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THE CALENDAR FOR 1881.

JANUARY--31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

(For Civil Mean Time at Hongkong.)

d. h. m. sec.

d.

h. m.. sec.

First Quarter 7

3 45 37 P.M.

Full Moon

15

7 9

45 P.M.

New Moon

Last Quarter 23

30

4 23 41 P.M.

8 24 37 A.M.

DAYS DAYS

OF THE OF THE

DAYS

OF THE

12th & 1st]

WEEK. | MONTH| MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Sat.

Ι

2

Sun.

2

3

Mon.

3

4

Tues.

5

Great Fire at Tokio, 1870.

Wed.

5

6

Thur.

7

Frid.

7

8

Sat.

9

Ice one-fourth inch thick at Canton, 1852. Gunner of the

Sun.

9

10

Mon. 10

11

Tues.

11

12

Wed. 12

13

Thur. 13

14

Frid.

14

15

Sat.

15

16

Sun.

16

17

Mon.

17

18

Tues. 18

19

Wed. 19

20

Thur. 20

21

Frid. 21

22

Sat.

22

23

Sun. 23

24

Mon. 24

25

Tues. 25

26

Wed. 26

27

Thur. 27

28

Frid. 28

29

Sat.

29

30

Sun.

30

1

4th after Epiphany. Lord Saltoun left China with $3,000,000 ransom money,

H.I.H. the Grand Duke Alexis left for Manila, 1873.

Mon.

31

Hiogo and Osaka opened, 1868. Overland Telegraph through Russia opened, 1872,

2nd after Christmas. The Emperor Kang-hi sends as his Envoy to the Pope the Jesuit

Father Bouvet, 1706. Imperial Decree disgracing Ch'ung How issued, 1880.

Lin Tsihsu appointed Commissioner, 1839. Li Sing-yuen appointed Imperial Commis-

sioner in Kwangsi, 1851.

Decree of Emperor Tao-kwang prohibiting trade with England, 1840.

Yeh captured, 1858.

Epiphany. Fearful fire at Tientsin, 1,400 famine refugees burnt to death, 1878. Forts at Chuenpi taken with great slaughter, 1841.

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Lady Hughes" strangled

at Canton, 1785. Execution of Li Yung-choi, the rebel leader in Kwangsi, 1880. 1st after Epiphany. Murder of Mr. Holworthy at the Peak, 1869. Marriage of the

Mikado of Japan, 1869.

Several chests of Opium forcibly taken by the Mandarins from an English resident in

Canton, 1838.

Sir R. Alcock left Hongkong for England, 1870. Seamen's Church, West Point, opened,

1872.

Tung-chi, Emperor of China, died, in the nineteenth year of his age, 1875.

Ki-ying, Viceroy of Kwang-tung and Kwang-si, Issues & proclamation recommending moderation in dealing with foreigners, and intimating the intention of opening up Can- ton according to the Treaties, 1846.

Secretary of American Legation murdered at Tokio, 1871.

Bread poisoning in Hongkong, by Chinese baker Alum, 1857. H.I.H. the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia returned to Hongkong from Nagasaki, 1873. Meeting of Shanghai 2nd after Epiphany. Steam Navigation Company at which it was resolved to sell ships and plant to China Merchants' Company, 1877. Total loss of the E. & A. M. steamer

'Singapore" off the Cumberland Islands, 1877.

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Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1867.

Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841. Sailors' Home at Hongkong formally opened, 1863, The Frederic" burnt by the Coolies, 1870. Chung How and Suite returned to China from France, 1872.

Steamer "Corea" lost on her voyage to Yokohama, 1867. Sir Edmund Head died, 1868,

Attack on Lieut. Kerr and the boat of the "Cockchafer" at Swatow, 1869. The Chinese Ambassadors arrived in London, 1877. Mr. Ng Choy appointed member of

Legislative Council, Hongkong, 1880.

3rd after Epiphany. P. & O. steamer "Niphon," lost off Amoy, 1868.

Matheus Ricci, the Jesuit Missionary, enters Peking, 1601. U.S. corvette "Oneida" lost

through collision with P. & O. steamer "Bombay," near Yokohama, 1870. Instructions from Lord Palmerston to Lord Napier, superintendent of British Trade in China, 1834. Hongkong taken possession of, 1841. St. Paul's Church at Macao burnt, 1835,

Establishment of Amoy Chamber of Commerce, 1875.

Huang-tsung-han appointed Imperial Commissioner at Canton, 1855.

Decree from Yung-ching forbidding, under pain of death, the propagation of the Christian

faith in China, 1733. Loss of steamer " Suwonada," 1872.

First arrival of the " Colorado" from San Francisco, 1867. Loss of the C. M. Co.'s str.

'Howsang" off Dodd Island, near Amoy, 1878.

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Commissioner

1846.

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