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THE CALENDAR FOR 1881.

AUGUST-31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h. m.

sec.

d.

h. m. sec.

First Quarter 3

0 18

41

P.M.

Last Quarter 17

0 33 40 A.M.

Full Moon 10 4 42

45

A.M.

New Moon 25

4 21 39 A.M.

DAYS DAYS

OF THE OF THE

DAYS

OF THE

7th & Int.

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WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

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Mon.

7

Mr. T. F. Wade, C.B., appointed H.B.M. Minister at Peking, 1871. Peh-tang occupied

by the A lied forces, 1959.

Tues.

2

Wed.

3

9

Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

Thur.

10

British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.

Frid.

11

Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796.

Sat.

12

Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.

Sun.

7

13

Mon.

8

14

8th after Trinity. British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.

Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul at Hakodate, 1874.

Tues.

9

15

British troops landed at Nanking, 1842.

Wed. 10

16

Sir H. Pottinger and Admiral Parker arrived, 1841.

Thur. 11

17

Frid.

12

18

Sat.

13

19

Sun.

14

20

Mon.

15

21

Tues. 16

22

Wed. 17

23

Thur. 18

24

Frid, 19

25

Sat.

20

26

Sun.

21

27

Mon.

22

28

Tues.

23

29

Wed.

24

30

Thur. 25

1

First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who sug-

gested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.

Loss of steamer "Sunshine" off Breaker Point, 1872. Imperial decree ordering release

of Ch'ung How out of deference to Russia, 1880.

174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842,

9th after Trinity. First Book printed, 1457. Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860.

Viceroy of Canton tried to starve the foreigners in China, 1839. Kagoshima burnt by Admir Kuper in the "Euryalus," 1863. Great Fire on French Concession, Shanghai: 991 houses destroyed; loss Tis. 1,500,000, 1879.

Second public meeting of British merchants in Canton. British trade stopped by Hong

merchants, 1834. French treaty with Siam signed, 1856.

Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Dutch treaty with Japan

signed, 1858. Great fire in Hongkong, 1868.

First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ing on board the "Cornwallis," at

Nanking, 1842. l'aku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860.

10th after Trinity. Emperor Hien Fung died, 1861. Treaty between Japan and Peru

signed at Tokio, 1873. Typhoon at Nagasaki, 1874.

Governor Amaral (Macao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer "Spark" by pirates when between Canton and Macao, Capt. Brady and Feliz Ferries murdered, and Mr. Mundy seriously wounded, 1874. Conspiracy among Chinese troops against foreigners at Tientsin detected, 1874.

Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution demanded by

the Home Government, 1864.

St. Bartholomew. Burning of the P. M. S.S. "America," at Yokohama, 1872.

British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty between Great Britain

and Jaan signed, 1858.

Frid. 26

2

British left Macao, 1839.

Sat.

27

3

Sun.

28

Mon.

29

Tues.

30

Wed.

31

7

Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.

11th after Trinity. Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816, Slavery

abolished in British possessions, 1833.

Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.

Conference at Tientsin with Ki-shen, 1840. Loss of the British ship "Deerhound," on

the Palawan Shoals, 1875.

Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848. Typhoon in China Sea, 1861.