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Day of the Month

42

Christian

CALENDAR FOR CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE PHILIPPINES.

APRIL-30 DAYS.

Parsee

CHINESE: 2nd and 3rd Moons........ JAPANESE: Ni-gwats-San-gwats..... JEWISH: Nisan-Air....... MAHOMEDAN: Shawal-Zilkad

Hijree......

Day of the

Week

1 Friday

NN Chinese

Mahomedan

Japanese

Jewish

Shaenshoyee

Kudmee, or Nowroz

2525242211221

2 Saturday 2626252312222

3 B

4 Monday

5 Tuesday

Fuslee.

Boorsun

Shaenshoyee: Mehar-Aban

PARSEE:Kudmee: Aban—Addar, or.

Nowroz 221 to 250.......................

4

5

.5624

.1280

.1273

.....1264

.1233

Chronology of Remarkable events.

Chin Apo strangles himself in the Hongkong Gaol, 1851.

2727262413223 Confucius died, B. C. 429.

2828272514224 The ship Lord Stanley lost on the Paracels, 1851. 2929282615225 Quoh Siping strangled at Macao for selling opium, 1838.

{years, 1842.

6 Wednesday 1 1292716226 Sir J. Davis arranges with Kiying to enter city of Canton in twọ 7 Thursday 2 2 12817227

8 Friday

3 3 22918228

9 Saturday

4 4 3 119229

10 B 11 Monday

6 6 5

55 4 220 230 Kiying appointed Imperial Commissioner, 1842.

12 Tuesday 7 7 6

13 Wednesday 8 8 7

99

321231 H. B. M. Commission return to Canton, 1837.

422232 Slight earthquake at Fuchau, 1851.

523233

624234 (Yihshan, Lungwan, and Ki-kung, arrive in Canton to command Chi-

1010 9 725235

14 Thursday

15 Friday 16 Saturday

111110 826236

17

B

121211 927237

18 Monday

nese troops, 1741.

19 Tuesday

1313121028238

1414131129239 First steamer, Forbes, reaches China, 1830.

20 Wednesday 1515141230240 21 Thursday 16161513 1241

English cutter Emma, attacked by Chinese, and two of crew killed, 1849. The U. S. 8. Preble, returns from Japan to Canton, 1849. E. I. 【Co, ceased trade with China, 1834.

22 Friday 23 Saturday

24 B

17171614 2242 18181715 3243 19191816 4244

25 Monday

20201917 5245

21212018 6246

26 Tuesday

27 Wednesday 22222119 7247

28 Thursday 23232220 8248

29 Friday

24242321 9249

30 Saturday 2525 242210250 Capt. Caine appointed chief magistrate of Hongkong, 1841.

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