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THE CALENDAR FOR 1886.

APRIL-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

d.

h.

d.

h.

m. sec.

m. sec.

New Moon

4 10

6 46 P.M.

Full Moon

18 10 35 42

P.M.

First Quarter

12 4 20 40 A.M.

Last Quarter 26 0 51

51 45

P.M.

APOGEE, 27 days, 11 hours, A.M. PERIGEE, 15 days, 2 hours, P.M.

DAYS DAYS

DAYS

OF THE

OF THE OF THE

2nd & 3rd

WEEK. MONTH.| MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Thur.

1

27

Frid.

2

28

Sat.

3

29

Sun.

4

1

Mon.

5

Tues.

6

Wed.

7

Thur.

8

Fri.

9

✪ ✪ W N

2

3

4

The port of Hoihow, Hainan, opened, 1876. Hongkong joins the Postal Union, 1877,

The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu, and Ichang opened, 1877. Prince Kungdegraded by the Empress Dowager, 1865.

The steamer"Hailoong" struck on Hailoong Rock, 1872.

4th in Lent. Tung-chi, late Emperor of China, born 1857. Protocol arranging the pre-

liminaries of peace between France and China signed at Paris, 1885.

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, 1942. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866.

5

6

Sat.

10

7

Sun.

11

8

Mon.

12

9

Tues.

13

10

Wed.

14

11

Thur. 15

12

Frid. 16

13

Sat.

17

14

Sun.

18

15

Mon.

19

16

Tues,

20

17

Wed. 21

18

Thur. 22

19

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

D'Escompte de Paris at Yokohama, 1875.

5th in Lent. Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed, and 10,000lives lost, 1878. 37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738. Loss of M. M. stcamer "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

Loss of C. C. 8. N. steamer “ Haining" on a rock off Kooshan, 1878.

St. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552,

Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Collision near Ockseu between the British gunboat "Lapwing" and the Chinese steamer "Hochung;" total loss of the latter, 1881.

Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Arrival of Prince Heinrich of Germany in Shang-

hai, 1880.

Palm Sunday, Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences signed

at Tientsin, 1885.

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

H.M.S.Salamis" returned to lankow from Upper Yangtsze, 1869.

East India Co.ceased trade with China, 1834. Arrival of Governor J. Pope Hennessy in

Hongkong, 1877.

Frid.

23

20

Good Friday. St. George's Day.

Sat.

24

21

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

Sun.

25

22

Mon. 26

23

Tues. 27 24

Easter Sunday. 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, Foundation stone of New Central School, Hongkong, laid, 1881.

Wed. 28

25

Ratifications of Corean treaty with England exchanged, 1881.

Thur. 29

26

Fri.

30

27

Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1879. The Great Wu Shih Shan case opened at

Foochow, 1879,