10
THE CALENDAR FOR 1882.
MARCH-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d. h.
d. h. m. sec.
M..
sec.
Full Moon
5
8
15
43 A.M.
New Moon
19
7 53
40 A.M.
Last Quarter 13
5
3 45
A.M.
First Quarter 26
9 09
39
A.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
1st & 2nd]
WEEK. MONTH, MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Wed.
1
12
Thur.
2
18
Frid.
3
14
Sat.
4
15
Sun.
5
16
Mon.
6
17
Tues.
7
18
Wed.
8
19
7
Thur.
9
20
Frid.
10
21
Sat.
11
22
Sun.
12
23
Mon. 13
24
Tues. 14
25
Wed. 15
26
Thur. 16
27
Frid. 17
28
Sat.
18
29
Sun.
19
1
Mon.
20
2
Tues. 21
3
Wed.
22
4
Thur. 23
5
Frid.
24
6
Sat.
25
7
Sun.
26
Mon.
27
9
Tues. 28
10
20,289 Cheats of Opium burned by Lin, 1839, Wreck of the "Yuen-tec-fee' near
Amoy, 1875.
Thur. Frid.
Wed. 29 30 31 13
11
12
St. David's day. H.M. steamer “Inflexible,” with Viceroy Yeh on board, arrived at
Singapore en route for Calcutta, 1858,
First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657. Loss of steamer “Kiangloong,” 1578. Great Fire in Foochow, 1877. Imperial Decree sentencing Ch'ung How to death by
decapitation, 1880.
Collision between the "Ocean" and "Fusing,” and loss of the latter with many lives, 1875. 2nd in Lent. Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849. The Portuguese ship "Jesus Maria Jose," belonging to Macao, captured by a French privateer, 1712. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. "Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
Russian steamer "Wolga" lost in the Japanese Sea, 1869.
Commercial treaty concluded hetween the United States and Japan, 1854. The "Jeddo,"
after passing Ai jer, was burnt at sea by the coolies, 1887.
Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and
Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1812.
Gov. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866. Loss of steamer “Sunfoo,” 1874. 3rd in Lent. Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton
as a prisoner 1841. Opening new German Bethesda Chapel, Hongkong, 1881. Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.
8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842. Out-"
rage on French Sailors in Japan, 1868.
Governor Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1885.
Chinese Envoy P'ng and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1886.
St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
Canevaro" burnt at sea by the cool'es, 1888. Loss of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s steamer "Yesso," on the White Rocks, 30 miles from Swatów, 1879,
Governor of Canton accedes to the request of Captain Eliot to reside in that city, 1837.
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839.
4th in Lent Gov. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848. Mutiny on Foard the coolie ship-
“Robert Brown," captain and part of the crew murdered, 1852. Death of Tseng-kw-fan. Viceroy of the Two Kiang, 1872.
"
British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834. H.M.S. "Salamis" and H.M. gumboat "Opossum,' with the Shanghai Chamber Deputies, left Hankow to explore the Upper Yangtsze, 1869.
Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. Death of Major-General Brunker. com- mander-in-chief of H.M.'s forces in China and Japan, 1869. Death of Mr. W. F. Mayers, Chinese Secretary of H.B.M.'s Legation at Peking, at Shanghai, 1878. Annunciation-Lady Day. Captain Elliot demands pa sports for himself and all the
British subjects imprisoned in Canton, 1839.
5th in Lent. Great Flood at Foochow, 1874,
A disabled Dutch ship ordered to leave the port of Macao by the Chinese Mandarins, 1828. Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. "Death of the Hon. H. A. K. Whampoa, C.M.G., M.L.C., at Singapore, 1890.
Memorial of Shanghai Chamber of Commerce t· L›rd Elgin, 1859.
Attack upon the British bark “Elizabeth Cld," by Chinese pirates al out 40 miles
from Hongkong, 1879.
Inauguration of new British Consulate at Shanghai, 1873. Abolition of the Coolie trade-
at Macao, 1874. Great Fire at Foochow; 500 houses destroyed, 1879.
The " Napoleon
"