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THE CALENDAR FOR 1868.
JANUARY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
(For Civil Mean Time at Hongkong.)
d. h.
Last Quarter 17 0 40 A.M.
d. h. m.
First Quarter
Full Moon
3 11 39 A.M.
10 6
29 A.M.
New Moon 25 2 54 A.M.
DAY DAY
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
12th & 1st
WEEK, MONTH| MOONS.Į
Wed.
Thur.
1 2 3
7
Circumcisión,
8
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Frid.
Sat.
4
10
Sun.
5
11
Mon.
6
12
Tues.
7
13
Lin Taibou appointed Commissioner, 1839.
Li Singyuen appointed Imperial Commissioner in Kwangsi, 1851.
2nd Sunday after Christmas. Commissioner Yeh captured, 1858.
Epiphany.
Forts at Chuenpi taken with great slaughter, 1911.
Wed.
8
14
Ice one-fourth inch thick at Canton, 1952. Gunner of the
at Canton, 1785.
44
Lady Hughes" strangled
Thur.
9
15
Frid.
10
16
Sat.
11
17
Sun.
12
18
lat Sunday after Epiphany.
Mon.
13
19
Tues.
14
20
Wed. 15
21
Thur. 16
22
Frid.
17
23
Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1987,
Sat.
18
24
Sun.
19
25
Mon.
20
26
2nd Sunday after Epiphany. Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841.
Steamer" Corea" lost on her voyage to Yokohama, 1967.
Tues. 21
27
Wed. 22
28
Thur. 23
29
Frid.
24
30
Sat.
25
1
Sun.
26
2
Princess Royal married, 1859. Chinese New Year's day.
3rd Sunday after Epiphany. Hongkong taken possession of, 1941. St. Paul's Churck a t
Macao burnt, 1835.
Mon. 27
3
Tues. 28
4
Wed. 29
5
Napoleon III, Married, 1853.
"Thur 30
6
Frid.
31
7
Lord Saltoun leaves China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1848.
First arrival of the " Colorado" from San Francisco, 1887. Man-day.
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