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THE CALENDAR FOR 1877.

AUGUST-31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

ใน

m. sec.

d. h. m.

Last Quarter 2 5

New Moon 9 12

sec.

57 20 P.M.

First Quarter 16

Full Moon

6 04 32

A.M.

24 6 47 14 A.M.

53 38

P.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

6th & 7th

Chronology of Remarkable Erents.

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

1234

22

Mr. T. F. Wade, C.B., sppointed H.B.M. Minister at Peking, 1871.

23

24

Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

25

British fleet arrived before Nankin, 1842.

Sun.

5

26

10th after Trinity,

Mon.

6

27

Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.

Tues.

7

28

British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.

Wed.

8

29

Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul at Hakodate, 1874.

Thur.

9

1

Frid. 10

2

Sir H. Pottinger and Admiral Parker arrived, 1841.

Sat.

11

8

Sun.

12

4

Mon.

13

5

Tues.

14

11th after Trinity. Loss of steamer “Sunshine” off Breaker Point, 1872.

174 British prisoners executed on Formosa, 1842. Fire in Wyndham Street, Hongkong,

1868. Earthquake in Peru, 1868.

6

Wed. 15

7

Thur.

16

8

Frid.

17

9

Sat.

18

10

Great Fire in Hongkong, 1888.

Sun. 19

11

12th after Trinity.

Mon. 20

12

Tues. 21

13

Wed.

22

23

14

Emperor Hien Fung died. 1 861. Treaty between Japan and Peru signed at Yedo, 1673.

Typhoon at Nagasaki, 1874.

H.E. Mr. Wade returns to Peking, 1871. Governor Amaral assassinated, 1849. Ma Viceroy of Nankin, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer " Spark by pirates when be. tween Canton and Macao, Capt. Brady and Feliz Ferries were murdered, and Mr. Mundy seriously wounded, 1874. Conspiracy among Chinese troops against foreigners at Tientsin detected, 1874.

Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution demanded by

the Home Government, 1864.

St. Bartholomew. Burning of the P. M. 8. §. “ America,” at Yokohama, 1872.

Thur. 23

15

Frid. 24

16

Sat.

25

17

Sun. 26

18

13th after Trinity. British left Macao, 1839.

Mon. 27

19

Tues. 28

20

Wed.

29

21

Treaty of Nankin signed, 1842.

Thur.

30

22

Conference at Tientsin with Kishen, 1840.

Loss of the British ship "Deerhound,” on

the Palawan Shoals, 1875.

Frid.

31

23

Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to Shipping

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848, Typhoon in China Sea, 1861.