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THE CALENDAR FOR 1886.
JUNE-30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
d.
h.
m.
sec.
New Moon
2
9
31 43 P.M.
m. sec.
Full Moon 16 9 14 49
d. h.
P.M.
First Quarter 9 3 2 47
P.M.
Last Quarter 25 0 11 40
APOGEE, 22 days, 1 hour, A.M.
A.M.
PERIGEE, 6 days, 7 hours, A.M.
DAYS DAYS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
4th & 5th
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
HQ 60 +
1
29
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1868.
2
1
3
2
4
3
Sat.
5
4
Sun.
6
5
Mon.
7
6
Tues.
8
7
Wed.
9
8
Thur. 10
9
Frid.
11
10
Sat.
12
11
Sun.
13
12
Mon.
14
13
Tues. 15
14
Wed.
16
15
Thur. 17
16
Frid.
18
17
Sat.
19
18
Sun.
20
Mon.
21
Tues.
Wed.
2 2 2 2
Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871.
Ascension Day. Earthquake at Manila destroying the town and killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863. Ratification of Treaty between Brazil and China, 1882. Death of Sir Arther Kennedy, 1883.
Departure of the first steamer of the Occidental and Oriental Co.'s line from Hongkong
to San Francisco, 1875.
Sun. after Ascension. Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destro-
yed, and many lives lost 1864. Amended French treaty with Annam signed, 1884. British ship "Tricolor" lost on the Pratas, 1868.
Attempt to destroy by fire the British fleet in Canton river, 1849. Treaty of Peace
between France and China signed at Tientsin, 1885.
Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876.
St. Barnabas. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640,
Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872. Loss of steamer "Marlborough” near
Hainan Head, 1884.
Whit Sunday. British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Cus-
toms cruiser, 1875.
Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728.
British bark "Cæsar" and Danish schooner "Carl" taken by pirates off Pedro Branca,
1866. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867.
Woosung taken, 1812.
Loss of the M. M. steamer "Meikong" on Ras Haffoon, near Cape Guardafui, 1877.
French Supplementary Convention with Cambodia signed, 1884.
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.
19 Trinity. Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.
20.
Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.
22
21
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.
23
22
Thur.
24
23
Frid.
25
24
Sat.
26
25
Sun. 27
26
Mon. 28
27
Tues. 29
28
Wed.
30
29
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Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1813. Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1874. French troops surprised by Chinese near Langson, 1884. Wreck of P. M. steamer City of Tokio" off Cape Sagami, Japan, 1885.
Corpus Christi. 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.
Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 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.
let after Trinity. Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the
str. "Prince Albert" by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866.
The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873.
Typhoon at Taiwan-fu, 1884.
British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and
Woosung railway, 1876,
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