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THE CALENDAR FOR 1883.
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d. h.
d. h.
772.
sec.
m.
sec.
First Quarter 8
7 40 4.4 A.M.
Last Quarter 21
9 19 46 P.M.
Full Moon 15 0 13 43
A.M.
New Moon 30
2
30 42
A.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
10th&11th
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS..
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Thur.
1
2
All Saints.
Frid.
2
Sat.
3
Sun.
4
Mou.
Tues.
&C W N
3
All Souls.
4
The port of Quin-hon, on the coast of Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839.
5
24th after Trinity.
5
6
6
7
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860,
English and French treaties promulgated by the Peking Gazette, 1860.
Wed.
7
8
Thur.
8
9
Frid.
9
10
1875.
Sat.
10
11
Sun.
11
12
Mon. 12
13
Tues. 13
14
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
Wed. 14
15
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 Korea, 1866. Prince of Wales born, 1841. Loss of the China Navigation Co.'s steamer "Glengyle" on Namoa Island, with the captain and several of the crew,
25th after Trinity. H.M.S. "Racehorse
"wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 108 only 9 saved, 1864. H.E. Ch'ung How, Chinese Envoy to Russia, arrived in Hongkong on his way to St. Petersburg, 1878.
Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864.
Loss of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s str. "Douglas" in the Haitan Straits, 1880. Conven-
tion signed between Russia and China, 1860.
Thur. 15
16
Frid. 16
17
H. M. gunboat "Gnat" lost in the Palawan, 1968.
outbreak of a serious rebellion in Hunan, 1870, H.R.H. Prince Alfred left Hongkong, 1869.
News received in Hongkong of
Sat.
17
18
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843.
Sun.
18
19
26th after Trinity. Great Fire in Hongkong, 1867,
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at
Mon.
19
20
Tues. 20
21
Wed. 21
22
Thur. 22
23
Frid.
23
24
Sat.
24
25
Sun. 25
26
Mon. 26
27
Tues. 27
28
Wed. 28
29
Thur. 29 Frid.
30
30
1
Manila, 1869. Ch'ung How, Governor of Tientsin, arrived in Hongkong en route for France as special Ambassador, to explain the Tientsin Massacre, 1870.
Collision on the Yangtsze between the strs." Kungwo, **and Hanyang; "both
vessels lost, 1880. Viceroy Tseng-kwo-fan visited Shanghai, 1871.
Portuguese Custom house at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin died 1883. Gunpowder
explosion at Hankow, 1867.
Major Baldwin and Lieut. bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., brutally murdered in Japan,
1864.
Great fire at Canton, 1,400 oses destroyed, 1835, Terrible boiler explosion on board
the steamer "Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877.
Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the "Bacchante" at
Woosung, 1881.
Ship "Omar Pacha "lost in China Sea, 1867.
27th after Trinity. Tremendous fire at Yokohama, 1866, Capture of Arping, Formosa, 1868. H.E. Marquis Tseng, Chinese Ambassador to England, arrived in Hongkong, on his way to London, 1878.
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 Frerci ac 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
Sir George Bowen appointed Governor of Hongkong, 1882.
St. Andrew's day. St. Josh's Church, Hongkong, corsecrated, 1872.