THE CALENDAR FOR 1892
FEBRUARY-29 DAYS
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SUNRISE
SUNSET
4th 19th
........6h. 40m.
5h. 49m.
.6h. 31m. 5h. 57m.
MOON'S PHASES
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1890
1891
Maximum Minimum
..76
79
.57
45
d. h. m. sec.
First Quarter
5 5 13 3
15
40
A.M.
14
40
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1891
50 47
A.M.
Max......30.49
Min......29.83
23 43 A.M.
Full Moon Last Quarter 21 7 New Moon
28 11
PERIGEE, 1 day, APOGEE, 22 days, PERIGEE, 29 days,
Daya or DATB OF 1 & 2
5 hours, A.M. 8 hours, P.M. 8 hours, P.M.
1890 1.41 inches
RAINFALL
1891
0.24 inches
CHRONOLOGy of Remarkable EvanTS
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to
Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887.
Letters from the Imperial Commissioner Lin to H.B.M. the Queen, complaining of the persistency of her subjects in sending Opium to China, 1840. The new Gerinan Club at Hongkong opened, 1872.
Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Anti-Foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889.
The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for
the burning of the Spanish brig “* Bilbaino, 1840.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the
purpose of taking Formosa, 1626.
The "Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew
and 250 coolies missing, 1857.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the Emperor
in person at Tokyo, 1889.
Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875.
SEPTUAGESIMA. St. Valentine's day. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R.
G. MacDonnell, 1872.
Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate “Yu-yuen " and
corvette "Chin-cheng" sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885.
WIEK
MONTH
MOONS
Mon.
1
3
Tues.
2
Wed.
5
Thur.
в
Frid.
7
Sat.
Sun
7
9
6TH AFTER Epiphany.
Mon.
8
10
Tues.
9
11
Wed. 10
12
Thur. 11
13
Frid.
12
14
Sat.
13
15
Sun
14
16
Mon.
15
17
Tues. 16
18
Wed. 17
19
Thur. 18
20
Frid. 19
21
Sat.
20
22
Sun
21
23
Mon.
24
Tues.
25
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
Bat.
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29
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24
26
25
27
26
28
27
29
1
10 m
Treaty of pesse between Japan and Koren signed at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation of? »:
Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.
Qwunquamunka. Capture of the Bulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1849. Bogue Forte (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremner, 1841. Hongkong police ɑhop
burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang-gu, 1889.
22 23
Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,
founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.
The U.S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot” wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near Swatow, 1883. Telegraphic communication between Haiphong and Saigon established,
1884.
Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the Java Sea, 1817,
SEXAGESIMA. Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at
Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875.
The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).
Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer “Queen" captured
and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1887.
Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boller of the str. "Yotani” between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.
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