THE WELLINGTON ALMANACK.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5541, 31 December 1878, Page 2

THE WELLINGTON ALMANACK.

Wo have much pleasure ia again presenting to our readers the following epitome of the above almanack. As it is printed an\ published by the New Zealand Times Company "we shall refrain from any expression of opinion on its merits further than stating our belief that it contains the only full directory for the whole of tho provincial district published in the colony. Wo have every reason to believe that an examination will prove that the same is thoroughly trustworthy, and corrected up to tho most recent dates. The volume is octavo sizo, and contains 412 pages of closoly printed matter and 24 blank' pagos for memoranda. The volume contains a new and greatly enlarged plan of the city of Wellington, compiled by Mr. C. O'Neil, O.E. Several very important items of information are also attached to the plan, which shows every section of land in the city, the distances of each locality from the Post Office, the line of tramway, all the new streets, and is in every respeclt the most complete map ever published of; Wellington. The directory for the Government Buildings, showing tho number of room, department, and occupier, will, we hope, bo of jgreat service to those who have business at t/ncse offices. The directory will speak for its&Jft. It has been our aim to make it as full and Accurate as possible, and for this purpose ft cafavas for information from house to house ifc every street and thoroughfare in the eit/y wa a carefully made. The local directories jfa the country districts have been made full anij reliable, and we gratefully acknowledge the /Assistance rendered by many friends in furp&shing the necessary information.' The text W the Sheep Act, 1878, as being the first general Act passed, and as a oompendium of the y a w on a subject of colonial importance, {the reprint- will, we hope, be useful to ouri country subscribers. We reprint also the fuU\t ox t of the Land Tax Act, 1878. Of the provisions of this measure also, the operation of whicil. will be so extensively felt, it seems desirable tbat,t.:„f, 1 i. nla tion should be as widely extonded as possible. TU\<> details of the proposed moda of administration in the valuation, &c, as published in the New Zealand Gazette are also given. Tho Von. Arehdeacon Stock has supplied the astronomical notes for the year. The abstract of meteorological observations, with notes, taken at the Government Observatory, Wellington, from November, 1876, to November, 1877, has been kiudly furnished by Mr. Gora, the observer. The memorabilia give a chronological record of events of importance from November. 1877, to November, 1878. The sailing diroctions have been thoroughly revised, and tho latest notifications of the Marine Board have been added. We have added a sheet giving the flags of the commercial code, colored, and a letter-press description of signals used at tho station, Mount "Victoria, and at the Custom House as indicating the arrival of the English mails. The statistical Information has been revised, and many largo and important additions have been made to it. The results of the last census are embodied in this volume, and full abstracts showing the increase in population throughout the colony and the latest results of the agricultural returns, are given. For the convenienco of those who are ignorant of the pronunciation of Maori names the sounds of tho Maori letters are given. About one hundred and forty different heads of information are contained in tho index, from which our readers may form soma idea of the scope of the work. ■ A full index to the advertisements is given, which cover about 140 pages, which are numbered separately and kept entirely distinct from tha rest -of the work.