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THE CALENDAR FOR 1879.

AUGUST-31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHases.

d. h. m.

sec.

d. h. m. sec.

Full Moon

2

2

48 37

A.M.

Last Quarter

9

9

44

44

A.M.

New Moon 17 3 46 42 P.M. First Quarter 24 10 47 44 Full Moon 31 2 33 45

A.M.

P.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

6th & 7th

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Frid.

1

14

Sat.

2

15

Sun.

3

16

Mon.

4

17

Mr. T. F. Wade, C.B., appointed H.B.M. Minister at Peking, 1871. Poh-tang occupied

by the Allied forces, 1859.

8th after Trinity. Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.

Tues.

5

18

Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1798.

Wed.

6

19

Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.

Thur.

20

British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.

Frid.

8

21

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

Sat.

9

22

British troops landed at Nanking, 1842.

Sun.

10

23

9th after Trinity, Sir H. Pottinger and Admiral Parker arrived, 1841.

Mon. 11

24

Tues. 12

25

Wed. 13

26

Thur. 14

27

Frid. 15

28

Sat.

16

29

Sun. 17

30

10th after Trinity.

Mon.

18

1

Tues. 19

2

Wed. 20 Thur.

3

21

4

Frid. 22

5

Sat.

23

6

Sun.

24

7

Mon. 25

8

First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who sug-

gested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.

Loss of steamer "* Sunshine" off Breaker Point, 1872.

174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1843. Fire in Wyndham Street, Hongkong

1868.

First Book printed, 1457. Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860.

Viceroy of Canton tried to starve the foreigners in Chins, 1839. Kagoshima burnt by

Admiral Kuper in the " Euryalus,” 1863.

Second public meeting of British merchants in Canton. British trade stopped by Hong

merchants, 1834. French treaty with Siam signed, 1856.

Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834 Dutch treaty with Japan

signed, 1858. Great fire in Hongkong, 1868.

First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ing on board the “Cornwallis,” at

Nanking, 1812. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860.

Emperor Hien Fung died, 1881. Treaty between Japan and Peru signed at Tokio, 1873.

Typhoon at Nagasaki, 1874.

Governor Amaral (Macao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer " Spark" by pirates when between 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, 1884.

11th ufter Trinity. St. Bartholomew. Burning of the P. M. 8. S. "America,” at Yoko-

hama, 1872.

British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty between Great Britain

and Japan signed, 1858.

Tues.

26

9

British left Macao, 1839.

Wed.

27

10

Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.

Thur, 28

11

Frid.

29

12

Sat.

30 13

12th after Trinity.

Sun.

31 14

Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1818. Elavery abolished in British

possessions, 1833.

Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.

Conference at Tientsin with Ki-shen, 1840. Loss of the British ship "Deerhound," on

the Palawan Shoals, 1875.

Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much

damage done to shipping at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848. Typhoon in China Ses, 1861.

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