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THE CALENDAR FOR 1886.
JANUARY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
(For Civil Mean Time at Hongkong.)
d.
m.
New Moon
5
h.
3 19 47
sec.
P.M.
d. h. m. sec:
Full Moon 20 3 20 48
P.M.
First Quarter 13 8 0 44 P.M.
Last Quarter 27 9 7 43
A.M.
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APOGEE, 7 days, 5 hours, P.M.
PERIGEE, 20 days, 9 hours, P.M.
Frid.
1
27
Sat.
28
3
29
4
30
5
1
Wed.
C
2
Thur.
7
3
Frid.
8
4
Sat.
9
5
Sun. 10
6
Mon.
11
7
Tues.
12
8
Wed.
13
9
Thur. 14
10
Frid. 15
11
DAYS DAYS
OF THE OF THE
DAYS
OF THE
11th 12th
WEEK. MONTH| MOONS.
Sun.
Mon. Tues.
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Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Hyogo 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. First election by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce of a member of the Legislative Council, 1884.
2nd after Christmas. Lin Tsi-hsu appointed Commissioner, 1839. Li Sing-yuen appo-
inted Imperial Commis- sioner in Kwangsi, 1851.
Great Fire at Tokyo, 1870. First election by the Hongkong Justices of the Peace of a
member of the Legislative Council, 1884.
Decree of Emperor Tao-kwang prohibiting trade with England, 1810. Commissioner
Yeh captured, 1858.
Epiphany. Fearful fire at Tientsin, 1,400 famine refugees burnt to death, 1878,
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, 1st after Epiphany. 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 a proclamation recommending moderation in dealing with foreigners, and intimating the intention of opening up Canton according to the Treaties, 1846.
Secretary of American Legation murdered at Tokyo, 1871.
Bread poisoning in Ilongkong, by Chinese baker Alum, 1857. Telegraph cable between
Japan and Cores opened to traffic, 1884.
Sat.
16
12
Sun.
17
13
2nd after Fryhip.
Mon.
18
14
Tues. 19
15
Wed. 20
16
Thur. 21
17
Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1867.
Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841. Sailors' Home at Hongkong formally opened, 1803. The Frederic burnt by the Coolies, 1870. Chung How and Suite returned to China from France, 1872,
Attack on Lieut. Kerr and the boat of the "Cockchafer" at Swatow, 1889.
Frid. 22
18
The Chinese Ambassadors arrived in London, 1877.
Sat.
23
19
P. & O. steamer "Niphon " lost off Amoy, 1888,
Sun. 24
20
Mon. 25
21
Tues. 26
22
Wed. 27
23
Thur. 28
24
Frid. 29
25
Sat.
30
Sun.
31
lat
26
27
3rd after Epiphany. Matheus Ricci, the Jesuit Missionary, enters Peking, 1601. U.S.
corvette *Oneida" lost through collision with P. & Ö. steamer Bombay," near Yokohama, 1870.
Instructions from Lord Palmerston to Lord Napier, superintendent of British Trade in China, 1834. Hongkong taken possession of, 1841. St. Paul's Church at Macaoburnt, 1835. Terrific fire at Tokio; 10,000 houses destroyed and many lives lost,1881, Establishment of Amoy Chamber of Commerce, 1875. British str. "Carisbrooke" burned
and scuttled in Hongkong harbour, 1883.
Huang-t-ung-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. Wreck of the steamer "Chinkiang near Quemoy, with loss of life, 1881.
Lord Saltoun left China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1840.
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4th after Epiphany. Loss of the O. M. Co.'s str. "Howsang” off Dodd Island, near
Amoy, 1878.