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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1111, 30 September 1873, Page 4

TEST COAST ALMANAC FOE 1873. OPINIONS OF THE PKESS. NEISON COLONIST. Wo have received a copy of Messrs Reid iiinl Co.'s almanac for 1873, and c«n fairly recommend it as eoniaininj a large amount of useful information! specially selected for the trading and mining communities of tlie Coast, and therefore valuable for reference everywhere. The type, arrangeraeut, 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. NELSON EXAMINER. We have received a copy of the " West Coast Almanac and Directory tor 1873," published at Westport aud Greymouth by Eeid 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 porsons having business with the West Coast, or seeking information in respect to it. WEST COAST TIMES. It is excellently compiled, and will be found to be a valuable book of reference on many local matters of interest. In alluding to the Almanac for IS7I 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 the usual calendar there are 150 pages 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 preparation of the work wore done by Eeid and Co., of Westport, but the contents are apparently made applicable to general use on the West Coast, or in similar mining districts." LYTTELTON times. The " West Coast Almanac," for 1873, has been issued by Messrs Eeid 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 form. INANOAHTXA. HERALD. This is the fifth year of publication, and each succeeding volume appears to be a considerable improvement upon its predecessor. As a hand bood of JUsefnl 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 comparison with any of the more pretentious almanacs published in the colony. OREY VALLEY TIMES. We have received a copy of the "West Coast Almanac and Directory for 1873," published by Keid and Co., Westport and Greymouth. This work lias 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. It is quite a thick volume, and contains upwards of 200 pages of reading matter, from which a fund of useful •information may be gleaned. Messrs Eeid and Co., of Westport and Greymouth, are the printers, and as a specimen of typography, it does them infinite credit. TIMAIMT HERALD. We have to thank the publishers, Messrs Keid 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 ex•clusively on the West Coast goldfields. OTAOO DAILY TIMES. We have received a copy of the West Coast Almanac aud Directory for 1873, published at Westport by Messrs Eeid and Co. It contains a quantity of information, both of a local and a general character, aud is well printed throughout. WANOANUI HERALn. We have received from Messrs Eeid and Co. a copy of the West Coast Almanac for 1873. The book is compiled 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 usually 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. This work contains in addition to some very useful tables, a Westland Directory, Farm and Garden operations, The Mining Companies Liabilities Act, digests of the Nelson Licensing Acts, and Westland Public House Ordinances, Useful Law Items, a Telegraphic Guide, Items from the Stamp Acts, West Coast Statistic and other useful information. Times Office, Westport.