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THE CALENDAR FOR 1879.

MAY-31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h.

m. sec.

d. h. m. sec.

Full Moon

6

1

47

45

A.M.

New Moon 21 1 36

41

A.M.

Last Quarter 12

9 11 44

First Quarter 23

7

12 37

P.M.

Sat.

DAYB

DAYS

OF THE

Int. & 4th

OF THE OF THE

WEEK. MONTH | MOONS.

Thur.

Frid.

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Chronology of Remarkable Events.

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St. Philip and St. James' day. First number of “ Hongkong Gazette” published, 1841.

12

13

Sun.

4

14

Mon.

5

15

Tues. 6

16

Wed. 7

17

Thur.

8

18

Frid.

9

19

Sat.

10

20

Sun.

11

21

Mon.

12

22

Tues.

13

23

Wed. 14

24

Thur. 15

25

3rd after Easter. Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874.

Borlase raid at Swatow, 1881. British troops evacuated Ningpo,1842. The "Dolores

Ugarte," coolie ship, burnt near Macao, 1871.

Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokio, 1874.

British ship "Dunmail," wrecked entering Hongkong harbour, 1870. Prince Kung's

honours restored, 1865.

4th after Easter, Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the

rebel city, 1864.

East India Co.'s garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins, 1831. Foo-yuen and

Hoppo forcibly enter the Company's factory at 7 a m., 1831.

A corporal of the British Legation barbarously murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking,

1864.

Vaccination established, 1796. Assassination in T∙kio of Mr. Okubo Toshimichi, Mi-

nister of the Home Department, 1878.

Frid. 16

26

Sat.

17

27

Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer "Izere," 1880.

Sun.

18

28

Rogation Sunday. The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842.

Mon. 19

29

Tues.

20

30

Wed. 21

1

Thur.

22

2

Frid.

23

Sat.

24

Sun.

25

Mon.

26

Tues.

Wed, 28

Thur. 29

Frid.

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3

4

5

6

27

7

8

liberated and sent back to China, 1872,

9

30

10

tion, returned to Hankow, 1889.

Sat.

31

11

The Select Committee issued a notice that the British trade would be suspended on the

first of Angust, 1831.

German

Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858.

barque "Lesmona" captured by pirates in the China Sea, 1868. Delivery of 20,283 chests Opium completed, '839. Tornado at Taiwan, Formosa, 1878. Ascension Day. British ship "Hellas" captured by pirates, Captain and crew wounded,

1840. Foreiga factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.

U. B. A. Legation at Tokio burned down, 1863. P. & 0. steamer "Benares" lost on

Fisherman's Group, 1868.

Queen Victoria born, 1819. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for Macao, 1839. Collision between the P. & O, steamer "Khedive" and the Dutch mail steamer "Voorwaarts,” near Penang, 1878.

1st after Ascension. The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841.

Murder of Mr. Blacklock on board the steamer "Douglas" at Foochow by Chinese smug-

glers, 1875. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.

Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841.

Loss of steamer "Douglas,” 1872. "Maria Luz,” coolie ship, put into Japan, coolies

Mr. Lindsay delivered the keys of the Company's factory at Canton to Kwan-Heep, 1831, H.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opossum,” with Yangtsse Exploring Expedi-

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„Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao, loss of the “Poyang,” with 100 lives near Macao, 1875.

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