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THE CALENDAR FOR 1890.
JANUARY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d. h. m. sec.
1888.
1889.
Full Moon
6 1
12
48 P.M.
Maximum
73
68
Last Quarter 14 New Moon 21 Full Quarter 28 3
2
8 47
P.M.
Minimum
.43
50
5
25 25 41
A.M.
52 44
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1889.
Max. ...30.33
Min.......29.92
APOGEE, 6 days, 8 hours, P.M.
PERIGEE, 20 days, 11 hours, P.M.
1888. 0.18 inch.
RAINFALL. 1889.
0.73 inch.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 12 & 1
WEEK, MONTH. MOONS.
C CO
Wed.
1
11
Thur.
2
12
Frid.
3
13
Sat.
4
14
Sun.
5
15
Mon.
6
16
Tues.
7
17
Wed.
8
18
Thur.
9
19
Frid.
10
20
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
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Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Kobe and Osaka opened, 1868. Overland Telegraph through Russia opened, 1872.
Establishment of bonded warehouses in Shanghai 1588.
The Emperor Kang-hi sends as his Envoy to the Pope the Jesuit Father Bouvet, 1706 Imperial Decree disgracing Ch'ung How issued, 1880. First clection by the Hongkon Chamber of Commerce of a member of the Legislative Council, 1884.
Lin Tsi-hsu appointed Commissioner, 1839. Li Sing-yuen appointed Imperial Commis-
sioner in Kwangsi, 1851.
First election by the Hongkong Justices of the Peace of a member of the Legislative
Council, 1884.
2nd after Christmas. Decree of Emperor Tao-kwang prohibiting trade with England,
1840. Commissioner Yeh captured, 1858. Epiphany. Fearful fire at Tientsin, 1,400 famine refugees burnt to death, 1878. Forts at Chuenpi taken with great slaughter, 1841.
Ice one-fourth inch thick at Canton, 1852. Gunner of the "Lady Hughes" strangled
at Canton, 1785. Execution of Li Yung-choi, the rebel leader in Kwangsi, 1880. Murder of Mr. Ilolworthy at the Peak, 1869. Marriage of the Mikado of Japan, 1889, Several chests of Opium forcibly taken by the Mandarins from an English resident in
Canton, 1838.
Sir R. Alcock left Hongkong for England, 1870. Seamen's Church, West Point, opened,
1872.
1st after Epiphany. Tung-chi, Emperor of China, died, in the nineteenth year of his age, 1875. Ki-ying, Viceroy of Kwang-tung and Kwang-si, issues a proclamation recommend- ing moderation in dealing with foreigners, and intimating the intention of opening up Canton according to the Treaties, 1816.
Secretary of American Legation murdered at Tokyo, 1871. Earthquake in Yuanan;
2,000 people killed, 1888.
Bread poisoning in flongkong, by Chinese baker Alum, 1857. Telegraph cable between
Japan and Corea opened to traffic, 1884.
The Tai-wo gate at the Palace, Peking, destroyed, 1889.
Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1867.
2nd after Epiphany, Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841. Sailors' Home at Hongkong formally opened, 1863. The "Frederic" burnt by the Coolies, 1870. Chung How and Suite returned to China from France, 1872.
Attack on Lieut. Kerr and the boat of the "Cockchafer" at Swatow, 1869. Collision near Woosung between P. & O. str. "Nepaul" and Chinese transport "Wan-nien – ching"; latter sunk and eighty lives lost, 1887.
23
Tues.
24
Wed.
25
Thur.
26
Frid.
17
27
Sat.
28
Sun.
19
29
Mon.
30
1
2
3
4
5
Sun.
26
6
Mon.
27
7
Tues. 28
8
Wed. 29
9
Thur. 30 Frid.
10
Lord Saltoun left China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1846.
31
11
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
10 CO
The Chinese Ambassadors arrived in London, 1877.
P. & O. steamer "Niphon " lost off Amoy, 1868.
Matheus Ricci, the Jesuit Missionary, enters Peking, 1601. U.S. corvette "Oneida '
lost through collision with P. & O. steamer "Bombay," near Yokohama, 1870.
3rd after Epiphany. Instructions from Lord Palmerston to Lord Napier, superintendent of British Trade in China, 1834. Hongkong taken possession of, 1841. St. Paul's Church at Macao burnt, 1835. Terrific fire at Tokyo; 10,000houses destroyed and many lives lost, 1881. Establishment of Amoy Chamber of Commerce, 1875. British str. "Carisbrooke" burned
and scuttled in Hongkong harbour, 1883.
Huang-t-ung-han appointed Imperial Commissioner at Canton, 1855.
Decree from Yung-ching forbidding, under pain of death, the propagation of the
Christian faith in China, 1733.