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THE CALENDAR FOR 1883.

JUNE-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h.

m.

d.

h.

m. sec.

sec.

New Moon

5

1

43 45 F.M.

Full Moon 21

0 7 46

A.M.

First Quarter 12

10

17 46

P.M.

Last Quarter 28 3

13 48

A.M.

DAYS DAYS

OF THE OF THE

DAYS

OF THE

4th & 5th

WEEK, MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Frid.

1

26

Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1868.

Sat.

2

27

Sun.

3

28

Mon.

4

29

Tues.

5

1

Wed.

6

2

Thur.

7

3

Frid.

8

4

Sat.

9

5

Sun.

10

6

Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871.

2nd after Trinity. Terrible earthquake at Manila destroying the town and killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863. Katification at Shanghai of the Treaty between Brazil and China, 1882.

Departure of the first steamer of the Cecidental 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,

184. Treaty between Great Britain and Korea signed at Rensan, 1882. 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.

3rd after Trinity. Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876.

Mon.

11

7

Tues.

12

8

St. Barnabas. Portuguese probibited trading at Canton, 1640. Disastrous flood at

Foochow and district; immense loss of life and property, 1876. Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872.

Wed. 13

9

Thur. 14

10

Frid.

15

11

British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser, 1875. Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728. Four pirates concerned in the attack on

Prince" executed in Hongkong, 1862. Great opium swindle, 1862. British bark " Cæsar "and Danish schooner "Call" taken by pirates off Pedro Branca,

1866. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867.

** Iron

Sat.

16

12

Sun. 17

13

Mon. 18

14

Tues. 19

15

Woosung taken, 1842-

4th after Trinity. Loss of the M. M. steamer "Meikong" on Ras Haffoon, near Cape

Guardafui, 1877.

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, 1812.

Wed, 20

16

Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.

Thur.

21

17

Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.

Frid.

22

18

Canton blockaded by English forces, 1810.

Sat.

23

19

Sun,

24

20

Mon.

25

21

Tues.

26

22

Wed,

27

23

Thur. 28

24

Frid. 29

25

Sat.

30

26

Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1843, Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1874.

5th after Trinity. St. John the Baptist. Midsummer day. Chinese merchants in Hong- kong sent petition to Her Majesty, with reference to the Blockade of the Colony by Customs cruisers, 1874.

Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokio, 1862. Treaty

between China and Peru, also Convention for China Commission 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 Chiua signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert"

by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866. 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 F. &. O. Co's steamer "Corea" and Mr. D. Lapraik's str. Chanticleer" were lost with all hands, Opening of a section of the Shanghai and Woosung railway, 1876. Treaty between Germany and Korea signed at Rensan, 1882.