NEW MOON, FIRST QUARTER,.
7th 1 37 44 A.M. .14th 00 04 26 A.M. .21st 9 08 20 P.M.
LAST QUARTER,
JULY. 5th and 6th Moons.
PHASES OF THE MOON.
d. h. m. 8.
d.
m.
FULL MOON,
29.h 12 19
14 P.M.
PERIGEE,................... APOGEE,
7th
..21st
1 P.M.
2.AM
Days of Days of Days of Month. Week. Moon.
Notable
ENGLISH.
1
18
Hakodadi, Kanagawa, and Nagasaki opened to trade, 1859.
2
19
Fr
20
Sa
21
Declaration of U. S. Independence.
22
5th Sunday after Trinity.
23
Old Midsummer Day. P. & O. str. "Mirzapore " arrived.
24
W
25
Perry's Squadron arrived at Japan 1853.
9
Th
26
P. M. S. S." Quang-se" arrived.
10
Fr
27
11
Sa
28
Treaty of Yeddo ratified 1859.
12 S
29
13
M
30
14 Та
1
15
W
2
16
Th
17
Fr
18
Sa
5
19
6
(16.) British trade with China renewed 1842. (18.) P. M. S. S. "Great Republic" arrived.
20
21
[perialists 1863.
22
W
23
Th
10
21
Fr
11
25
Sa
12
St. James.
26
13
8th Sunday after Trinity.
27
M
14
28 Tu
15
29
W
16
30
Th
17
Chronological
6th Sunday after Trinity. First English ship arrived in China 1635. Foreign Inspectorate of Custoins established in Shang- M. M. str. "Hooghly" arrived.
[hai 1854. St. Swithin. King of Cambodia arrived in Hongkong on a visit 1872. Simonasaki forts bombarded by a combined French, English and American squadron 1863.
(19.) 7th Sunday after Trinity. Nankin captured by the Im- (20.) P. & O. str. "Lombardy" arrived.
Str. "Esmeralda" lost on Fraile rocks.
Canton opened to British 1843.
Treaty between U. S. and Japan signed 1858. M. M. str. "Tigre" arrived.
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CHINESE.
(18.) Birthday of Si-wang-mu, the royal mother of the West,, a fabulo S Tauist divi utv.
(19.) Birthday of Ma-tan-yang, a Tauist saint. A fast day among Tanists.
(23.) Anniversary of the death of an Empress. (24.) A solar term "little heat." Sun in Scorpio. Mayuraradja, a fictitious Buddha, invoked by exorcists and
sorcerers.
Birthday of
(29.) Birthday of Hü-wei-hin, a statesman of the Tang dynasty.
(1.) Sixth Moon Venus enter Cancer between 1-3 p.m. (2.) The Moon enters Libra between 11-1 p.m.
(3.) Mars enters Pisces between 1-3 p.m. Birthday of the Bod- hisattva Véda, the patron of all monasteries and nunneries, a Buddhistic divinity, adopted also by Tauists.
(6.) A day of ill luck. Birthday of Yang-si, a deified warrior, and of Tai-shan, the god of the great mountain in Shantung. Also birthday of Tsui-pan, an officer in the supreme court of hell. Festival of airing clothes.
(8.) The earth spirit reigns.
(10.) A solar term “ "great heat."
Sun enters Libra between
9-11 a.m. Birthday of Liu-hai-sien, a Tauist worthy. (12.) Birthday of Lung wang, the dragon spirit of walls, foun- tains and mountain ridges, a Tauist divinity.
(13.) Birthday of Lu-pan, the god of carpenters and masons. (15.) A day of ill luck.
(16.) Birthday of Wang-ling-kwan-shing, a deified statesman.
Events.
31
Fr
18
Page 15d. h. m. 8. .20th 2 29 27th 9 05
PERIGEE,
26 p.M.
02 p.m.
APOGEE,
PERIORE,
AUGUST.-6th and 7th Moons.
PHASES OF THE MOON.
d.
Last Quarter,
NEW MOON,
h. m. 8. 5th 6 23 03 a.m. 12th 11 36 08 A.M.
FIRST QUARTER,
FULL MOON,.......
Days of Days of Days of Month. Wock.
Moon.