|Days of Days of Days of
Month.
Week. Moon.
Notable Chronological Events.
2nd Sunday in Lent. St. David
[arrived. ! P. & O. Str. "Travancore" arrived. P. M. Str. "Colorado " 3rd Sunday in Lent. Commercial Treaty concluded between United States and Japan 1854.
Chinese Custom House closed at Macao 1849. Tseng-kwo-fan M. M. Str. "Hoogly " arrived.
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M. M. Str. ** Provence" arrived. Grand Duke Alexis left Hongkong 373.
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(9.) S. S. N. Co.'s Str. "Kiangloong" lost in the Yangtsze.
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[died 1872.
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4th Sunday in Lent.
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Palm Sunday.
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St. Patrick's Day. P. & O. Str. "Deccan" arrived.
Capture of Nankin by the Taipings 1853.
Vernal Equinox.
5th Sunday in Lent.
Annunciation. Lady Day. Foundation of Seamen's Church laid 1871.
M. M. Str. "Tigre " arrived.
(13.) Birthday of W: worshipped in Fatshan.
CHINESE.
Hü, two Cantonese warriors, chiefly
(14.) Aniversary of death of Emperor Tao-kwang A.D. 1821. (15.) The feast of laterns. Birthday of the Tauist god Shang- yen, a heavenly ruler. ["movement of larvae." Sun in Pisces. (18.) Venus enters Leo between 5-7 a.m. The Solar term
(19.) Birthday of Caang-chun, a deified physician.
| (20.) Birthday of Shen-ts'ai, a Buddhist saint connected with the mythology of Kwan-yin (Avalokiteshvara). Auspicious day for worship if wealth is desired.
(21.) Anniversary of the death of an Empress. (23.) Mercury enters Sagittarius between 11-1 a.m. (29.) Anniversary of the death of an Empress.
(1.) Second Moôn. Bithday of judge of first court in hell. (2.) Moon enters Aquarius between 5-7 a.m. Birthday of one of the lares caled gods of happiness. Plays performed in public. Fire-work 3. The remains of rockets preserved as luck-bringing. Birthday of Mencius, the greater rival of Confucius B.C. 371.
between 1-3 a.m.
(3.) Birthday of the Confucianist star-god of iterature. (4.) The solar term "vernal equinox Sun enters Aquarius ¡pardon for sins committed. (5.) The vernal sacrifice. Auspicious day for obtaining heaven's (6.) Day of ill luck. Birthday of the Tauist patriarch Tung-wa- ti-kiun. [Chang-hien, a Tauist worthy. (7.) Anniversary of the death of an Empress. Birthday of (8.) Birthday of the judge of the fifth court in hell, and of the six Chinese patriarchs of the Buddhist church, Bodhidharma (A.D. 500) being counted the first. [the ground. (10.) Birthday of one of the dragon spirits, tutelary deities of (11.) Anniversary of the death of an Empress. [sea (the Pearl river). (13.) Birthdɩy of Hungshin, the Cantonese god of the souther"
APRIL.-2nd and 3rd Moons.
PHASES OF THE MOON.
1st
5 P.M.
16th
28th
7 A.M.
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FULL MOON,
h. m. 2nd 6 58 38 A.M.
d. h. m. 8.
APOGEE,
Last Quarter,
10th 5 57 44 A.M.
NEW MOON, FIRST QUARTER,
16th 9 28 50 P.M. 23rd 7 40 08 P.M.
PERIGEE,.
APOGEE,
|Days of Days of Days of Month. Week. Moon.
Notable
Chronological
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