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THE CALENDAR FOR 1882.
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h.
m. sec.
d. h. m. sec.
Last Quarter 3
2
33 47 A.M.
New Moon 11
6
55 44
A.M.
First Quarter 18 16 17 43
Full Moon 25
P.M.
9
38
43 A'M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE | OF THE
9th & 10th
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Wed.
1
21
Thur.
2
22
Prid.
3
23
Bat.
4.
24
Bun.
5
25
Mou.
6
26
Tucs. 7
27
Wed.
8
28
Thur.
9
29
Frid. 10
30
11
1
Bun.
12
2
Mon. 13
3
Tues.
14
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
All Saints. The port of Quin-hon, on the coast of Annata, opened to foreign trade, 1876.
All Souls.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839..
22ad after Trinity. Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by
the Alies, 1860.
Engush and French treaties promulgated by the Peking Gazette, 1880.
Capt. Garcia y Garcia and Dr. Elmore appointed by the President of Peru on a Special
Mission to Japan and China, 1874.
The French repulsed at Cores, 1886. Prince of Wales born, 1841. Loss of the Chins Navigation Co.'s steamer " Glengyle" on Namos Island, with the captain and several
of the crew,
1876.
H.M.8. "Racehorse” wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 108 only 9 saved, 1864. H.B. Ch'ung How, Chinese Envoy to Russia, arrived in · Hongkong on his way to St. Peters- burg, 1878.
23rd after Trinity. Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864.
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
Loss of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s str. “Douglas” in the Haitan Straits, 1880. Conven-
tion signed between” Russia and China, 1860.
Wed.
15
5
Thur. 16
6
H. M. gunboat "Gnat" lost in the Palawan, 1868.
outbreak of a serious rebellfon in Hunan, 1870. H.R.H, Prince Alfred left Hongkong, 1889.
News received in Hongkong of
Frid. 17
7
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843.
Sat.
18
8
** and
Sun.
19
9
Mon. 20 10
Tues. 21
11
Wed. 22
12
Thur. 23
13
Frid.
24
14
Sat.
25
15
Sun.
26
16
Hon. 27
17
Tues. 28
18
Wed.
29
19
Thur.
30
20
Great Fire in Hongkong, 1887. II.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Manila, 1889. Ch'ung How, Governor of Tientsin, arrived in Hongkong en route for France as special Am- bassador, to explain the Tientsin Massacre, 1870.
21th after rinity. Collision on the Yangtaze between the str. "Kungwo,'
'Hanyang; "both vessels lost, 1880. Viceroy Tseng-kwo-fan visited Shanghai, 1871. Portuguese Custom house at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin died 1863. Gunpowder
explosion at Hankow, 1867.
Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., brutally murdered in Japan,
1564.
rent fire at Canton, 1,400 houses destroyed, 1835. Terrible boiler explosion on board the steamer "Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 88 lives lost, 1877.
Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales the "Bacchante" at
Woosung, 1881.
Ship "Omar Pacha " logt in China Sea, 1887.
Tremendous fire at Yokobama, 1886. Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1868. H.E. Marquis Tseng, Chinese Ambassador to England, arrived in Hongkong, on his way to London,
1878.
25th after Trinity. Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British
ships, 1839.
M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder
of the French at Tientsin, June 21st, 1870-1871.
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856, Great fire in Hongkong, 1867.
Murder of the captain and four men of the British barque “Crofton," near Ku-lan, 1869. St. Andrew's day. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated 1872.
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