\Doys of Days of Days of Mouth. Week. Moon.
JUNE.-4th and 5th Moons.
PHASES' OF THE MOON.
d. h. m.
.30th 2 24 26 a.m.
11th 10 A.M.
d.
h. m. 8.
LAST QUARTER,
7th
8 54 32 p.m.
FULL MOON,
NEW MOON,
..14th
FIRST QUARTER,
22nd
2 28 50 P.M. 3 37 26 a.M.
PERIGEE,.
APOGEE,
Notable
ENGLISH.
Chronological
Hongkong connected with London by telegraph 1871.
P. M. S. S. “Colorado” arrived. M. M. str. ** Meikong" Corpus Christi.
ar-
.23rd
8 A.M.
Events.
CHINESE.
(17.) Anniversary of the death of an Empress. Birthday of Kin-hwa, the Cuntonese goddess of parturition. Birthday of the judge of the tenth court in hell. (18.) Birthday of Wa-to, & deified physician, and of Tzu-mi, the star god of malaria, both worshipped by Tauists. (20.) Birthday of Yeu-kwang, the holy mother of bright eyes, a Tauist goddess, worshipped oy the blind. Day of ill luck. (22.) Solar term "grain spiked." Sun in Sagittarius. Heaven grants absolution for sins committed. (23.) Birthday of Sa- mantabuadra, a fabulous Buddhistic Bôdhisattva.
[nasty.
St. Barnabas. Admiral Rogers' expedition to the Korea con- (26.) Birthday of Chung-shan a deified warrior of the Han dy- cluded 1871.
Treaty between Russia and China signed 1858.
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17
Tu
18
19
Th
20
[rived.
21
22
7
23
1st Sunday after Trinity.
8
M
24
9
Tu 25
P. & 0. str. "Bokhara" arrived.
10
W
26
11
Th
27
12
28
13
Sa
29
14
S
1
2nd Sunday after Trinity.
15
Hope Dock, Aberdeen, opened 1867.
16
17
W
18
Th
19
20
21
22
9
23
10
25
28
29
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24
W
11
Th
12
26
Fr
13
27
14
Treaty between France and China signed 1858
15
4th Sunday after Trinity.
Coronation.
16
30
Tu
17
M. M. str. "Sindh" arrived.
(18.) Treaty between U. S. and China signed 1858. (20.) Accession.
Queen Victoria ascended the throne 1837. P. M. S. S. "Japan" arrived.-P. & O. str. "Bokhara" beached on Kowloong to save her, 1873. [igners at Tientsin 1870. 3rd Sunday after Trinity. Proclamation. Massacre of fore- Canton blockaded by British 1840. P. & O. str. “ Pekin arr. (24.) St. John Baptist. . Midsummer Day. Admiral Hope re- pulsed at the entrance to the Peiho 1859.
Taiping Wong beheaded 1864.
Treaty between Great Britain and China signed 1858.
St. Peter. Emperor of China gave audience to representatives
of foreign powers, 1873.
(28.) Day of ill luck. Birthday of Bodhisattya Yoh-wang, called Bhaichadya radja, the Æscalapius of China.
(29.) Anniversary of the death of an Empress.
(1.) Fifth Moon. Birthday of Nan-kih, the ruler of the South- pole, a Tauist deity. Mars enters Aries between 11-1 a.m. (3.) Moon enters Scorpio between 3-5 a.m. Death of an Empress. (5.) The dragon boat festival. Noisy boat races and processions intended to terrify quit spirits and to ward off disease. Trades- men clear off their accounts. Day of ill luck!
(8.) Birthday of one of the dragon spirits of the grounds. Solar term "summer solstice." Sun enters Scorpio between 11-1 a.m. 10.) Birthday of one of the dragon spirits of the ground. Venus enters Lo between 11-1 a.m. (11.) Day of ill luck. Birthday of the tutelary dei. · of every walled town. (12.) Birthday of Ping-ling, a statesman of the Chow dynasty. (13.), Birthday of Kwan-ti, the national god of war, and of Kwan- ping his son, both deified warriors of the Three Kingdoms. (16.) Conjunction of heaven and earth. Tay of general abstin- ence, fasting and repentauce. Festival of Shakyamuni Bud- dha, the founder of Buddhism, and of Chang-tien-szu, the ruling head of the Taufst church.
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