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THE CALENDAR FOR 1890.
MARCH-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d. h. m. sec.
1888.
1889.
Full Moon
7 2 23
46
A.M.
Maximum
78
72
Last Quarter 14 11
40
46
A.M.
Minimum
54
54
New Moon
21 4
37
40
A.M.
First Quarter 28 5
8 45
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1889.
Max.
30.38
Min.
..29.86
1888. 10.43 inches.
RAINFALL.
1889. 2.49 inches.
Sat.
1
11
Sun.
2
12
Mon.
3
13
Tues.
4
14
Wed.
5
APOGEE, 2 days, 11 hours, A.M. PERIGEE, 18 days, 11 hours, A.M. APOGEE, 30 days, 6 hours, A.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 2& 2 Int. WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885. 2nd in Lent. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.
Imperial Decree sentencing Ch'ung How to death by decapitation, 1880.
Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1889.
15
Thur.
6
16
Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
Frid.
17
Sat.
8
18
Sun.
9
19
Mon.
10
20
Tues.
11
21
Wed.
12
22
Thur.
13
23
Frid.
14
24
Sat.
15
25
Sun.
16
26
Mon. 17
27
Tues. 18
28
Wed. 19
29
Thur. 20
30
Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882.
Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854. The "Jeddo,”
after passing Anjer, was burnt at sea by the coolies, 1867.
3rd in Lent. Åttack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo
and Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.
Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1868.
Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner, 1841. Opening of new German Bethesda Chapel, Hongkong, 1881. Capture of Bacninh, Tonquin, by the French, 1884.
Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849,
8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842.
Outrage on French Sailors in Japan, 1868.
Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865.
4th in Lent. Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.
Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
Governor of Canton accedes to the request of Captain Elliot to reside in that city,
1837. Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839. Governor Sir. G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848. Mutiny on board the coolie
ship "Robert Brown," captain and part of the crew murdered, 1852.
Frid. 21
1
Sat.
22
2
British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834. Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885,
Sun.
23
3
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
a po
24
4
25
5
26
6
Thur.
27
7
5th in Lent. Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. Death of Major-General Brunker, commander-in-chief of H.M.'s forces in China and Japan, 1889. Death of Mr. W. F. Mayers, Chinese Secretary of H.B.M.'s Legation at Peking, at Shanghai, 1878.
Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in
Canton, 1839. Serious railway collision on the Tientsin-Tungku line, 1889. Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Protocol of Convention between
China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.
Frid. 28
8
20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839.
Sat.
29
9
Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
Sun.
30
10
Mon.
31
11
Palm Sunday. Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883. Abolition of the Coolie trade at Macao, 1874.