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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