THE CALENDAR FOR 1893
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Wed.
1
23
Thur. 2
24
Frid.
3
25
Sat.
26
Sun.
27
Mon.
6
28
2nd
10th
MOON'S PHASES
SUNRISE
.....6h. 6m.
SUNSET 5h. 21m.
...........6h. 15m. 5h. 15m.
d. h. m. sec.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1891
1892
Maximum
.82
83
Minimum
...57
52
Last Quarter
1
6
17
48 A.M.
New Moon
8
8
32
49
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1892
First Quarter 17 1
20
46
A.M.
Full Moon
Max......30.34
Min.......19.16
24 1
44 43
A.M.
43 49
P.M.
noon.
10 hours, P.M.
1891 2.30 inches
RAINFALL
1892 0.34 inch
Last Quarter 30 4
APOGEE, 12 days, PERIGEE, 24 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 9 and 10
ลง
45
2223
88
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Arrival at Hongkong:
The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Chinese lighthouse tender "Fei-hoo" captured by French, 1884. of Mr. N. R. O'Conor, the new British Minister to China, 1892. Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the Naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839. Great fire at Swatow; several hundred houses destroyed, 1887. Messrs. Allen and Sachtleben arrive at Peking, having crossed Asia on bicycles, 1892. Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
23RD AFTER TRINITY. Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by
the Allies, 1860.
English and French treaties promulgated in the "Peking Gazette," 1860.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur. 9
789
29
8
1
2
Frid. 10
Sat.
3
The French repulsed in Korea, 1860. Celebration of the Queen's Jubilee in Hong-
kong, 1887.
Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887.
11
4
H.M.. "Racehorse” wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 108 only 9 saved, 1864. Death
of M. Paul Bert, Resident General of Annam and Tonkin, 1886
Sun. 12
5
Mon. 13
6
24TII AFTER TRINITY. Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1804. The C. N. Co.'s Yangtaze
steamer "Ichang" wrecked on Ta-yew Island, 1891. Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
Tues. 14
7
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860.
Wed. 15
8
H.M. gunboat "Gnat" lost on the Palawan, 1868. Destruction of the str. "Wah Yeung
by fire in the Canton river; upwards of 400 lives lost, 1887.
#
+
Thur. 16
9
Frid. 17
10
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce,
1843.
Sat.
18
11
Great Fire in Hongkong, 1867.
Sun. 19
12
25TH AFTER TRINITY. Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy; upwards of 800 house s
destroyed, and several hundred lives lost, 1887.
Mon. 20
13
Portuguese Custom house at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin died, 1863.
Tues.
21
14
Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in Japan, 1864.
Wed.
Thur. 23
Frid.
222
22
15
Great fire at Canton, 1,400 houses destroyed, 1835. Terrible boiler explosion on board”
the steamer "Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877.
24
17
Sat.
25
18
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
& N N N N
26
19
27
20
28
21
29
22
30
23
16
Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the "Bacchante" at Woosung,
1881.
Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1968. Treaty between Portugal and China signed, 1887.
Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890.
26TH AFTER TRINITY. Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British:
ships, 1839.
M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder
of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1870), 1871.
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1956. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867.
Murder of captain and four men of the British barque "Crofton," near Ku-lan, 186
Opening of the Japanese Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in person, 1890.
St. Andrew's day. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated, 1872. The Japanese cruiser Chishima Kan," sunk in collision with the P. & O. steamer "Ravenna," in the Inland Sea, 61 lives lost, 1892.