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THE CALENDAR FOR 1871.
JANUARY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
(For Civil Mean Time at Hongkong.)
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d. h.
m.
8.
d. h. m.
S.
Full Moon
7 5 0 16 A.M.
New Moon 21 8
8
28 A.M.
Last Quarter 14
2 33 16 P.M.
First Quarter 28 8 51
10 P.M.
DAY
DAY
OF THE OF THE
DAYS
OF THE
11th 12th
WEEK. MONTH| MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Sun.
1
11
2nd after Christmas. Hiogo and Osaka opened 1883.
Mon.
2
12
Tues.
3
13
Wed.
4
14
Thur.
5
15
Frid.
6
16
Lin Tsihsu appointed Commissioner, 1839. Li Singyuen appointed Imperial Com-
missioner in Kwangsi, 1851. Jewish Fast of Tebet. Great Fire at Yeddo, 1870,
Commissioner Yeh captured, 1858.
Epiphany.
Sat.
7
17
Forts at Chuenpi taken with great slaughter, 1841.
Sun.
8
18
1st after Epiphany. Ice one-fourth inch thick at Canton, 1952. Gunner of the "
Hughes "strangled at Canton, 1785.
Lady
Mon.
9
19
Murder of Mr. Hoiworthy, 1889. Marriage of the Mikado of Japan, 1869.
Tues.
10
20
Wed. 11
21
Sir R. Alcock left Hongkong for England, 1970.
Thur.
12
22
Frid. 13
23
Sat.
14
24
Sun.
15
25
2nd after Epiphany.
Mon. 16
26
Tues.
17
27
Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1967.
Wed. 18
28
Thur. 19
29
Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841.
Frid.
20
30
Steamer "Corea" lost on her voyage to Yokohama, 1887. Sir Edmund Head died, 1968,
Attack on Lieut. Kerr and the boat of the "Cockchafer" at Swatow, 1889.
Sat.
21
1
Sun.
22
2
3rd after Epiphany.
Mon.
23
3
P. & O. steamer Niphon lost off Amoy, 1988.
Tues. 24
4
Wed. 25
5
Thur
26
6
U. S. Corvette Oneida lost through collision with P. & O. steamer Bombay, near Yoko-
hama, 1870
Princess Royal married, 1858.
Hongkong taken possession of, 1841. St. Paul's Church' at Macao burnt, 1935.
Frid.
27
7
Sat.
28
8
Sun.
29
9
4th after Epiphany. Napoleon III. married, 1953.
Mon.
30
10
Lord Saltoun left China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1946.
Tues. 31
11
First arrival of the Colorado from San Francisco, 1887.
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