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THE CALENDAR FOR 1881.

JUNE-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d. h.

m.

sec.

d.

h.

M.

sec.

Firs Quarter 5

10

55

41 A.M.

Last Quarter 19

4 54 39

A.M.

Full Moon 12

2

32

41

P.M.

New Moon 26

9 39

43 P.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

5th & 6th

WEEK. MONTH.! MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Wed.

1

Thur.

2

6

Frid.

3

7

Sat.

Sun.

9

Mon.

6

10

Tues.

7 11

Wed.

8

12

Thur.

9

13

Frid. 10

14

Sat,

11

15

Sun.

12

16

Mon.

13

17

Tues.

14

18

Wed. 15

19

Thur. 16

20

Frid.

17

21

Sat.

18

22

Sun.

19

23

Mon. 20

24

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.

Whit Sunday. Departure of the first teamer of the Occidental and Oriental Co.'s line

from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875.

Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,CCO destroyed, and many lives lost

1864.

Cr

British ship Tricolor" lost on the Fratas, 1868.

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

Pitman libel case at Hongkong, 1880.

Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876.

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

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

British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser, 1875. Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728. Four pirates concerned in the attack on "Iron

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

C

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

1866. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867. Corpus Christi. Woosung taken, 1842

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.

1st after Trinity. Ehanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.

Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.

Tues. 21

25

Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.

Wed.

22

26

Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.

Thur.

23

27

Frid.

24

28

Sat.

25

29

Sun.

26

1

Mon.

27

2

Tues.

28

3

Wed. 29

Thur.

30

5

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. 2nd after Trinity. Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858. Decree

respiting Ch'ung How, 1880.

Treaty between France and China 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 hands. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and Woosung railway, 1876.

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