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THE CALENDAR FOR 1871.
JUNE-30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d. h.
m.
8.
d. h. m. 8.
Full Moon
3 2
3 34
P.M.
New Moon
18 10 5 58
A.M.
First Quarter 10
୫
13 40
A.M.
Last Quarter 26 6 12 40
A.M.
DAY DAY
OF THE OF THE
DAYS
OF THE
4th & 5th
WEEK. MONTH, MOONS,
Chronology of Remarkable Events,
Thur.
1
14
Frid.
2
15
Sat.
3
16
Sun.
4
17
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1888,
Terrible earthquake at Manila, destroying the town and killing more than 2,000 per-
вода, 1963.
Trinity Sunday. The Governor of Kwang-tung, Tsiang, arrived at Canton, 1866.
Mon.
5
18
Tues.
6
19
Wed.
7
20
British ship "Tricolor” lost on the Pratas, 1868.
Thur.
8
21
Corpus Christi,
Frid.
9
22
Sat.
10
23
Sun.
11
24
lat after Trinity. St. Barnabas. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1610.
Mon.
12
25
Tues. 13
26
Wed. 14
27
Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728. Four pirates concerned in the attack on "Iron
Prince" executed, 1862. Great opium swindle, 1862.
Thur. 15
28
Frid. 16
29
Sat.
17
30
Sun.
18
1
Mon.
19
2
Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867,
Wusung taken, 1812.
2nd after Trinity. Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed, and
10 wounded, 1882.
Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842. Stanford convicted and sentenced to eight
years' penal servitude, 1882.
Tues. 20
3.
Wed. 21
4
Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837. Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793. Arrived per P. & O. steamer "Delhi,” Mrs. Dhunjeebhoy Pestonjec, 1866.
Tientsin, 1870.
Massacre at
Thur. 22
5
Frid.
23
6
Sat.
24
7
Sun.
25
8
Mon.
26
Tues. 27
10
Wed. 28
11
Thur. 29
12
St. Peter.
Frid.
30
13
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840. Commercial Bank suspended, 1866. Decla-
ration of war issued by Prussia against Austria, 1866.
Kiying visits Hongkong, 1843. Destruction of 20,283 chests Opium completed by Lin
at the Rogue, 1939.
St. John the Baptist. Midsummer day. Joint Memorandam concerning Tientsin Maa-
sacre sent to Prince Kung by Foreign Ministers, 1870.
3rd after Trinity, Taiping Wong, chief rebel, beheaded.
Treaty of Nanking exchanged at Hongkong, 1843. Murderous attack on the British
Legation at Yeddo, 1882.
Confiscation of the Str. "Prince Albert" by the British Consul and Customs at Canton,
1866.
Coronation of the Queen, 1838.
British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Typhoon near Hongkong 1885, in which the P. &. O. Co's Steamer "Corea" and Mr. D. Lapraik's Str. "Chanticleer" were lost with all hands. Agra Bank suspended, 1866.
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