THE CALENDAR FOR 1895
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
SUNRISE
4th
........6h. 40m.
SUNSET 5h. 49m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1893
1894
19th
.6h. 31m.
5h. 57m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum ..................71 Minimum ..................45
74
41
d. h. m.
sec.
First Quarter 3
7
52
41 A.M.
Full Moon
BAROMETER, 1894
10
0
59
40
A.M.
Last Quarter 16 8 New Moon
44 48
P.M.
Mean....
...30.18
25
0
19 47 A.M.
PERIGEE, 9 days, APOGEE, 23 days,
9 hours, P.M.
3 hours, A.M.
1893
RAINFALL
0.46 inches
1894
0.58 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 1 & 2
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Frid.
1
7
Sat.
2
8
Sun.
9
Mon.
4
10
Tues.
5
11
Wed.
6
12
Thur.
7
13
Frid.
8
14
Sat.
9
15
Sun. 10
16
Mon. 11
17
Tues.
12
18
Wed. 13
19
Thur. 14
20
Frid. 15
21
Sat. 16
22
Sun.
17
23
Mon. 18
24
Tues. 19
25
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
272
20
26
21
27
22
28
Sat.
23
29
Sun. 24
30
Mon. 25
I
Tues. 26
2
Wed, 27
Thur.
3
28
4
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CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKablr Events
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841.
Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887.
The Additional Article to
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 German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872.
4TH AFTER EPIPHANY.
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.
SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the
Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.
Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875.
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.
Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong
founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887. SEXAGEBIMA SUNDAY.
The U.S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near Swatow, 1883. Telegraphic communication between Haiphong and Saigon established, 1834. Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the Java Sea,
1817.
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, 1867. QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotsai" between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong,
1849.
SHROVE TUESDAY. Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremner, 1841.
Hongkong police chop burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang-su, 1889. ASH WEDNESDAY. Treaty of peace between Japan and Korea signed at Kokwa, 1876.
Evacuation of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.