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THE CALENDAR FOR 1870.

JUNE-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d. h.

m.

8.

d. h. m.

8.

First Quarter

7 6 52 08

A.M.

Full Moon

14 9 23 52

P.M.

New Moon 29 7 09

Last Quarter 21 5 10 28

7 09 52

A.M.

A.M.

DAY

DAY

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE |

5th & 6th

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

1 2 3

4

5

Sat.

6

3 Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Ilotel, 1868.

Terrible earthquake at Manila, destroying the town and killing more than 2,000 per.

sons,

1883.

The Governor of Kwang-tung, Tsiang, arrived at Canton, 1868.

Sun.

5

7

Whit Sunday.

Mon.

6

8

Jewish Feast of Pentecost, First Day.

Tues.

7

9

British ship "Tricolor" lost on the Pratas, 1888. Feast of Pentecost, Second Day.

Wed.

8

10

Thur.

9

11

Frid. 10

12

Sat.

11

13

Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640. St. Barnabas.

Sun.

12

14

Trinity Sunday.

Mon. 13

15

Tues.

14

16

Wed. 15

17

Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728. Four pirates concerned in the attack on "Iron

Prince" executed, 1862. Grest opium swindle, 1562.

Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1887.

Thur. 16

18

Wusung taken, 1842.

Frid.

17

19

Sat.

18

20

Sun.

19

21

Explosion of the "Union Star” at Shanghai, 17 persons killed, and 10 wounded, 1982. lat after Trinity. Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1812. Stanford convicted and

sentenced to eight years' penal servitude, 1862.

Mon. 20

22

Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837. Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.

Tues.

21

23

Arrived per P. & O. steamer “Delhi,' Mrs. Dhunjeebhoy Pestonjec, 1868.

Wed.

22

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

*****

24

Canton blockaded by English forces, 1810. Commercial Bank suspended, 1866. Decla-

ration of war issued by Prussia against Austria, 1866.

23

25

24

26

25

27

26

28

Mon. 27

29

Kiying visits Hongkong, 1813. Destruction of 20,283 chests Opium completed by Lin

at the Bogue, 1939.

St. John the Baptist. Midsummer day. Total Defeat of the Italian army under Victor

Emmanuel, by the Austrians, under Archduke Albrecht, at Custozza, 1868. Taiping Wong, chief rebel, beheaded.

2nd after Trinity. Treaty of Nanking exchanged at Hongkong, 1843. Murderous

attack on the British Legation at Yeddo, 1862.

Confiscation of the Str. "Prince Albert" by the British Consul and Customs, at Canton,

1868,

Tues.

28

30

Wed. 29

Thur.

888

1

St. Peter.

30

2

British expedition to China arrived, 1940. Typhoon near Hongkong 1865, in which the P. &. O. Co's Steamer "Cores" and Mr. D. Lapraik's Str. "Chanticleer" were lost with all banda. Agra Bank suspended, 1866.

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