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THE CALENDAR FOR 1877.

JUNE-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h.

d. h.

m.

m.

Bec.

sec.

Last Quarter 4

12 47

47 44 P.M.

First Quarter 18 2 00

56

P.M.

New Moon 11 10 08 56

P.M.

Full Moon 26 12 29

20 A.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

4th & 5th

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Frid.

1

Sat.

2

Sun.

3

Mon.

Tues.

Cл E CON M

20

Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1889.

Ambassador to China, arrived at Shanghai, 1974.

Mr. Yanaguiwara, the new Japanose

21

22

4

23

5

24

Wed.

6

25

Thur.

7

26

1st after Trinity. Telegraph laid between Hongkong and Singapore, 1871. Terrible earthquake at Mauila destroying the town and killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863. The Governor of Kwang-tung, Taiang, arrived at Canton, 1866.

Departure of the first teamer of the Occidental and Oriental Co.'s line from Hongkong te

San Francisco, 1875.

British ship "Tricolor" lost on the Pratas, 1368.

Frid.

27

Sat.

9

28

Sun.

10

29

Mon. 11

1

2nd after Trinity. Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876,

St. Barnab81. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1840. Disastrous food at

Foochow and district, imineuse loss of life and property, 1976,

Tues. 12

2

Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872.

Wed. 13

3

Thur.

14

British steamer "Carisbrooke" fred into and captured by Chinese Customs Cruiser, 1875. Russian and Chinese treaty, 1729. Four pirates concerned in the attack on

Prince" executed, 1862. Grest opium swindle, 1862.

"Iron

Frid. 15

Sat.

16

6

.Sun.

17

7

3rd after Trinity,

Mon. 18

Tues.

19

9

Wed. 20

10

Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867.

Wusung taken, 1812.

Explosion of the "Union Star'' at Shanghai, 17 persons killed, and

10 wounded, 1882.

Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1812. Stanford convicted and sentenced to eight

years' penal servitude, 1862.

Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837. Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.

Thur. 21

11

Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.

Frid.

22

12

Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.

Sat.

23

13

Sun.

24

14

Mon.

25

15

Tues.

26

16

Wed. 27 17

Thur. 28

18

Frid.

29

19

Sat.

30

20

Kiying visits Hongkong, 1813. Destruction of 20,283 cheats Opium completed by Lin

at the Bogue, 1839. Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1874.

4th after Trinity, St. John the Baptist. Midsummer day. Chinese merchants in Hong- kong sent petition to Her Majesty, with reference to the Blockade of the Colony by Customs Cruisers, 1874.

Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1943. Attack on British Legation at Yedo, 1862. Treaty between China and Peru, also Convention for Chius Commission to Peru, 1874.

Confiscation of the Str. "Prince Albert" by the British Consul and Customs at Canton,

1908.

Coronation of the Queen, 1838. Loss of the steamer “Lap Tek,” 1874.

The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873. British expedition to Chins arrived, 1840. Typhoon near Hongkong 1965, in which the P. &. O. Co's Steamer “Cores” and Mr. D. Lapraik's Str. "Chanticleer" were lost with all hands. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and Woosung railway, 1876.