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THE CALENDAR FOR 1877.

APRIL-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h. m. 8/c.

d.

h. m.

BPC.

Last Quarter 6

12

06 14 A.M.

First Quarter 21 3 13

33 A.M.

New Moon 14

1 26

26 A.M.

Full Moon 28 12 12 20

A.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

2nd & 3rd

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Sun.

1

18

Mon.

2

19

Euster Sunday. The port of Hothow, Hainan, opened to foreign trade, 1878.

Prince Kung degraued by the Empress Dowager, 1865,

Tues.

3

20

Richmond, the insurgent Capital, captured by Union forces, 1965.

Wed.

4

21

Tung-chi, late Emperor of China, born 1857,

Thur.

5

22

Coolie Mutiny on board the Italian ship "Therese,” 1968.

Frid.

23

Sat.

7

24

Sun.

8

25

Lowe Sonday. Insurgent army under Lee surrendered to Union army under Grant, 1885.

Mon.

9

26

Tues.

10

27

Wed.

11

28

Earthquake in Thibet. Batang destroyed, 1970.

Donne H, Governor of Hongkong, 1872.

Thur.

12

29

NE" ISE

Frid.

13

30

Sat.

14

1

Sun. 15

2

Mon.

16

3

Tues.

17

Wed. 18

5

Kiving appointed Imperial Commissioner, 1812. Extraordinary fraud on the Comptoir

D'Escompte de Paris at Yokohama, 1875.

Bombardment of Fort Sumter and civil war commenced, 1861. Loss of M. M steamer

Capture of Magdala, and end of Abyssinian expedition, 1868,

Yihshan, Lungwan, and Ki-kung arrived in Canton to command Chinese troops, 1841. President Lincoln as-assmated, 1965. Collision between steamers ** Ava " and

'Rona,“ 1872. 2nd after Easter.

*

Attempt to assassinate the Emperor of Russia, by Karakozoff, Russian Peasant, 1888. Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1972. Break-down of the P. & 0, steamer **Gwalior" in the China Seas, 1×75.

Sir II. Parkes first visited Osaka, 1567. Loss of the steamer "Kwangtung" off one of

the Ockseu islands, 19576,

Departure of Sir Richard G. Mac-

Thur.

19

6

Fri.

20

7

Sat.

21

8

Napoleon III, born, 1809.

H.M.S. "Salamis" returned to Hankow from Upper Yangtaze, 1969.

Sun.

22

9

3rd after Easter. East India Co.ceased trade with China, 1834.

Mon. 23

10

St. George's Day,

Tues.

24

11

Wed.

25

12

Thur.

26

13

Frid. 27

14

Sat.

28

15

Sun.

29

16

Mon.

30

17

4th after Easter.

Capt. Caine appointed chief magistrate of Hongkong, 1841, Major-General Whitfeild

left Hongkong, 1574