The 1864 Almanac contains notes on events in the province of Canterbury.

Contents include:
Official directory for Canterbury Province.
Trades Directory: Christchurch, Lyttelton, Riccarton, Papanui, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Oxford, Northport, Ashburton, Orari, Timuka, Arowenua, Timaru, Akaroa.
Publicans’ Licenses.
Table of Dispatch and Arrival of Inland Mails.
Table of Nationality of Assisted Emigration from England.
List of vessels registered in or trading from the Port of Lyttelton.
Quarantine regulations.
Abstract of the quantity of land sold and granted in the districts of Canterbury Province.
Scale of mercantile charges adopted by the Nelson and Canterbury chambers of commerce.
Advertisements.

Narrative of events for 1863.
The commentary includes: Construction of roads in North Canterbury; Lyttelton to Christchurch Railway; Backcountry drownings; Remodelling of Christchurch Volunteer Fire Brigade; Harvest of 1862-1863; Opening of Provincial Council by new Superintendent.

Memorabilia.
Discovery of a moa skeleton; Pastoral and agricultural show; First exhibition of Christchurch Horticultural Society; Earthquakes; Resignation of Superintendent Moorhouse; Cart accident at Heathcote Ferry; Consecration of Church of England cemetery in Christchurch; Disarming of Canterbury Militia and Volunteers; Crimes heard at the quarterly session of the Supreme Court; Riot at Lyttelton; Quarantine of immigrants with malignant fever.

The almanac contains notes on 1863 events for the provinces of Otago, Nelson, and Southland; postal regulations; port regulations; lists of occupations and trades; publicans' licences; a list of officiating ministers; lists of government and provincial officers.