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THE CALENDAR FOR 1879.

MARCH-31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d. h.

m.

sec.

First Quarter

1 3 34 40 A.M.

Full Moon

8

8 45 40

A.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

2nd & 3rd

d. h. m. sec.

Last Quarter 14 11 16 45 P.M. New Moon 22 4 40 41 A.M. First Quarter 30 8 40 44

P.M.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

St. David's day. H.M. steamer "Inflexible,” with Viceroy Yeh on board, arrived at

Singapore en route for Calcutta, 1859. 1st in Lent. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657. Loss of steamer “Kiangloong,” 1873.

Great Fire in Foochow, 1877.

Collision between the "Ocean” and “Fusing,” and loss of the latter with many lives, 1875. Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1819.

The Portuguese ship “Jesus Maria Jose," belonging to Macao, captured by a French privateer, 1712. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the Eng- fish, 1841.

Russian steamer "Wolga” lost in the Japanese Sea, 1868.

Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854. The "Jeddo,”

after passing Anjer, was burnt at sea by the coolies, 1867.

2nd in Lent. Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.

Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and

Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.

Gov. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866. Loss of steamer “Sunfoo,” 1874. Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner,

1841.

Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.

8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842. Outrage

on French Sailors in Japan, 1868.

Governor Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865.

Sat.

1

9

Sun.

2

10

Mon.

3

11

Tues.

4

12

Wed.

5

13

Thur.

6

14

Frid.

7

15

Sat.

8

16

Sun.

9

17

Mon. 10

18

Tues. 11

19

Wed. 12

20

Thur.

13

21

Frid.

14

22

Sat.

15

23

Sun.

16

24

Mon. 17

25

Tues. 18

26

Wed.

19

27

Thur.

20

28

Frid. 21

29

Sat.

22

30

Sun.

23

1

Mon. 24

2

Tues. 25

3

Wed. 26

4

Thur. 27

5

Frid. 28

6

Sat.

29

7

Sun.

30

8

5th in Zent.

Mon.

31

9

3rd in Lent. Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1986.

St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794. The "Napoleon

Csuevaro" burnt at sea by the coolies, 1866.

Governor of Canton accedes to the request of Captain Elliot to reside in that city, 1837.

Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839.

Gov. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848. Mutiny on board the coolie ship "Robert Brown," Captain and part of the crew murdered, 1852. Death of Tseng-kwo-fan,

Viceroy of the Two Kiang, 1872.

British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampos, 1834. H.M.S. "Sala-

mis" and II.M. gunboat “Opossum,” with the Shanghai Chamber Deputies, left Hankow to explore the Upper Yangtsze, 1869.

4th in Lent

Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. Death of Major-General Brunker, com-

mander-in-chief of H.M.'s forces in China and Japan, 1969. Death of Mr. W. F. Mayers, Chinese Secretary of H.B.M.'s Legation at Peking, at Shanghai, 1878. Annunciation-Lady Day." Captain Elliot demanda pa sports for himself and all the

British subjects imprisoned in Canton, 1839,

Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.

▲ disabled Dutch ship ordered to leave the port of Macao by the Chinese Mandarins,

1828. Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875.

20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839. Wreck of the "Yuen-tze-fee" near

Amoy, 1875.

Memorial of Shanghai Chamber of Commerce to Lord Elgin, 1858.

Inauguration of new British Consulate at Shanghai, 1879. Abolition of the Coolie trade

at Macao, 1874,