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THE CALENDAR FOR 1879.

JUNE-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHases.

d.

h.

m.

sec.

d. h. m. sec.

Full Moon

4

9 11 43

A.M.

New Moon 19 3

55 12

A.M.

Last Quarter 11

12

32 37 A.M.

First Quarter 27

1

31 16 A.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

4th & 5th

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Sun.

12

Mon.

13

Tues.

3

14

Wed.

4

15

Thur.

5

16

Frid.

6

17

Sat.

7 18

Sun.

8

19

Trinity.

Mon.

9

20

Tues. 10

21

Wed. 11

22

Thur. 12

23

Frid. 13

24

Sat.

14

25

Sun

15

26

Mon.

16

27

Tues.

17

28

Wed.

18

29

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

1 2 3

Whit Sunday. Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1888. Mr. Yanagiwars, the

new Japanese Ambassador to Chiña, arrived at Shanghai, 1874. Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871.

Terrible earthquake at Manila destroying the town and killing more than 2,000 persons,

1863.

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

San Francisco, 1875.

Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroyed, and many lives

lust, 1804.

British ship "Tricolor” lost on the Pratas, 1868.

Attempt to destroy by fire the British fleet in Canton river, 1849.

Typhoon at Formosa ; loss of several vessels, 1876.

St. Barnabas. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1840. Disastrous flood at

Foochow and district; immense loss of life and property, 1876.

British steamer “ Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs Cruiser, 1875. Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728. Four pirates concerned in the attack on “Iron

Prince" executed in Hongkong, 1862. Great opium swindle, 1862,

1st after Trinity. British bark Cesar" and Danish schooner "Carl” taken by pirates

off Pedra Branca, 1866. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1887. Woosung taken, 1842.

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Loss of the M. M. steamer “* Meikong on Ras Haffoon, near Cape Guardafui, 1877. Explosion of the “Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed, and 10 wounded,

Disastrous inundation at Foochow, two thousand lives lost, 1877.

Corpus Christi, Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872.

1862.

Thur. 19

30

Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842. Stanford convicted and sentenced to eight

years' penal servitude, 1862.

Frid.

20

1

Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.

Sat.

21

2

Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.

Sun.

22

3

2nd after Trinity. Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.

Mon. 23

4

Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1843. Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1874.

Tues. 24

5

Wed. 25

6

Thur.

26

7

St. John the Baptist. Midsummer day. Chinese merchants in Hongkong sent petition to Her Majesty, with reference to the Blockade of the Colony by Customs Cruisers, 1874. Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokio, 1862. Treaty between China and Peru, also Convention for China Commission to Peru, 1876. Treaty between England and Chins signed at Tientsin, 1858.

"

Frid.

27

8

Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the Str. “Prince Albert ”’

by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866.

Sat.

28

9

Loss of the steamer "Lap Tek,” 1874.

Sun.

29

10

3rd after Trinity. The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China

at Peking, 1873.

Mon.

30

11

British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Typhoon near Hongkong 1805, in which the P. &. O. Co's Steamer "Corea" and Mr. D. Lapraik's Str. "Chanticleer'' were lost with all hands. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and Woosung railway, 1876.