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THE CALENDAR FOR 1880.

JUNE-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h

m.

sec.

d.

h. m.

sec.

New Moon

8 5 31

39

A.M.

Full Moon 22 9 21

44

P.M.

First Quarter 16

5

27 43 A.M.

Last Quarter 29

5 33 40 P.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

4th & 5th

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

1 2 ∞ † 10 CN »

24

25

3

26

4

27

5

28

6

29

7

30

Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1868. Mr. Yanagiwara, the new Japanese

Ambassador to China, 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-teamer of the Occidental and Oriental Co.'s line from Hongkong to

San Francisco, 1875.

2nd after Trinity. Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroyed,

and many lives lost, 184.

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

8

1

Wed.

9

2

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

Thur.

10

3

Frid. 11

4

Sat.

12

5

Sun.

13

6

Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876.

St. Parnabas. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640, Disastrous flood at

Foochow and district; immense loss of life and property, 1876. Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872.

3rd after Trinity. British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese

Customs Cruiser, 1875.

Mon.

14

7

Tues.

15

Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728. Four pirates concerned in the attack on

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

"' Iron

Wed. 16

9

Woosung taken, 1842

Thur. 17

10

Frid.

18

11

Sat.

19

12

Sun.

20

13

Mon.

21

14

Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.

Tine.

hou.

2233

15

16

Thur.

24

17

Frid.

25

18

Sat.

26

19

Sun.

27

20

Mon.

28

21

tues,

Wed.

8888

29

22

30

23

British bark "Cæsar" and Danish schooner "Carl" taken by pirates off Pedra Branca,

1866. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867.

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, 1862.

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

Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.

4th after Trinity. Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.

Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.

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

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, 1874. Treaty between Englan and China signed at Tientsin, 1858.

5th after Trinity. Treaty between France and Chi: a signed, 1858 Confiscation of the

Str. "Prince Albert" by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866. Loss of the steamer “Lap Tek,” 1874.

The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873. British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Typhoon near Hongkong 1865, in which the P. &. O. Co's steamer "Corea' and Mr. D. Lapraik's str. "Chanticleer" were lost with all handa. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and Woosung railway, 1876,

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