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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3762, 22 October 1886, Page 2

rriHE CANTHRHLFRY AND OTAGO AIiMANAC, DIARY, DIRECTORY & HANDBOOK, FOB Boo"? <g>© 8 5 Wit.l bs Published OX THE FIRST DECEMBER, Contain* a mass of information indispensable to all classes of Ihe community; and may be obtained hvin all ngouts nnd booksellers. PRICE ONE SHILLING. Amongst other matters will bo found the following : — Diary for tho Year. t Eclipse for tho Year 1887. Fixed and Moveable Anniversaries, &c. Cash Memoranda. The I'arm ar.d Garden Calendar. Gardening Memoranda— When to Sow Seeds, Plant Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, Roses, aud Uartlv Flowering Plants— Tho Value of a Garden — Six Reasons for Planting an Orchard— How to Muke Flower Beds— The Importinco of Eradicating Weeds — To Prevent the Droppinp off of Grapes — Directions for Pruning Vines — Transplanting Apple Tree3 — Planting Shrubs and Trees— How to Restore Old Apple Trees— Scale and other Insects on Trees, Shrubs, and Plants— The Tomato. Trade Tables and Memoranda. Tidal Currents. Dimeneions of a Statute Acre, m Yards. Number of Plants or Trees per Acre. Miscellaneous Weights and Measures. Interest Ready Reckoner. Housekeeper's Ready Reckoner. Storekeeper's Ready Reckoner. Table to Calculate Wages or Savings. The Mile as Measured by Various Nations. The National Debt of Great Britain. The Royal Family. Legal Opinions. Veterinary Hints and Suggestions. Facts and Helps for the Times— How to get Content — How to Make MoneyKeep to Your Calling -Pronunciation — Characteristics of Great Men — Caution to Mother* — Homo Cheerfulness — Failure m Business — One I'eH Begets Another — How to be Miserable. How to Proceed m R. M. Court. Household Remedies. Business and Legal Forms. Probate and Administration. Land Transfer Act. Crown Grunt?. COMPULSORY REGISTRATIONS AND LICENCES. Births, Marriages and Deaths — -Vaccination — Registration of Dogs — Auctioneers' Licenses — Slaughter House Licenses — Publicans' Licenses. Ports of Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin. Postal Information. Telegraph Information. Customs Informal] in — The Customs Duties Paperhanging Table. Resident Magistrates Courts. District Court Fees. Dimensions of a Statute Acre. Supremo Court Fees — Allowances to Prosecutors and Witnesses m Criminal Proceedings. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Passengers Fares — Parcel Rates —Horses and Carriages — Classified Goods Rates — Cattle, Calves, Sheep, Goats, and Pigs — Small Lots — Cnrt?, Drays, Wagons, &c. The Impounding Act — Table of Trespass Bates. The Fencing Act. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT ACTS. Workman's Wages— Tho Employment of Females and other Acts— The Destitute Persons - The Bills of Ex hange — The False Notices of Birth, Marriago, and Death Act— Tho Sheep Act— The Babbit. Act— Settled Land Act. Consolidated Stamp Duties. Deceased Persons Estate Duties. Table of Verification of Dates. HjW to Petition Parliament. Compara'ivo Temperatures of New Zealand. Treatment m Case of Apparent Drowning. The Game Season. The Colony of New Zealand — Constitution and Government —Church and Education — Area of the Colony — Classification of Land — Revenue and Expenditure — Progress of our Public Debt— Freehold Estate — Tho Crown Land — Railways — Ages of Persons Married m Now Zealand — Deaths— General Summary — Immigration Returns — Population — Export of gold — Antidotes for Poisons — Physical Culture— A Practical Guide to Health and Strength. Carving. Height of Noted Monuments and Buildings. Table Showing the Principal Countries of the World, their Population, Religion, and form of Government. The Rule of the Read at Sea. Union Steam Shipping Co.'s Fares. Census of New Zealand. N. Z. Mean Time. Population Principal Cities of the Old World. Capacity of Noted Churches and Halls. THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIRECTORY. TRADE AND LOCAL DIRECTORIES Timaru - Names of Residents. Waimate (Official and Trade). Oamaru (official). Pleasant Point (Trade and Official). Geraldine (Trade and Official). Temuka (Trade and Official.) Associations, Boards, &c. Justices of the Peace. And a variety of other useful Items which cannot be enumerated within the limits of an advertisement, comprising upwards of TWO HUNDRED PAGES of closely printed Letter-press (exclusive of advertisements), FAR SURPASSING ANY PREVIOUS ISSUE, and rendering it, for general purposes, THE MOST COMPLETE ALMANAC and work of reference over PUBLISHED for ONE SHILLING.