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THE CALENDAR FOR 1882.
JUNE-30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
7. m.
d. h. m.
sec.
800.
Full Moon
2
4 9 40
A.M.
Last Quarter
9 00
00
45 45 42
A.M.
New Moon 16 2 9
First Quarter 24
1 37
39
A.M.
41 A.M.
DAYB DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
4th & 5th
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
1 2 3 →
16
2
17
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1868,
Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871.
3
18
Sun.
4
19
Mon.
5
20
Tues.
6
Wed.
6 7
21
22
Thur.
Frid.
∞ ∞
8
23
Corpus Christi,
9
24
Sat.
10
25
Sun.
11
26
Mon.
12
27
Terrible earthquake at Manila destroying the town and killing more than 2,000 persone,
1863.
Trinity.
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 $500,000 destroyed, and many lives lost,
18-4.
British ship "Tricolor” lost on the Pratas, 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, 1976.
1st after Trinity. St. Barnabas. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1840.
Disastrous flood at Foochow and district; immense loss of life and property, 1876, Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872.
Tues.
13
28
Wed.
14
29
Thur. 15
30
British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser, 1676. Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728. Four pirates concerned in the attack on
Prince" executed in Hongkong, 1962. Great opium swindle, 1×62. British bark "{ war' and Danish schooner “ Carl taken by pirates off Pedra Branca,
1866. Hope *ck opened at Aberdeen, 1867.
"Iron
Frid.
16
1
Sat.
17
Sun.
18
02 00
2
3
Mon.
19
Tues. 20
Wed.
21
Woosung taken, 1812.
Loss of the M. M. steamer “Meil ong" on Ras Hafsoon, near Cape Guardafui, 1877. 2nd after Trinity. Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed, and
10 wounded, "1862. "Disastrous inundation at Foochow, two thousand lives lost, 1877. Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.
Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.
Massacre at Tientsin, 1870,
Thur. 22
7
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.
Frid.
23
8
Sat.
24
9
Sun.
25
10
Mon.
26
11
Tues.
27
12
Wed. 28
13
Thur. 29 Frid. 30
14
15
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. 3rd after Trinity. Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokio, 1962. Treaty between China and Peru, also Convention for China Com- mission to Peru, 1874.
Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858. Decree respiting_Ch'ung How, 1880. Royal Decree published in Manila proclaiming the abolition of the Govern- ment tobacco monopoly, 1881.
Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert"
by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1868. 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 "Cores” and Mr. D. Lapraik's str. “Chanticleer" were loat with all hands, Opening of a section of the Shangha and Woosung railway, 1876,
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