First Sunday in Lent. [New South Wales, 1860. 18 M Gaol de ivery, Brisbane . [1804. 19 T [16th-Van Diemen's Land Government founded, 20 W 21 Th First municipal election at Grafton, 1860. 22 F First term commences. 23 S 24 S 25 M 26 T First term ends. 27 W 28 Th FEBRUARY, 28 DAYS. 9 PHASES OF THE MOON. - 0 D H M S D H LastQuarter 2 8 11 20p in.