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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5236, 4 January 1878, Page 4

JUST PUBLISHED. THE WELLINGTON ALMANACK AND WEST COAST, WANGANUI. AND WAIRARAPA DIRECTORY FOR 1878. (Published at the office of the New Zealand Times.) ■ CONTENTS : Plan of the City of Wellington, by Mr. C. O’Neill, C.E., showing every section of land in the city, the distances of each locality from the Post Office, the line of tramway, and all the new streets. Government Buildings Directory, showing locality of the various departments, with the numbers and occupiers of each room. Astronomical Notes, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, Sailing Directions (revised by Captain Renner), with all the latest notifications of the Marine Board. Article Descriptive of New Zealand, and Wellington in particular, with statistics. Commercial Statistics. Portrait of Ins Excellency the Governor, with sketch of his career. Biographical Sketch of the late Sir Donald McLean. Meteorological Observations, with Monthly Notes, by Mr. R. B. Gore. Calendar and Diary, with Equation of Time, Sun s Declination, Sun’s Rising and Sotting, Moon’s Meridian Passage, Time of High Water, Moon’s Gardener's’Calendar, with additions, amongst which is a useful table showing the approximate time taken by agricultural, vegetable, and flower seeds to germinate ; also 17 pages of useful information for farms and stations. Telegraph Regulations in full, with examples of telegrams and charges for same to the Australian Colonies and England. The Postal Guide contains all necessary information, with rates of Postage to Foreign parts. Customs Duties, Custom House Tables, Wellington Chamber of Commerce Charges. Descriptive Article on the Colony of New Zealand and the Provincial District of Wellington. Supreme and Resident Magistrate’s Courts Fees. Justices of Peace for the Colony, Stamp Duties Notes on Time-Ball. Register of English Horse Races, Aquatic Champion ship of England, All-Eugland Cricket Matches Football, etc. Corporation Scale of Charges for Caris, Express Wag gons, Hackney Carriages, Boats, etc. Memorabilia, IS7O and 1877. Official Directory for the Colony and for the Provincial District of Wellington. New Zealand Army List. List of Public Institutions, Companies, Banks, etc., in Wellington. Street Directory for Wellington City ; also. Alphabetical Directory for same. Country Districts Directory. The Events which led to the Turoo-Russian War. Article descriptive of the Boundaries of the Ridings into which the Counties within the old Province of Wellington have been divided. And other useful information. The present edition surpasses its predecessors, and will be found to be the most reliable work of its kind in Wellington. ; Orders for copies received at office of New Zealand Times. ALMANAC FOR 1 878. NOW READY, . Price, Is. By Post, Is. 4d. The above almanac will be found a useful and reliable * handbook for merchants, tradesmen, farmers, &c. In addition to the usual tables and useful memoranda to bo found in this almanac, the purchaser will find the Fencing Act, the Stamp Act, an analysis of “The Juries Acts,” and a garden calendar. Watt’s Almanac for IS7S ■ can be confidently recommended to all who are desirous of possessing a handy volume of all sorts of useful information. J. WATT, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, Willis-streot, Wellington. rp KENNEDY MACDONALD & CO.'S FIRST MONTHLY LAND SALE Will be held in the EXCHANGE LAN D M ART Grey and Featherston Streets, MONDAY, 7th JANUARY, 1878, At 2.30 pm. Particulars of Properties intended for this Sale should if possible be supplied on or about the 15th insfc., in order to appear in the firm’s Monthly Sale List, which is distributed throughout the Provincial District of Wellington. JH. • B E T H U N E & CO., • AUCTIONEERS, Land, Estate, Commission, and Shitting Agents, Corner of Featherston -<nd Brandon streets. Merchandise, produce, &c., received for sale. No charge for storage. THE NORTHERN LAND, LOAN AND BUILDING COMPANY OF WELLINGTON - (Limited,) N O T I C E. The office of the Company will be open on the first Monday in each month from 7 to 9 p.m.. in addition to the ordinary office hours, to suit the convenience of shareholders, CHAS. P. POWLES, • Secretary. Hunter-street, 28fch December, 1877.