THE CALENDAR FOR 1892
DAYS OF DAYS OF
WEEK
8 and 9 MOONS
Sat
1
11
Sun.
2
12
Mon.
13
Tues.
14
Wed.
15
Thur.
6
16
Frid.
7
17
Sat.
18
Sun.
9
19
Mon. 10 Tues. 11
20
21
Wed
12
22
Thur. 13
23
Frid.
14
24
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 17th
5h. 53m. ...5h. 59m.
5h. 47m.
5h. 32m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum Minimum
1890
1891
..94
89
...72
68
d. h. m. sec.
Full Moon
6
1
47
46 P.M.
Last Quarter
13
5
13
44
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1891
New Moon
21
2
0
40
A.M.
Max......30.10
Min.......29.83
1890
0.02 inches
RAINFALL
1891 6.21 inches
First Quarter 29 5 2 44 A.M.
PRRIGEE, 7 days, 1 hour, P.M. APOGEE, 22 days, 11 hours, A.M.
MONTH
Chronology of Remarkable EVENTS
The "Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Ting-hai captured by the English, 1841. French landed at Kelung, 1884. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887, 16TH AFTER TRINITY. Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1984. Treaty between Brazil and China signed at Tientsin, 1881. Serious riot at Hongkong,
1884.
Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.
French expedition left Chefoo for Korea, 1966. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Mir
William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1889. Great
public meeting at Hongkong to consider the increase of crime in the Colony, 1878. Supplementary treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. French landing party at Tamsal
repulsed, 1884.
17th after TRINITY. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Fire at Canton, property destroyed worth $4,000,000, 1851. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1888, Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834.
The first Chinese merchant steamer (the “Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with pas-
sengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881.
Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First Railway in Japan officially opened by the
Mikado, 1872.
“Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1860
Sat.
15
25
Sun.
16
26
19TH AFTER TRINITY.
Khanghoa, in Korea, taken by the French, 1866.
Mon.
17
27
Tues.
18
28
Wed.
19
Thur. 20
Frid.
21
889-
29
30
Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882.
Sat.
22
2
Sun.
23
3
Mon. 24
Tues. 25
Wed.
26
6
Thur. 27
7
Frid. 28
Sat
29
9
Sun.
30
10
Mon.
31
11
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British
str. "Greyhound, " 1885.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1959. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1981.
The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875,
Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887.
19TH AFTER TRINITY. 59 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay & Wilcox, H.M
ships "Columbine” and “ Fury," 1849.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured
by the Allies, 1882.
In Canton 1,200 houses and 3 factories burnt, 1843.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Terranova executed by
the Chinese, 1822.
Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850.
20TH AFTER TRINITY. Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. C. W. Mason, of the Customs in- door staff, who professed to have been in communication with the Kolao-Hui, sentenced by the Supreme Court at Shanghai to nine months' imprisonment for being in up- lawful possession of dynamite, 1391.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Settlement of the Formosa ifficulty
between Japau and China, 1374.