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THE CALENDAR FOR 1894
MARCH-31 DAY
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
5th
....6h. 19m.
6h. 04m.
1892
1893
20th............6h. 06m. 6h. 09m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
.80
78
Minimum
.46
50
New Moon
Thur.
1
24
Frid. 2
25
Sat.
3
26
Sun.
27
d. h. m.
sec.
7 9
54
45
P.M.
4
41
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1893.
21 9
47 42
P.M.
Mean.......
.30.06
3 46 P.M.
First Quarter 15 2
Full Moon
Last Quarter 29
APOGEE, 1 day, PERIGKE, 17 days, APOGEE, 29 days,
DAYS OF | DAYS OF ❘ 1 and 2 WEEK MONTH Moors
midnight.
2 hours, P.M. 8 hours, A.M.
1892
3.90 inches
RAINFALL
1893
3.38 inches
Chronology of Remarkable EvenTS
St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885.
First Dutch Embassy left China, 1867.
Foreign Ministers received in andience by the Emperor at the Taz Kuang Po, 1891.
4TH IN LENT. Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1889.
Mon.
5
28
Tues. 6
29
Wed. 7
1
Thur. 8
2
Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.
Hostilities at Canton recommenced.§Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882. Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854.
Frid. 9
3
Sat. 10
4
Sun. 11
5
Mon. 12
6
Tues. 13
7
Wed. 14
8
Thur. 15
9
Frid. 16
10
Sat.
17
11
St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
Sun. 18
12
Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
Lin arrived in Canton, 1889. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and
Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.
6TH IN LANT. Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.
Imperial Commissioner Kl-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner,
1841. Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.
Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.
8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842. New
Law Courts at Yokohama opened, 1890.
Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865. Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.
PALM SUNDAY, Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839.
Chungking declared open to foreign trade, 1891.
Mon. 19
13
Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.
Tues. 20
14
Wreck of the steamer “Nanzing,” near Hongkong, 1891,
Wed. 21
Thur. 22
15
British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.
16
Frid. 23
17
Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H. B. M. Minister to China, 1885. GOOD FRIDAY. Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.
Sat.
24
18
First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891.
Sun 25
19
Mon. 26
20
Tues. 27
21
EASTER SUNDAY. Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects
imprisoned in Canton, 1839.
Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
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Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Protocol of Convention between
China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.
Wed. 28
22
20,289 chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839.
Thur. 29
23
Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
rid. 30
24
Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883.
Sat.
31
25
Abolition of the Coolie trade at Macao, 1874. Arrival of the Duke and Duchem at
Connaught in Hongkong, 1890.