THE CALENDAR FOR 1890.
MAY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d. h. m. sec.
1888.
1889.
Full Moon
5
4
44
44 49 A.M.
Maximum
87
89
Last Quarter 11
New Moon
First Quarter 27 6
11
57 46
P.M.
Minimum
.69
74
19
3
54 46
A.M.
9 49
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1889.
Max.
30.09 Min.
29.65
PERIGEE, 9 days, APOGEE, 24 days,
6 hours, A.M. 8 hours, P.M.
1888. 19.53 inches.
RAINFALL.
1889.
48.84 inches.
Thur.
1
13
Frid.
2
14
Sat.
3
15
Sun.
4
16
Mon.
5
17
Tues.
6
18
DAYS OF DAYS OF 3 and 4 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
St. Philip and St. James's day. First number of Hongkong Gazette published, 1841. Prince Heinrich of Germany visits Hongkong, 1880. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1888. Announcement of the appointment of Sir Harry Parkes as Minister to China, 1883. Suspen- sion of Oriental Bark, 1884. Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, 1888. 4th after Easter. Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic
Cathedral at Peking inaugurated, 1884.
British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. The "Dolore Ugarte," coolie ship, burnt near Macao, 1871, Ratifications of the Chefoo Convention exchanged in London, 1886. Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874.
Wed.
7
19
Thur.
8
20
Prince Kung's honours restored, 1865.
Frid.
9
21
Sat.
10
22
Sun.
11
23
Mon. 12
24
Tues. 13
25
Wed. 14
26
Thur.
15
27
Frid. 16
28
Sat.
17
29
Sun. 18 Mon. 19
30
1
Tues.
20
2
Wed. 21
3
Thur.
22
4
Frid.
23
5
Sat.
24
6
Sun. 25
7
Mon.
26
8
Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864.
Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1865.
Rogation Sunday. Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, 1880, East India Co.'s garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins, 1831. Foo-yuen and Hoppo forcibly enter the Company's factory at 7 a.m., 1831. Signing of the Li-Fournier Convention 1994.
A corporal of the British Legation barbarously murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking,
1861. Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way to Peking to assume the
functions of British Minister, 1886.
Ascension Day. Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and
China, 1881.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer "Izere," 1860. Arrival of General Grant in
Shanghai, 1870.
Sun. after Ascension. The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1812.
The Select Committee issued a notice that the British trade would-be suspended on the first of August, 1831. Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonquin led by Com- mandant Riviere, and death of the latter, 1983.
Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. German barque '
"Lesmona" captured by pirates in the China Sea, 1868,
Delivery of 20,283 chests Opium completed, 1839. Tornado at Tainan, Formosa, 1878. Loss of M. M. str. Alenzaleh" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887. Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841. Treaty between the United States and
Corea signed at Renaan, 1882.
U. S. A. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
Queen Victoria born, 1819. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for
Macao, 1839.
Whit Sunday. The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Yunnan mines, 1884, Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
Tues. 27
9
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841.
Wed.
28
10
Thur
29
11
Frid.
30
12
Sat.
31
13
Mr. Lindsay delivered the keys of the Company's factory at Canton to Kwan-Heep, 1831.
Great rain storm in Hongkong, serious damage, 1880).
H.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoa) in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888, Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao, 1875.