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THE CALENDAR FOR 1882.

APRIL-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

1.

m. Bec.

d. h.

m. sec.

Full Moon

4

1

22

45 A.M.

New Moon 18 5

Last Quarter 11

14 05 47

P.M.

First Quarter 25

14 38 A.M.

14 31 47 F.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

2nd & 3rd]

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Sat.

1

14

Sun.

2

15

Mon.

3

16

Tues.

4

17

Wed.

5

18

Thur.

6

19

Frid.

7

20

Sat.

8

21

Sun.

9

22

Mon,

10

23

Tues. 11

24

Wed.

12

25

*

- Thur.

13

26

Fri.

14

27

Sat.

15

28

Sun.

16

29

Mon. 17

30

Tues. 18

1

WEEK, MONTH.| MOONS.

The port of Hohow, Hainan, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Hongkong joins the Postal Union, 1877. The ports of Fakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu, and Ichang formally opened to trade, 1877.

Prince Kung degraded by the Empress Dowager, 1865,

Palm Sunday.

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,” 1888.

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.

Good Friday. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866.

Easter Sunday.

Ki-ying appointed Imperial Commissioner, 1842. Extraordinary fraud on the Comptoir

D'Escompte de París 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, 1738. Loss of M. M. steamer “Nil,” 1874. Arrival

of the King of Hawaii in Hongkong, 1881,

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. 8, N. steamer “Haining” on a rock off Kooshan, 1878.

St. Francis Xavier lest Gos for China, 1552.

Low Sunday. Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Break-down of the P. & O. steamer "Gwalior" in the China Seas, 1875.” Collision near Ookseu between the British gunboat “Lapwing” and the Chinese steamer Hochung;' " total loss of the latter, 1881.

Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Loss of the steamer" 'Kwangtung" off one of the

Ocksen islands, 1876. Arrival of Prince Heinrich of Germany in Shanghai, 1890.

Wed. 19

2

**Sir Charles Forbes,” the Arst steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830.

Thur. Frid. 21

20

3

4

H.M.8. “ Salamis" returned to Hankow from Upper Yangtese, 1869.

Sat.

22

Sun.

23

6

Mon.

24

7

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., 1880. 2nd after Easter. St. George's Day,

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

Tues. 25

8

St. Mark's day.

Wed. 26

9

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

Thur. 27

Frid. 28 11

10

Sat. Sun. 30

29

12

13

3rd after Easter. Capt. Caine appointed chief magistrate of Hongkong, 1841, Major- General Whitfeild left Hongkong, 1874. Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1979. The Great Wu Shih Shan case opened at Foochow, 1879.