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THE CALENDAR FOR 1893
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 17th
....5h. 53m.
öh. 47m.
1891
1892
.....5h. 59m.
5h. 32m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum Minimum
....89
88
..68
64
d. h. m.
sec.
55
40 P.M.
4
25
3
3 42 56 40
3 48 P.M.
A.M.
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1892
Max......30.20
Min.......29.65
3 hours, P.M.
6 hours, P.M.
1891
6.21 inches
RAINFALL
1892
0.02 inches
Last Quarter 2 10 New Moon 10 First Quarter 18 6 Full Moon
APOGEE, 27 days, PERIGEE, 15 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 8 and 9
WEEK
8
∞ 00
9
MOONS
22
2 22 2 ON a 8 a
28
29
30
23
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
18TH AFTER TRINITY. 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. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892.
Confucius born, B.C. 562.
Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884.
Treaty between Brazil and China signed at Tientsin, 1881. Serious riot at Hongkong,
1884. Sir John Walsham left Peking on retirement, 1892. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Disastrous fire at Ichang; over 200 persons
burned, 1892.
French expedition left Chefoo for Korea, 1868. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1869. Great
public meeting at Hongkong to consider the increase of crime in the Colony, 1878. 19TH AFTER TRINITY. Supplementary treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. French landing
party at Tamsui repulsed, 1884.
Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Fire at Canton, property destroyed worth $4,000,000, 1851. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1888. Wreck off the Pescadores of the Norwegian str. "Normand," with loss of all on board except two, 1892. Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the P. & O. str." Bokhara,"
with loss of 125 lives, 1892.
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, 1972.
"Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859] 20TII AFTER TRINITY.
MONTH
Sun.
1
Mon. 2 Tues. 3
Wed. 4
23
24
25
Thur.
5
26
Frid.
6
27
Sat.
7
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
10
1
Wed. 11
2
Thur.
12
Frid.
13
4
Sat.
14
Sun. 15
6
Mon.
16
7
8
Tues. 17
9
Wed. 18
Thur. 19
10
Frid.
20
11
Sat. 21
12
Sun. 22
13
Mon.
23
Tues.
Wed. 25
Thur.
Frid.
Sat
Sun.
Mon. 30
* * * *** aa
14
21ST AFTER TRINITY. II.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869.
Dock opened, 1875. Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887. 58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine "
and "Fury," 1849.
Cosmopolitan
24
15
16
26
17
27
18
28
19
29
20
21
Tues. 31
22
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844] Kahding recaptured
by the Allies, 1862.
In Canton 1,200 houses and 3 factories burnt, 1943.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Terranova executed by
the Chinese, 1822. 22ND AFTER TRINITY. Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850. Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. C. W. Mason, of the Customs indoor 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 unlawful possession of dynamite, 1891.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1889. Settlement of the Formosa difficulty
between Japan and China, 1874.
Khanghoa, in Korea, taken by the French, 1866.
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St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy board the British
str. "Greyhound," 1885.
At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China a scheme of
reconstruction was approved, 1892.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1961.
Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property,
1882.
The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.
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