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THE CALENDAR FOR 1875.
JUNE 30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h.
m.
sec.
d. h. m. sec.
New Moon
4
Б
57
32
A.M.
Full Moon 19 7
32 26
A.M.
First Quarter 11
3 31
50 A.M.
Last Quarter 26 10 15
44
P.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
4th & 5th
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.)
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
1 2 3 0 CON
28
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1868. Ambassador to China arrived at Shanghai, 1874.
Mr. Yanaguiwara, the new Japanese
29
30
4
1
Telegraph laid between Hongkong and Singapore, 1871. Terrible earthquake at Manila,
destroying the town and killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863.
The Governor of Kwang-tung, Tsiang, arrived at Canton, 1866.
5
2
6
3
and after Trinity..
7
4
British ship "Tricolor” lost on the Pratas, 1868.
Tues.
8
5
Wed.
9
6
Thur. 10
7
Frid. 11
8
Sat.
12
9
Sun.
13
10
Mon.
14
11
Tues. 15
12
St. Barnabas. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1840.
Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872.
3rd after Trinity.
Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728. Four pirates concerned in the attack on Iron
Prince" executed, 1862. "Great opium swindle, 1862,
Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1887.
Wed. 16
13
Wasung taken, 1842.
Thur. 17
14
Frid. 18
15
Sat.
19
16
Sun.
20
17
Mon.
21
18
Tues. 22
19
Wed. 23 20
Thur. 24
21
Frid.
25
22
Sat.
26
23
Sun. 27
24
Mon. 28
25
Tues. 29
Wed.
283
26
30
27
Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed, and 10 wounded, 1862, Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842. Stanford convicted and sentenced to eight
years' penal servitude, 1882.
4th after Trinity. Accession of Queen Victoris, 1837. Macartney's embassy arrived,
1793.
Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840. Commercial Bank suspended, 1866. De-
claration of war issued by Prussia against Austria, 1866.
Kiying visits Hongkong, 1843. Destruction of 20,283 chests Opium completed by Lin
at the Bogue, 1839. Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1874.
St. John the Baptist. Midsummer day. Joint Memorandum concerning Tientsin Mas- sacre sent to Prince Kung by Foreign Ministers, 1870. Chinese merchants in Hongkong sent petition to Her Majesty, with reference to the Blockade of the Colony by Customs Cruisers, 1874.
Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Yedo, 1862. Treaty between China and Peru, also Convention for China Commission to Peru, 1874. 5th after Trinity. Confiscation of the Str. “Prince Albert” by the British Consul and
Customs at Canton, 1866.
Coronation of the Queen, 1838. Loss of the steamer "Lap Tek,” 1874.
The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873. British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Typhoon near Hongkong 1865, in which the P. &. O. Co's Steamer "Corea” and Mr. D. Lapraik's Str. "Chanticleer" were lost with all hands.