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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1109, 23 September 1873, Page 4

EST COAST ALMANAC FOR LS73. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. NEBSON colonist. We linve received a copy of Mesßra Keid .'mil Co.'s almanac for 1873, and can fairly recommend it as containing a amount of useful information, specially selected for the trading and mining communities of the Coast, and therefore valuable for reference every"wliere. The type, arrangement, and general "get-up" is very creditable, and this the fifth yearly publication of work, is even better than the good ones that preceded it. KELSON EXAMINER. We have received a copy of the " West Coast Almanac and Directory for 1873," published at Westport and Grey mouth hy Peid and Co. Besides the calendar, it contains about ISO pages of information of a highly useful and varied character, including a full directory for the West Coast towns, rolls for the .different electoral districts, mercantile and mining statistics, and much general "intelligence. So ■useful and complete is the work, that it must prove highly serviceable to all persons having,business with the West Coast, or seeking information in respect to it. WEST COAST TIMES. It is excellently compiled, and will he found to be a valuable book of reference on many local matters of interest. In alluding to the Almanac for 1873 the same paper says : —The almanac is one of the most admirably compiled issues of the kind that we have yet seen produced on the Coast. Besides of mining, mercantile, and other information, besides any number of tables, " useful hints," and such items as constitute that valuable volume "Inquire Within." The paper and letter-press are in keeping with the excellence of the production otherwise. The printing and prej aration of the work wore clone by Pei.l and Co., of AVestport, but the contents are, apparently made applicable to general use on the West Coast, or in similar mining districts." LYTTELTOK TIMES. The " West Coast Almanac," for 1873, has been issued by Messrs Peid and Co , of Westport, Greymouth, and ■Charleston. It is decidedly well got up in ever} respect, and contains a large amount of useful information in /Convenient ftvm. INANGAHUA HERALD. This is *he fifth year of publication, ■and each succeeding volume appears to be a considerable improvement upon its predecessor. As a hand bood of usefnl information appertaining to the portion of the Colony where it is intended to circulate, its usefulness cannot be over-estimated, while in its general information the " West Coast Almanac" will not bear unfavorable tentious almanacs published in the colony. GREY VALLEY TIMES. We have received a copy of the "West Coast Almanac and Directory for 1873," published by Peid and Co., Westport and Greymouth. This work has now attained the fifth year of publication, and the present edition is one of the best publications of the kind issued from the West Coast press. ROSS OUARDTAN. Itisquite a thick volume, and contains upwards of 200 pages -of reading matter, from which a fund of useful information may be gleaned. Messrs Peid and Co., of Westport and Groy.mouth,are the prititers, and as a speciiinen of typography, it -does them infinite credit. TIMARU HERALD. We have to thank the publishers, Messrs Peid and Co., of Westport and Greymouth, for a copy of the West Coast Almanac for 1873 The almanac, beyond containing the usual useful information of such publications, has much matter of interest bearing exclusively on the West Coast goldfields. OTAGO DAILY TIMES. We have received a copy of the West Coast Almanac and Directory for 1873, published at Westport by Messrs Peid and Co. It contains a quantity of information, both of a local and a general character, and is well printed throughout. WANGANUI HERALD. We have received from Messrs Peid and Co. a copy of the West Coast Almanac for LS73. The book is com piled particularly for a gold digging population, containing every information pertaining to that branch of industry. An excellent directory of the townships on the coast is given, also much of the matter usuall}' found in works of a similar kind. The typographical portion of the work is most excellent, while the advertising support given to the book is full commensurate with its merits. I This work contains in addition to some very useful tables, a Westland Directory, Farm and Garden operations, Thy Mining Companies Liabilities Act, digests of the Nelson Liccnsiug Acts, and Wesiland Public House Oidinances, Useful Law Items, a Telegraphic Guide, Items from the Stamp Acts, West Coast Statistics and other useful information. Times Office, Westport.