18
THE CALENDAR FOR 1876.
JUNE 30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h. m.
Bec.
d. h. m.
Bec.
Full Moon
7
7 53
44
A.M.
New Moon 22 5 53
26 A.M.
Last Quarter 15 10 51
08 A.M.
First Quarter 28 10
50
32 P.X.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
- OF THE OF THE
5th & Int.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Thur.
10
Frid.
、 2
11
Sat.
3
12
Sun.
4
13
Mon.
5
14
Tues.
6
15
Wed.
t
7
16
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
1 2 3
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1868. Mr. Yanaguiwara, the new Japanese
Ambassador to China arrived at Shanghai, 1874.
Telegraph laid between Hongkong and Singapore, 1871. Terrible earthquake at Manila
destroying the town and killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863.
Whit Sunday. The Governor of Kwang-tung, Tsiang, arrived at Canton, 1886. Departure of the first steamer of the Occidental and Oriental Co.'s line from Hongkong to,
San Francisco, 1875,
British ship "Tricolor” lost on the Pratas, 1868.
Thur.
8
17
Frid. 19
18
Sat.
10
19
Sun.
11
20
Trinity. St. Barnabas. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1840.
Mon.
· 12
21
Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872.
Tues.
.13
22
Wed.
1
14
23
Thur.
115
24
British steamer " Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs Cruiser, 1875. Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728. Four pirates concerned in the attack on “'Iron
Prince" executed, 1862. "Great opium swindle, 1882.
Corpus Christi. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867.
Frid.
1
. 16
25
Wusung taken, 1842.
Sat.
17❘ 26
Sun.
18
27
Mon.
19
28
Tues.
20
29
Wed.
21
30
Thur.
22
1
Frid.
23
2
Sat.
24
3
/ Sun.
25
4
Mon.
26
Tues. 27
6
Wed. 28
7
Thur. 29
8
Frid.
30
1st after Trinity. 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, 1862.
Accession of Queen Victoria, 1887. Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.
Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840. Messrs. Russell & Co.'s premises at Hong-
kong destroyed by fire, 1875.
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. Chinese merchants in Hongkong sent petition to Her Majesty, with reference to the Blockade of the Colony by Customs Cruisers, 1874. 2nd after Trinity. Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation
at Yedo, 1882. Treaty between China and Peru, also Convention for China Commission to Peru, 1874.
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 Chins at Peking, 1873. British expedition to Chins arrived, 1840. Typhoon near Hongkong 1965, in which the P. &. O. Co's Steamer “Corea” and Mr. D. Lapraik's Str. "Chanticleer” were lost with all hands.