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THE CALENDAR FOR 1879.

NOVEMBER-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h.

m.

sec.

d.

h. m. sec.

Last Quarter 7

1

31 40 A.M.

First Quarter 20

2 31

37

P.M.

New Moon 13 8 14 41

P.M.

Full Moon 28

4 33

41

P.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

9th & 10th

WEEK. MONTH.] MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

1 2 3

18

19

20

Tues.

4

21

All Saints. The port of Quin-hon, on the coast of Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876.

21st after Trinity. All Souls.

Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pes, 1838. Mendelssohn died, 1847. George Peabody died, 1869.

Wed.

5

22

Thur.

6

23

Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860. English and French treaties promulgated by the Peking Gazette, 1880.

Frid.

7

24

Sat.

8

25

Sun.

9

26

Mou.

10

27

Tues. 11

28

Wed. 12

29

Capt. García y Garcia and Dr. Elmore appointed by the President of Peru on a Special

Mission to Japan and China, 1874.

Great Hurricane in the West Indies, 1867.

23nd after Trinity. The French repulsed at Corea, 1866. Prince of Wales born, 1841. Negotiations between Japan and Chins regarding the Formosa question terminated peacefully, 1874. Loss of the China Navigation Co.'s steamer" Glengyle" on Namos Island, with the captain and several of the crew, 1875.

Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 108 only 9 saved, 1864. H.E. Chung How, Chinese Envoy to Russia, arrived in Hongkong on his way to St. Peters- burg, 1878.

H.M.S."

Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864.

Thur. 13

30

Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.

Frid. 14

1

Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860.

Sat.

15

2

Sun. 16

3

H. M. gun-boat "Gnat" lost in the Palawan, 1868.

outbreak of a serious rebellion in Hunan, 1870. 23rd after Trinity. H.R.H. Prince Alfred left Hongkong, 1869.

News received in Hongkong of

Mon. 17

4

Tues. 18

Wed. 19

6

Viceroy Tseng-kwo-fan visited Shanghai, 1871,

Thur.

20

7

Frid. 21

8

Sat.

22

9

Sun.

23

10

24th after Trinity,

Mon. 24

11

Tues.

25

12

Wed.

26

13

Thur. 27

14

Frid.

28

15

Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843.

Great Fire in Hongkong, 1867. H.R.II. Prince Alfred arrived at Manila, 1869. Chung How, Governor of Tientsin, arrived in Hongkong en route for France as special Am- bassador, to explain the Tientsin Massacre, 1870.

Portuguese Custom hou-e at Macao closed, 1945. Lord Elgin died, 1863. Gunpowder

explosion at Hankow, 1867.

Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., brutally murdered at Japan,

1864.

Great fire at Canton, 1,400 houses destroyed, 1835. Terrible boiler explosion on board

the steamer “ Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877.

Ship "Omar Pacha "lost in China Sea, 1867.

Tremendous fire at Yokohama, 1868. Capture of Arping, Formosa, 1868. H.E. Marquis Tseng, Chinese Ambassador to England, arrived in Hongkong, on his way to London,

1878.

Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839. M. Thiers accepts the apology of Chung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder

of the French at Tientsin, June 31st, 1870-1871.

Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867.

Sat.

29

16

Syn.

30

17

Murder of the captain and four men of the British barque “Crofton,” near Ku-lan, 1869- Advent. St. Andrew's day. St. Joseph Church, Hongkong, consecrated 1872.

Frid.