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THE CALENDAR FOR 1881.

MAY-31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h.

m.

sec.

d. h.

m.

sec.

First Quarter 6 6

20

38 P.M.

Last Quarter 20

10

42

44 P.M.

Full Moon 14

5

59 43

A.M.

New Moon

28

7

11

43

A.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

4th & 5th

WEEK, MONTH | MOONS,

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Sun. Mon.

1

4

Tues. 3

Wed.

4

7

Thur.

5

8

Frid.

6

9

Sat.

7

10

Sun.

8

11

Mon.

9

12

Tues.

10

13

Wed. 11

14

Thur. 12

15

Frid. 13

16

Sat.

14

17

2nd after Easter. St. Philip and St. James' day. First number of" Hongkong Gazette"

published, 1841. Prince Heinrich of Germany visita Hongkong, 1880. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880.

Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874.

Borlase raid at Swatow, 1861. British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. The "Dolores

Ugarte," coolie ship, burnt near Macao, 1871.

Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokio, 1874.

3rd after Easter. British ship "Dunmail" wrecked entering Hongkong harbour, 1870.

Prince Kung's honours restored, 1865,

Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864.

Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, 1880.

East India Co.'s garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins, 1831. Foo-yuen and

Hoppo forcibly enter the Company's factory at 7 a.m., 1831.

A corporal of the British Legation barbarously murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking,

1864. Assassination in Tokio of Mr. Okubo Toshimichi, Minister of the Home Department,

1878,

Sun.

15

18

4th after Easter.

Mon.

16

19

Tues.

17 20

Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer «

Shanghai, 1879.

Izere," 1860. Arrival of General Grant in

Wed.

18

21

The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842.

Thur. 19

22

Frid. 20

23

Sat.

21 Sun. 22 25 Mon. 23 26 Tues. 24 27 Wed. 25 28

Thur. 26 29 Frid. 27 30 Sat. 28 Sun. 29

24

1

2

Mon.

30

3

Tues.

31

4

The Select Committee issued a notice that the British trade would be suspended on the

first of Angust, 1831.

Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858.

barque "Lesmona" captured by pirates in the China Sea, 1868. Delivery of 20,283 chests Opium completed, 1839. Tornado at Taiwan, Formosa, 1878. Rogation Sunday. British ship "Hellas" captured by pirates, Captain and crew

wounded, 1840. Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.

U. S. A. Legation at Tokio burned down, 1863. P. & O. steamer "Benares" lost on

Fisherman's Group, 1868.

Queen Victoria born, 1819. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for Macao, 1839. Collision between the P. & O. steamer "Khedive" and the Dutch mail steamer "Voorwaarts," near Penang, 1878.

The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841.

Ascension Day. Murder of Mr. Blacklock on board the steamer "Douglas" at Foochow

by Chinese smugglers, 1875. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876, Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841.

Loss of steamer "Douglas," 1872. "Maria Luz," coolie ship, put into Japan, coolies

liberated and sent back to China, 1872. Execution of the Kate Waters "

murderers in Hongkong Gaol, 1879, Arrival in Hongkong of a Brazilian Embassy to China en route to Peking, 1880.

1st after Ascension. Mr. Lindsay delivered the keys of the Company's factory at Canton

to Kwan-Heep, 1831.

H.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851, "Opossum," with Yangtsze Exploring Expedition, returned to Hankow, 1869.

Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao, loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao, 1875.

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