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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3773, 4 November 1886, Page 2

npHK CANTERUL'KY AND OTAGO ALMANAC, DIARY, DIRECTORY i HANDBOOK, roi: a&& a 9 Will bb PriiLisußD ON THE FIRST DECEMBER, Contains a mass of information indispensable to all classes of the community ; and may bo obtained from all agents and booksellers. PRICE ONE SHILLING. Amongst other matters will be found the following : — Diary for tho Year. Eclipse for tho Year 1887. Fixed and Moveablo Anniversaries, &c. Cash Memoranda. Tho Farm and Garden Calendar. Gardening Memoranda — When to Sow Seeds, Plant Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, Roses, ond nardy Flowering Plants — The Value of a Garden— Six Reasons for Planting an Orchard — How to Make Flower Beds — Tho Importance of Eradicating Weeds — To Prevent the Dropping oft" of Grapes — Directions for Pruning Vines — Transplanting Applo Trees— Planting Shrubs and Trees — How to Restore Old Apple rp ree3 — Scale and other Insects on Trees, Shrubs, and Plants— The Tomato. Trade Tables and Memoranda. Tidal Currents. Dimensions of a Statute Acre, in 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 Calcnlate 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 Mothers — Home Cheerfulness — Failure in Business — One DeH Begets Another — How to be Miserable. How to Proceed in R. M. Court. Household Remedies. Business and Legal Forms. Probate and Administration. Land Transfer Act. Crown Grants. 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 Information — The Customs Duties Paperhanging Table. Resident Magistrates Courts. District Court Fees. Dimensions of a Statute Acre. Supremo Court Fees — Allowances to Prosecutors and Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Passengers Fares — Parcel Rates— Horses and Carriages — Classified Goods Rates — Cattle, Calves, Sheep, Goats, and Pigs — Small Lots— Carts, Drays, Wagons, 4c. The Impounding Act — Table of Trespass Rates. The Fencing Act. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT ACTS. Workman's Wages— The Employment of Females and other Acts— Tho Destitute Persons— Tho Bills of Exhange — The False Notices of Birth, Marriage, and Death Act— The Sheep Act— Tho Rabbit Act— Settled Land Act. Consolidated Stamp Duties. Deceased Persons Estate Duties. Table of Verification of Dates. Hew to Petition Parliament. Comparative Temperatures of New Zealand Treatment in 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 — The Crown Land — Railways — Ages of Persons Married in New 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 Rulo of tho Road at Sea. Union Steam Shipping Co.'s Fares. Census of New Zealand. N. Z. Mean Time. Population Principal Cities of tho Old World. Capacity of Noted Churches and Halls. THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIRECTORY. TRADE AND LOCAL DIRECTORIES Timaru — Names of Residents. Waimato (Ofliciijl and Trade). Oaniaru (odiuml). Pleasant Point. (Trade- und Official). Geraldine (Trade and Official). Teinuka (Trade and Oflieiul.) Associations, Boards, &c. Justices of the Peace. And a vnricly of other useful items which cannot bo enumerated within the limits of an advertisement, comprising upwards of TWO HUNDRED PAGES of closely printed Letter-pre.'s (exclusivo of advertisements), FAR SURPASSING; ANY PREVIOUS ISSUE, and rendering it, for general purposes, THE MOST COMPLETE ALMANAC and work of referenco ever PUBLISHED for ONE SHILLING.