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THE CALENDAR FOR 1881.
MARCH-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d. h.
m.
sec.
ལ
d.
h.
m.
sec.
First Quarter
8
3 38 37
A. M.
Last Quarter 23 11
5
41
A.M.
Full Moon
16
6 12
44
A.M.
New Moon 30
6
8
38 A.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
2nd & 3rd
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
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Tues.
1
Wed.
2
3
Thur.
3
4
Frid.
4
5
Sat.
5
6
Sun.
6
7
Mon.
7
Tues.
9
Wed.
9
10
Thur. 10
11
Frid. 11
12
Sat.
12
13
Sun.
13
14
Mon.
14
15
Tues. 15
16
Shrove Tuesday. St. David's day. H.M. steamer " 'Inflexible," with Viceroy Yeh on
board, arrived at Singapore en route for Calcutta, 1859. Ash Wednesday. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657. Loss of steamer "Kiangloong,"
1873.
Great Fire in Foochow, 1877. Imperial Decree sentencing Ch'ung How to death by
decapitation, 1880.
Collision between the "Ocean" and "Fusing," and loss of the latter with many lives, 1875. Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.
1st in Lent. The Portuguese ship "Jesus Maria Jose," belonging to Macao, captured by a French privateer, 1712. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
Russian steamer "Wolga" lost in the Japanese Sea, 1868.
Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854. The "Jeddo,"
after passing Anjer, was burnt at sea by the coolies, 1867. Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and
Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.
Gov. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866. Loss of steamer "Sunfoo," 1874. Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner
1841.
2nd in Lent. Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.
8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842. Out-
rage on French Sailors in Japan, 1868.
Governor Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865.
Wed. 16
17
Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866. St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
The "Napoleon
Thur. 17
18
Frid. 18
19
Sat.
19
20
Sun,
20
21
Mon.
21
22
Tues. 22
23
Wed. 23
24
Thur. 24
25
Frid. 25
26
Sat.
26
27
Sun. 27
28
Mon. 28
29
Tues. 29
30
Wed. 30 Thur.
1
31
2
Canevaro "burnt at sea by the coolies, 1866. Loss of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s steamer "Yesso," on the White Rocks. 30 miles from Swatow, 1879.
Governor of Canton accedes to the request of Captain Elliot to reside in that city, 1837.
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839.
Gov. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848. Mutiny on board the coolie ship "Robert Brown," Captain and part of the crew murdered, 1852. Death of Tseng-kwo-fan, 3rd in Lent. Viceroy of the Two Kiang, 1872.
British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834. H.M.S. "Salamis" and H.M. gunboat "Opossum," with the Shanghai Chamber Deputies. left Hankow to explore the Upper Yangtsze, 1869,
Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. Death of Major-General Brunker. com- mander-in-chief of H.M.'s forces in China and Japan, 1869. Death of Mr. W. F. Mayers, Chinese Secretary of H.B.M.'s Legation at Peking, at Shanghai, 1978. Annunciation-Lady Day. Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the
British subjects imprisoned in Canton, 1839.
Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
4th in Lent. A disabled Dutch ship ordered to leave the port of Macao by the Chinese Mandarins, 1828. Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Death of the Hon. H.A. K. Whampoa, C.M.G., M.L.C., at Singapore, 1880.
20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839. Wreck of the "Yuen-tze-fee" near
Amoy, 1875.
Memorial of Shanghai Chamber of Commerce to Lord Elgin, 1858.
Attack upon the British bark "Elizabeth Childs," by Chinese pirates a out 40 miles
from Hongkong, 1879.
Inauguration of new British Consulate at Shanghai, 1873.
Abolition of the Coolie trade
at Macao, 1874. Great Fire at Foochow; 500 houses destroyed, 1879,
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