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THE CALENDAR FOR 1883.
JANUARY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
(For Civil Mean Time at Hongkong.)
d.
h.
m. sec.
d.
h. m.
sec.
Last Quarter
1
8
26 42 P.M.
First Quarter 16
8
23
46 A.M..
Full Moon
23
2
51
45
P.M.
New Mon
9
1 35
43 P.M.
Last Quarter
31
6
02 46 P.M.
DAYS DAYS
OF THE OF THE
DAYS
OF THE
11th&12th
WEEK. MONTH MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Hiogo and Osaka opened, 1868. Overland Telegraph through Russia opened, 1872, The Emperor Kang-hi sends as his Envoy to the Pope the Jesuit Father Bouvet, 1706.
Imperial Decree disgracing Ch'ung How issued, 1880.
Lin Tsihsu appointed Commissioner, 1839. Li Sing-yuen appointed Imperial Commis-
sioner in Kwangsi, 1851.
Decrce of Emperor Tao-kwang prohibiting trade with England, 1840.
Yeh captured, 1858,
Commissioner
Epiphany. Fearful fire at Tientsin, 1,400 famine refugees burnt to death, 1878. 1st after Epiphany. Forts at Chuenpi taken with great slaughter, 1841. Ice one-fourth inch thick at Canton, 1852. Gunner of the "Lady Hughes" strangled
at Canton, 1785, Execution of Li Yung-choi, the rebel leader in Kwangsi, 1880. Murder of Mr. Holworthy at the Peak, 1869. Marriage of the Mikado of Japan, 1869. Several chests of Opium forcibly taken by the Mandarins from an English resident in
Canton, 1838.
Sir R. Alcock left Hongkong for England, 1870. Seamen's Church, West Point, opened,
1872.
Tung-chi, Emperor of China, died, in the nineteenth year of his age, 1875. Ki-ying, Viceroy of Kwang-tung and Kwang-si, issues
moderation in dealing with foreigners, and intimating the intention of opening up Can- a proclamation recommending ton according to the Treaties, 1846.
2nd after Epiphany. Secretary of American Legation murdered at Tokio, 1871.
Mon.
Tues.
1
2
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
5
Sat.
Sun.
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23
24
3
25
4
26
Great Fire at Tokio, 1870,
27
6
28
7
29
Mon.
8
30
Tues.
9
1
Wed. 10
2
Thur. 11
3
Frid.
12
4
Sat.
13
5
Sun.
14
6
Mon.
15
7
Tues. 16
8
Wed.
17
9
Thur. 18
10
Frid. 19
11
Sat.
20
12
Sun. 21
13
Mon.
22
14
Tues. 23
15
Wed.
24
16
Thur. 25
17
Frid. 26
18
Sat. Sun. 28 20 Mon. 29 Tues. 30 Wed.
27
19
21
22
31
23
Bread poisoning in Hongkong, by Chinese baker Alum, 1857. H.I.T. the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia returned to Hongkong from Nagasaki, 1873. Meeting of Shanghai Steam Navigation Company at which it was resolved to sell ships and plant to China Merchants' Company, 1877. Total loss of the E, & A, M. steamer "Singapore" off the Cumberland Islands, 1877.
Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1867.
Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841. Sailors' Home at Hongkong formally opened, 1863. The Frederic" burnt by the Coolies, 1870. Chung How and Suite returned to China from France, 1872.
Septuagesima, Steamer "Corea" lost on her voyage to Yokohama, 1867. Sir Edmund Head died, 1868, Attack on Lieut. Kerr and the boat of the "Cockchafer" at Swatow, 1869. British barque "Chinaman" at anchor at the mouth of the Yangtsze, and sunk; seven lives lost, 1881.
run into by steamer "Craiglands" when The Chinese Ambassadors arrived in London, 1877. Mr. Ng Choy appointed member of
Legislative Council, Hongkong, 1880.
P. & O. steamer "Niphon," lost off Amoy, 1868.
Matheus Ricci, the Jesuit Missionary, enters Peking, 1601. U.S. corvette "Oneida" lost
through collision with P. & O. steamer Bombay," near Yokohama, 1870.
Instructions from Lord Palmer ton to Lord Napier, superintendent of British Trade in China, 1834. Hongkong taken possession of, 1841. St. Paul's Church at Macao burnt, 1835. Terrific fire at Tokio; 10,000 houses destroyed and many lives lost, 1881. Establishment of Amoy Chamber of Commerce, 1875,
Sexagesima, Hoang-tsung-han appointed Imperial Commissioner at Canton, 1855. Decree from Yung-ching forbidding, under pain of death, the propagation of the
Christian faith in China, 1733. Loss of steamer "Suwonada," 1872.
Lord Saltoun left China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1846. H.I.H. the Grand
Duke Alexis left for Manila, 1873.
First arrival of the "Colorado" from San Francisco, 1867. Loss of the C. M. Co.'s str.
Howsang" off Dodd Island, near Amoy, 1878,