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THE CALENDAR FOR 1883.

APRIL--30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h.

m.

sec.

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d.

h. m. sec.

Last Quarter 1

3

57 43 A.M.

New Moon

7 9

12 42

P.M.

First Quarter 14 Full Moon Last Quarter 30

4 25

46

P.M.

22

7 03

43

P.M.

2

39

43 P.M.

DAYS DAYS

OF THE OF THE

DAYS

OF THE

2nd & 3rd

WEEK. MONTH, MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Sun.

1

24

Mon.

2

25

Tues.

3

26

Wed.

4

27

Thur.

5

28

Frid.

6

29

Sat.

7

1

Sun.

8

2

Mon.

9

3

Tues.

10

4

Wed, 11

5

Thur,

12

Co

Fri.

13

7

Sat.

14

8

Sun.

15

9

Mon. 16

10

Tues.

17

11

Wed

18

12

Thur.

19

13

Frid. 20

14

Sat.

21

15

Bun.

22

16

Mon.

23

17

*Tues. 24

18

Low Sunday. The port of Hoihow, Hainan, opened to foreign trade, 1876, Hongkong joins the Postal Union, 1877. The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu, and Ichang formally opened to trade, 1877.

Prince Kung degraded by the Empress Dowager, 1865.

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,” 1868.

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, Hongkong Mint opened, 1866,

2nd after Easter.

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

D'Escompte de Paris 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. Loss of the steamer "Mary Tatham" near Cape Yerimo, Yesso, 1882. 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. S. N. steamer "Haining" on a rock off Kooshan, 1878.

3rd after Easter. St. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552.

f.

Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Break-down of the P. & O. steamer "Gwalior" in the China Seas, 1875. Collision near Ocker 1 between the British gunboat

"total loss of the latter, 1881. Lapwing" and the Chinese steamer "Hochung; 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, 1880.

Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830.

H.M.S." Salamis” returned to Hankow from Upper Yangtaze, 1869,

4th after Easter. 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. Mr. Robert Hart, Inspector-General of Imperial Maritime Customs, knighted, 1882. St. George's Day.

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

Wed, 25

19

bur. 26

20

St. Mark's day. Capture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonquin, by the French forces, 1882. The second Dutch Embassy arrived at Canton from Peking, 1796. National Exhibition at

Bangkok opened by the King of Siam, 1882,

Frid. 27

21

Bat.

28

22

Bun.

29

23

Mon,

30

24

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