Last QUARTER,
NEW MOON,
Days of Days of Days of
Month. Week. Moon.
FIRST QUARTer,....
OCTOBER.-8th and 9th Moons.
PHASES OF THE MOON.
d. h. m. 8.
2nd 9 14 44 P.M.
FULL MOON,
APOGEE,
PERIGEE,...
Chronological
Manila taken by British 1762. Looting of Summer Palace, Pekin 1860. ["Peiho" arrived. Seizure of Lorcha "Arrow" by Chinese 1856. M. M. Str. Treaty between France and Japan signed 1858. Commercial Treaty concluded between China and Spain 1864. Stamp Ordinance introduced 1867.
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10th 6 38
08 P.M.
.18th 9 05
56 P.M.
Notable
ENGLISII.
Th
21
Fr
22
Sa
23
S
24
First battle of the Taiping Rebellion 1850. P. M. SS. “Japan" 18th Sunday after Trinity. [arrived.
M
25
Cyclone at Calcutta 1864.
Tu
26
W
27
Th
28
29
10
1
11
2
12
3
13
14
15
Th
16
7
17
8
18
9
19
M
10
20
Ти
11
21
W
12
22
Th
13
23
Fr
14
24
S&
15
25
16
26
17
27
Tu
18
28
W
19
29
Th
20
30
Fr
21
31
Sa
22
(11.) 19th Sunday after Trinity. Old Michaelmas Day. (12.) Pekin taken by the allied forces 1860.
(13.) Ningpo taken by British 1841. Midado opened Yokohama| and Yeddo railway 1872. (14.) P. & O. Str. “Orissa" arrived. Emperor of China married 1872.
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated 1842. P. M. SS. "Great Republic" arrived.
(18.) 20th Sunday af'er Trinity. St Luke.
Canton evacuated by the allied forces 1861. Telegraphic line to Australia opened 1872. (23.) M. M. Str. " 'Meikong" arrived.
(24.) Kowloong ceded to Great Britain by Treaty of 1860. (25.) 21st Sunday after Trinity. Ratification of Treaty be- tween France and China 1860.
(27.) Sir M. Seymour opened fire on Canton 1856. The Tartar General of Canton visited H.K., 1871. P. M. SS. “Ariel " wrecked near Yokohama, 1873.
(28.) Sts. Simon and Jude. Lubaun taken possession of by Great Britain 1848.
(80.) About 200 houses burnt in H.K. 1866. (31.) Duke of Edinburgh arr. in H.K. 1869. P. & O. Str. "Zambesi" Arr.
d.
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25th 2 57 20 P.M.
11th 10 P.M.
25th 2 P.M.
Events.
CHINESE.
(21.) A day of ill luck. (23.) Birthday of a fictitious Buddha called Dipankara. Anniversary of the death of an Empress. (24.) Tao-yue, a Tauist worthy, the inventor of pottery. (25.) Birthday of the regent of the sun. Sick people worship the sun by prostrations towards the East.
(27.) Anniversary of the death of Confucius, B.C. 478 [Note. The correct date is the 11th day of the 4th moon.] (28.) A solar term "cold dew." Sun in Leo.
(1.) Ninth Moon. Mercury enters Taurus between 11-1 a.m. The spirits of the southern bushel descend. (1-9.) The spi- rits of the northern bushel descend. (1-30.) On a fortunate day of this rioon the Empress with all the princesses worship the discoverer of the silkworm. (2.) Moon enters Cancer be- tween 11-1 a.m.. (3.) Birthday of a deified Tauist priest Wu- (8.) Mars enters Capricorn between 7-9 p.m. [wen.
(9.) Birthday of a duified Tauist nun, a supposed incarnation of Chundee (Durga). Birthday of Chun yang, a Tauist patriarch; and of Fung-tu, an officer in hell. Anniversary of the ascen- sion of Kwan-ti (gcd of war). Heaven grants pardon for sins committed. Visits to the tombs. Children fly kites. (11.) The earth spirit puts forth his energy. Birthday of Yuen- hwuy, the favourite disciple of Confucius, canonised A.D. 1530. (14.) A solar term "frost descends." St.n enters Cancer be- tween 9-11 p.m. A day of ill luck. (15.) Birthday of Hsiuen tan, the Tauist god of the sombro altar, a controller of tempest and pestilence. Birthday of Chuo-hi the father of modern phi- losophy A.D. 1131. (16.) Birthday of the spirit of the loom. (17.) Birthday of the golden dragon king, a Tauist deity of the ground; and of Chau- sai, a Tauist god of "ealth. Also birth- day of Koh-kung, a de.fied Tauist physician and alchymist. (18.) Birthday of Tsui-shing one of the inventors of the written character, worshipped by Confucianists.
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