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THE CALENDAR FOR 1881.

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h.

d.

h. m. sec.

M.

sec.

First Quarter

Full Moon

1 9 38 38 P.M.

Last Quarter

15

3

37 41

P.M.

8 0 15 41 P.M.

New Moon

23

7 30

42 P.M.

DAYS DAYS

OF THE OF THE

DAYS

OF THE

Int. & 8th

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Thur.

Frid.

1

Sat.

Sun.

2 3 4

9

10

4

11

Mon.

12

Tues.

6

13

Wed.

14

Thur.

15

Frid.

9

16

Sat.

10

17

Sun.

11

18

Mon.

12

19

Tues. 13

20

Wed.

Thur. 15

14

21

22

Frid. 16

23

Typhoon, 1848, in which the "Isabella Robertson" foundered at Cum-sing-moon.

Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, died of the wounds inflicted by an assassin, 1870. Treaty with Austria signed at Peking, 1869. Arrival of the "Vega" at Yokohama, after

having discovered the North-East Passage, 1879.

Treaty of peace between America and England signed, 1783.

12th after Trinity. Forts in Canton river garrisoned by Chinese troops, 1841.

Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Adml. Kuper, 1864. Hongkong Stamp Act passed, 1866. Treaty between Brazil and China signed at Tien- tsin, 1880.

H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869. "Tai-ping," "Ariel,"

and "Serica" reached London, 1866.

"Imogene" and "Andromache" passed the Bogue, 1834. H. E. Count Rochechouart,

Minister for France, left for Europe, 1872.

Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867.

Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859.

13th after Trinity.

Spanish brig" Bilbaino " burnt at Macao, 1839.

H.I.H. the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia visited Hongkong, 1872. Convention signed at

Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Grand Secretary Li Hung-chang, 1876.

Public Meeting in Hongkong, with reference to the blockade of the port by the Chinese

Customs' cruisers, 1874.

British barque "Kite" wrecked in the Formosa Channel, 1841.

Gambling dens in Hongkong opened, 1867.

Sat.

17

24

Pier and Godown Co, closed, 1873,

Sun.

18

25

14th after Trinity.

Mon.

19

26

Tues.

20

27

Wed. 21

28

Thur. 22

29

Frid. 23

Sat.

24

Sun.

Mon,

25

26

Steamer "Reiver" lost on Preparis Reef, 1868.

P. & O. Company's steamer "Singapore" lost on her voyage to Hakodate, 1867.

St. Matthew.

Terrific typhoon at Swatow, 1858.

Am. Brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao,

many thousands of lives lost, 1874.

H.M.S. "Rattler" lost off' Japan, 1868. Piratical attack on the German barque "Apen- rade," near Macao, 1869. The Satsuma rebels in Japan routed with great slaughter, their leader, Saigo, killed, and the insurrection suppressed, 1877. 15th after Trinity. Land Regulations for Canton passed, 1871.

Chinese shop in Wing Lok street, Hongkong, by armed robbers, 1878. Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.

Daring attack upon a

Tues. 27

Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.

Wed. 28

6

Rules and Regulations of the Morrison Education Society approved, 1836.

Thur. 29

7

Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1865.

Frid. 30

8

All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841. The "Westminster" lost on

Pratas Shoal, 1866. Heavy typhoon in Formosa Channel, 1874.

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