FULL MOON.
LAST QUARTER,
d. h. m. 8. 1st 11 46 02 P.M. 9th 2 48 56 P.M.
NEW MOON, FIRST QUARTER,..
d. h. m. FULL MOON .16th 5 53 14 A.M. | PERIGEE,. ..23rd 10 55 20 A.M.
31st
2 22 50 P.M.
APOGEE,
14th 2 P.M.
.26th 3 P.M.
|Days of {Days of Days of
Month. Wak. Moon.
Notable Chronological Events,
"Dolores Ugarte " burnt at sea, with 600 coolies, 1871. P. M. Hongkong Mint opened 1866. [S. S. "Alaska" arrived. Half Quarter Day. British ship “Dunmail" wrecked entering Hongkong Harbour with valuable cargo, 1870. M. M. str. Rogation Sunday. ["Iraonaddy" arrived.
Ascension Day.
Sunday after Ascension.
ENGLISH.
16
St. Philip and St. James.
17
18
4th Sunday after Easter.
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21
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25
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P. & O. str. "Travancore" arrived.
13
28
Old May Day.
14
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30
16
17
2
18
Ec
M. M. str. " Peiho" arrived.
19
20
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22
P. M. str. " China" arrived.
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24
9
25
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27
12
Ember Day. P. & O. str. "Massilia” arrived.
28
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29
Fr
14
Ember Day.
30
Sa 15
Ember Day.
31 S 16
Trinity Sunday. Hongkong Volunteers disbanded 1866.
"Drummond Castle" wrecked on Chusan Group, 1873.
CHINESE.
(16.) Eclipse of the Moon (45 minutes and 5 seconds after mid- night). Birthday o Cundee or Marichi, the Buddhist Durga. (17.) Dav of ill luck.
(18.) Birthday of Hau-ti, goddess of the earth, worshipped be- hind the graves, and of Chung-yoh, god of the central moun- tain. Also birthday of one of the Tauist San Mau.
Sun
(20.) Mercury enters Libra between 11-1 p.m. Birthday of Ta- tye-arm a Tauist goddess of progeny. Saturn enters Sagittarius between 5-7 a.m. (21.) Solar term "summer sets in." in Caprico.n. (23.) Birthday of Tien-hau, a Tauist goddess of sailors. Also birthday of H. I. M. the Emperor of China. (26.) Birthday of Tzu-sun, the goddess of progeny. (27.) Birthday of the judge of the seventh court in hell, also of Che-ta-yuen-shuai, a god protecting money and valuables. Birthday of the six Evil Spirits of heaven, earth, the year, the month, 'ne day and the hour. (28.) Birthday of Tsang-kish, one of the inventors of the written character, and of Tung-yah, the god of the eastern mountain, a Tauist divinity. (1.) Fourth Moon. Birthday of the judge of the eighth court in hell, and of Siau-pa-suen, a statesman of the Sung dynasty. (2.) The Moon enters Sagittarius between 9-11 a.m. Mars en- ters Taurus at the same time. (4.) Birthday of Mandjushri, a fictitious Bodhisattva, disciple of Shakyamuni.
[p.m.
Whit Sunday. Ember Week. Queen Victoria born 1819. (6.) Solar term “little full.” Sun enters Sagittarius between 1-3 Seamen's Hospital opened 1866.
Str.
(8.) Day of conception of Shakyamuni Buddha. Gathering of the herb Yuen-se, used for charms against disease. Birthday of San-kai, god of the three worlds, chiefly worshipped at Fat- shan. Birthday of the judge of the minth court in hell. (10.) Birthday of one cf the dragon spirits of the ground. (14.) Birthday of Lü sien, a deified Tanist physician. Mercury enters Virgo between 1-8 a.m. (15.) Birthday of Chung-li- sien, one of the eight genii worshipped by Tauists.