THE CALENDAR FOR 1891
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WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Thur.
1
21
Frid.
2
22
Sat.
3
23
Sun.
24
Mon.
5
25
Tues.
6
26
Wed.
27
Thur.
28
Frid. Sat.
9
29
JANUARY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th
.6h. 42m.
5h. 26m.
1889
1890
.6h. 44m.
5h. 35m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum Minimum
.68
69
.50
46
d. h. m.
sec.
47
49
P.M.
10 11
0
45
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1890.
53 45
P.M.
Max.......30.32
Min......29.90
1 43 A.M.
10 hours, A.M. 11 hours, P.M.
1889
0.73 inch
RAINFALL
1890
1.79 inches
Last Quarter 3 5
New Moon First Quarter 17 1 Full Moon
25
PERIGEE, 12 days, APOGEE, 27 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 11 & 12
878
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE Events
Kobe and Osaka opened, 1868. Overland Telegraph through Russia opened, 1872.
Establishment of bonded warehouses in Shanghai, 1888. 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 election by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce of a member of the Legislative Council, 1884.
2ND AFTER CHRISTMAS. First election by the Hongkong Justices of the Peace of a member
of the Legislative Council, 1884.
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.
Murder of Mr. Holworthy at the Peak, 1869. Marriage of the Mikado of Japan, 1869,
10
1
Sun. 11
2
1st after EPIPHANY. Seamen's Church, West Point, opened, 1872.
Mon.
12
Tues.
13
2 3
3
Tung-chi, Emperor of China, died, in the nineteenth year of his age, 1875.
Ki-ying, Viceroy of Two Kwang issues a proclamation intimating the intention of
opening up Canton according to the Treaties, 1846.
Wed. 14
5
Secretary of American Legation murdered at Tokyo, 1871.
Thur. 15
6
Bread poisoning in Hongkong, by Chinese baker Alum, 1857.
Frid. 16 Sat.
17
Sun. 18
189
7
The Tai-wo gate at the Palace, Peking, destroyed, 1889.
Mon.
19
10
Tues.
20
Wed.
21
Thur.
22
Frid.
23
Sat.
24
Sun. 25
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
2 2 2**** 7 * 225
11
12
13
14
15
16
26
17
2nd after EpiphANY. Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1867.
Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841. Sailors' Home at Hongkong formally
opened, 1863.
44
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.
The first Chinese Ambassadors arrived in London, 1877.
P. & O. steamer "Niphon" lost off Amoy, 1809.
Matheus Ricci, the Jesuit Missionary, enters Peking, 1601. U.S. corvette "Oneida"
lost through collision with P. & O. steamer "Bombay," near Yokohama, 1870. SEPTUAGEBIMA,
Hongkong taken possession of, 1841. St. Paul's Church at Macao burnt, 1835. Terrifo
fire at Tokyo; 10,000 houses destroyed and many lives lost, 1881.
27
18
28
19
29
20
30
21
Decree from Yung-ching forbidding, under pain of death, the propagation of the Christian
faith in China, 1733.
Lord Saltoun left China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1846.
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