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THE CALENDAR FOR 1882.
MAY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
7.
m. sec.
d. h. m.
sec.
Full Moon
3
8
06 46
A.M.
New Moon 17 15
8 44 P.M.
Last Quarter 10
10 8 19 45 A.M.
First Quarter 25
8 17
17 38 A.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
3rd & 4th
WEEK. | MONTH | MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Mon.
1
14
Tues.
2
15
Wed.
3
16
Thur.
4
17
Frid.
5
18
Sat.
6
19
Sun.
7
20
4th after Easter.
Mou.
8
21
hip "Dunmail
Tues.
9
22
Wed. 10
23
Thur. 11
24
Frid. 12
25
Sat.
13
26
Sun.
14
27
Mon. 15
28
Tues.
16
29
Wed.
17
1
Thur. 18
2
Frid.
19
3
Sat.
20
4
Sun.
21
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid. 26
Sat.
72****N
22
6
Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858,
barque "Lesmona" captured by pirates in the China Sea, 1888. Delivery of 20,283 chests Opium completed, 1839. Tornado at Taiwan, Formosa, 1878. 1st after Ascension. British ship "Hellas" captured by pirates, Căptain and crew
wounded,1840. Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.
St. Phil and St. James' day. First umber of Hongkong Gazette published, 1841 Prince Heinrich of Germany visits 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.
419 restored, 1865:
wrecked entering Hongkong harbour, 1870. Prince Kung's
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
Hopp forcibly enter the Company's factory at 7 a.m., 1831.
A corporal of the British Legation barbarously murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking,
1861.
Regation Sunday. Assassination in Tokio of Mr. Okubo Toshimichi, Minister of the
Home Department, 1878,
Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty & »tween Russia and China, 1881.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer "Izere," 1860. Arrival of General Grant in
Shanghai, 1879.
Ascension Day. The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842.
The Select Committee issued a notice that the British trade would be suspended on the
first of Angust, 1831.
German
23
7
24
8
25
9
10
11
Sun.
28
12
Mon. 29
13
Tues. 30 14
Wed.
31
15
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 Cantom for Macao, 1839. Collision between the P. & 0, steamer "Khedive ”” and the Dutch mail
steamer
Vorwaarts," near Penang, 1878.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1941.
Murder of Mr. Blacklock on board the steamer "Douglas" at Foochow by Chinese smug-
glers, 1875. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1878.
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,
Whit Sunday. Loss of steamer "Elgin" on the Bombay shoal, when bound from Hong-
kong to Saigon, 1881.
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 Yangtze 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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