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Southern Provinces Almanac, 1866

imageContains notes on events in 1865 for the province of Canterbury; postal regulations; port regulations; lists of occupations and trades; a list of officiating ministers; lists of government and provincial officers.

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  • Central Government directory
  • Justices of the Peace for the colony of New Zealand
  • New Zealand Army List. Colonial Forces

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  • Canterbury. Narrative of events for 1865

Includes commentary on: goldfields; progression of the Lyttelton and Christchurch railway; insecure state of Lyttelton harbour; first lighthouse in Canterbury; beginning of the Southern railway; new public works; gas for Christchurch; Volunteer movement; immigration and population; West Coast; Canterbury Colliery, Kowai.

  • Canterbury directory
  • Plan of the city of Christchurch
  • Muncipalities, societies and associations, trading companies
  • Trades and callings
  • Postal regulations
  • Central Government Electrical Telegraph regulations

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