Days of Days of Days of Month. Week.
Moon.
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h. m. 8.
FULL MOON,
1st
7 12
20 p.m.
Last Quarter, NEW MOON,
10th
0 5
20 A.M.
.17th
2 51 32 A.M.
FIRST QUARTER,... APOGEE,
PERIGEE,
Notable
ENGLISH.
Chronological
Septuagesima Sunday. Inhabitants of Hongkong declared to be British subjects 1841. M. M. Str. "Meikong' arrived. (2.) Candlemas. New German Club opened 1872 Outrage on Foreigners at Kobe 1868.
Sexagesima Sunday. P. & O. Stř. “Australia" arrived.
Naval Court of Enquiry on "Oneida" catastrophe.
St. Valentine's Day. New Chinese Hospital opened by Sir R. G. Quinquagesima Sunday. [MacDonnell 1872.
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Fr
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Sa
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Fr
27
M. M. Str. "Sindh" arrived.
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(24.) St. Matthias.
26
Th
10
(25.) Ember Day.
27
Fr
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28
Sa
12
(26.) Bogue Forts destroyed by Sir G. Bremmer 1841. (27-8.) Ember Days.
Hongkong declared to be a free P 1841. Shrove Tuesday. Insurgents eva uated Shanghai 1855. P. M. Str. "China" arrived
(18.) Ash Wednesday. Year 1291 of Mahomedan Era com- "China Mail" newspaper established 1845. [mences. Ratification of first Treaty between U. S. Japan 1855. [rived. 1st Sunday in Lent. Ember Week. P. & O. Str. " "Ellora
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Foundation Stone of Hongkong City Hall laid 1867. Emperor Tung Chih assumed the reins of government.
d.
h. m. 8.
23rd 6 22 08 P.M.
6th 5 A.M. .18th 11 A.M.
Events.
CHINESE.
(15.) Birthday of a deified warrior Wen-yuen of the Handynasty. (16.) Official worship of Sha-tseih, the gods of the land, and of the grain. Birthday of Nam-yoh, the Tauist god of the south- ern mountain. Birit of Lao-tze, the founder of Taniant. (18.) A solar term “ spring wets in.' Sun in Aries. (20.), Birthday of Lu-pan, the god of carpenters.
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(21.) Birthday of the supreme ruler of the heavenly dragon, a Tuuist deity. (22.) Day of ill luck.
(23.) In the e- ning general worship of the god of the hearth. (24.) Tsau-kwɛn, the god of the hearth, ascends to heaven to report on the domestic affairs of mankind.
(25.) Anniversary of the death of an Empress. (29.) Birthday of Padma-vyuha, a fabulous Buddhistic Bôdhi- sattva. The gods of the northern bushel, worshipped by Tanists. descend from heaven.
(30.) All the Buddhas lescend to search out good and evil in mai kind. Auspicious time for worship and offerings. (1.) First Moon. Fow New Year's day.
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(2.) Dog day. Moon enters Pisces between 1-3 a.m. Jupiter enters Leo between 114 p.m. Birthday of Che-ta-yen-shwai, a deified warrior. The god of the hearth returns from heaven. (3.) Pig day. A solar term.“rain water." Sun enters Pisces between 1-3 a.m. Birthday of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future, and of Sun-ching-vin, deified physician. Anniver-
sary of the death of Emperor Kɩ ¬lung Ã.Ď. 1736.
(4.) Sheep day. (5.) Cow day.
(6.) Birthday of the god of wealth, worshipped by Tauists, and of Dipankara Buddha. (7) Man day. inniversary of the death of Emperor Yung ching A.D. 1723.
(10) Pea day. Birthday of some of the lares called dragon (8.) Grain day. Birthday of the judge of the fourth court in hell. spirits of the five regions.
(11) Anniversary of the death of an Empresa.
(9.) Hemp day. Birthday of Y h-wang, the pearly emperor, the supreme God of the Tauists.
MARCH.-1st and 2nd Moons.
PHASES OF THE MOON.
d.
h.
d.
h.
m. 8.
מן
3rd
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.11th 5
.18th
0 58 02 P.M. 10 20 P.M. 0 38 22 P.M.
FIRST QUARTER,.
..25th
6
5
7
A.M.
APOGEE,
5th
4.P.M.
PERIGEE,.
.18th
8 P.M
FULL MOON,
LAST QUARTER, NEW MOON,
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