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THE CALENDAR FOR 1885.

NOVEMBER-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

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Bec.

d. ¿. m.

BBC.

New Moon

7

4 38 47 A.M.

Full Moon 22 5 5 42

P.M.

First Quarter 14 5 35 46 A.M.

Last Quarter 29 9 93 41

APOGEE, 13 days, 10 hours, A.M. PERIGEE, 25 days, 5 hours, A.M.

A.K.

DAY!

DATA DATS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

10th & 10th

WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Sun.

1

25

Mou.

2

26

Tues,

3

27

Wed.

4

28

Thur.

5 29

Frid.

6

80

Sat.

7

1

Sun.

8

1

Mon.

9

9

Tues.

10

4

Wed.

11

5

2nd after Trinity. All Saints. The port of Quin-hon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, All Boule. Chinese lighthouse tender " Fei-boo" esptured by French, 1884. Great Britain commenced the drat war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pos, 1859. Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.

Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allisa, 1980, English and French treaties promulgated by the Poking Gazette, 1980.

Capt. Garcia y Garcia and Dr. Elmore appointed by the President of Peru on a Special

Hission to Japan and China, 1874.

23rd after Trinity.

The French repulsed at Korea, 1888. Loss of steamer "Glengyle" on Names Island,

with the captain and several of the crew, 1876.

FI

7.M.9. Bacchorie wreaked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 108 only 9 sured, 1884.

Thur.

12

6

Hongkong first lighted ly gas, 1864.

Frid. 13

7

Bat.

14

8

Sun. 15

9

Mon. 16 10 Tues. 17 11

Wed. 18 12 Thur. 19 19 Frid. 20

Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.

Lown of Messen, D. Japraik & Co.'s str. "Donghua" in the Haitan Utraita, 1980. Conven-

tion signed between” Russia and China, 1860.

Sith after Trinity, H. H. guobont "Gust" lost in the Palawan, 1888. News received

in Hongkong of outbreak of a serious rebellion in Ennan, 1870. H.R.H. Prince Alfred left Hongkong, 1889.

Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843,

Great Fire in Hongkong, 1667. Ch'ung How arrived in Hongkong en route for France

as special Ambuniador, to explain the Tientsin Massacro, 1870.

Collision on the Yangtoze between the stru. “Kungwo" and "Hanyang:" both

vessels lost, 1880,

Portuguese Custom house at Macro closed, 1945. Lord Bigin died 1669. Gunpowder

explosion at Hankow, 1887.

14

Bat.

27

15

Sun.

22

16

Мол. 23

17

Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in Japan, 1884, 25th after Trinity. Grest fire at Canton, 1,400 houses destroyed, 1835. Terrible hoiler explosion on board the steamer " Tesso" in Hongkong harbour, at lives lost, 1877. Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and Georgs"of Wilke in the Bacchants"

Woosing, 1881.

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Tues. 24

18

Ship "Omer Pachs "lost in China Sea, 1867.

Wed. 25

19

Thur. 26

20

Frid. 27 21 Bat. 28 22 Bun. 29 Mon. 90

23

24

Tremendous fire at Tokohama, 1968. Capture of Anping, Formose, 1996, H.E. Marquis Tseng, Chiness Ambassador to England, arrived in Hongkong, on his way to London, 1878,

Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British abipa, 1888,

M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder

of the French at Tientzia, June 21st, 1970-1971.

Forsign factorisa burnt at Canton, 1858, Grest dre in Hongkong, 1887. Adband. Marder of the captain and four man of the Britial, ha renn It Crofas," mean

Ko-lan, 1880, 8G George Bowen appointed Governor of Hongkong, 1983, St. Andrew's day. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecreted, 1879,

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