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THE CALENDAR FOR 1881.

APRIL-30 DAYS.

Moox's PHASES.

d.

h.

M. sec.

d. h. M.

sec.

First Quarter 6 11

Full Moon 14 7

30 41 P.M.

Last Quarter 21

5 13 45 P.M.

25 44 P.M.

New Moon 28

6

0 41

P.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

3rd & 4th

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Frid.

1

Sat.

2

4

Sun.

3

Mon.

6

Tues.

7

Wed.

8

Thur.

7

9

Frid.

8

10

Sat.

9

11

Sun. 10

12

Mon.

11

13

Tues.

12

14

Wed. 13

15

Thur. 14

16

Fri.

15

17

Sat.

16

18

Sun.

17

19

Mon. 18

20

TEK, MONTH. | MOONS.

The port of Hoihow, Hainan, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Hongkong joins the Postal

Union, 1877.

trade, 1877.

The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu, and Ichang formally opened to

Prince Kung degraded by the Empress Dowager, 1865.

5th in Lent. The steamer “ Hailoong" struck on Hailoong Rock, 1872.

Tung-chi, late Emperor of China, born 1857.

Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1847. Coolie mutiny on board the Italian

ship" Therese," 1869.

Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission

of Europeans into the city of Canton, within two months, 1842. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866

Captain Elliot writes to the Governor of Canton informing him that a British ship saved

17 shipwrecked Chinese seamen, 1837.

Palm Sunday. Ki-ying appointed Imperial Commissioner, 1842. Extraordinary fraud

on the Comptoir D'Escompte de Paris at Yokohama, 1875.

Earthquake in Thibet, Batang destroyed, 1870. Departure of Sir Richard G. MacDonnell Governor of Hongkong, 1872. Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed, and 10,000 lives lost, 1878.

37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1733. Loss of M. M. steamer "Nil,” 1874,

Yih-shan, Lung-wan, and Ki-kung arrived in Canton to command Chinese troops, 1841. Collision between steamers "Ava" and "Rona," 1872. Loss of C. C. S. N. steamer "Haining" on a rock off Kooshan, 1878.

Good Friday. St. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552.

Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Break-down of the P. & O. steamer

"Gwalior in the China Seas, 1875.

Easter Sunday. Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Loss of the steamer "Kwangtung" off one of the Ockseu islands, 1876. Arrival of Prince Heinrich of Germany in Shang- hai, 1830.

Tues. 19

21

Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830.

Wed. 20

22

Thur. 21

23

H.M.S."Salamis" returned to Hankow from Upper Yangtsze, 1869.

Frid.

22

24

Sat.

23

25

St. George's Day,

Sun.

24

26

East India Co. ceased trade with China, 1834. Arrival of Governor J. Pope Hennessy in

Hongkong, 1877. Governor Hennessy created a K.C.M.G.,

Low Sunday. Revolt on board the "Tamaris," captain killed by the coolies, 1870.

1880.

Mon.

25

27

St. Mark's day.

Tues.

26

28

The second Dutch Embassy arrived at Canton from Peking, 1796.

Wed.

મ

27

29

Thur.

28

1

Frid. 29

2

Sat.

30

3

Capt. Caine appointed chief magistrate of Hongkong, 1841, Major-General Whitfeild left Hongkong, 1974. Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1879. The Great Wu Shih Shan case opened at Foochow, 1879.

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