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THE CALENDAR FOR 1895
MARCH-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
5th
.....6h. 19m.
6h. 04m.
1893
1894
20th...
..6h. 06m.
6h. 09m.
Maximum
...78
77
Minimum
.50
50
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h. m.
sec.
First Quarter 4 8
16
43 P.M.
BAROMETER, 1894.
Full Moon
11 11
13
48
A.M.
Last Quarter 18 1 New Moon
7
47
P.M.
Mean....
...30.06
26
6
I 40 P.M.
PERIGEE, 10 days, APOGEE, 22 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 2 and 3
9 hours, A.M.
3 hours, P.M.
1893
3.38 inches
RAINFALL
1894
0.27 inches
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Frid.
1
5
Sat.
2
6
First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.
Sun.
3
7
Mon. 4
8
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885,
1ST IN LENT. Foreign Ministers received in andience by the Emperor at the Taz Kuang
Po, 1891.
Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1889.
Tues.
5
9
Wed.
10
Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
Thur. 7
11
Frid. 8
12
Sat.
9
13
Sun.
10
14
Mon. 11
15
Tues. 12
16
Wed. 13
17
Chinese Custoin House closed at Macao, 1849.
Thur. 14
18
Frid.
15
19
Sat.
16
20
Sun. 17 Mon. 18
21
Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882.
Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854.
Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
2ND IN LENT. Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English
in Ningpo and Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.
Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.
Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner,
1841. Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.
8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842. Now
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.
SED IN LENT. St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839. Chungking declared
open to foreign trade, 1891.
Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.
Tues.
Tues. 19
Wed. 20
Thur. Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
23
*22* * * * * * *
ON & 2** * * &
21
22
23
24
25
24
Wreck of the steamer "Nanzing," near Hongkong, 1891.
25
British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.
26
Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885.
27 Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.
28
4TH IN LENT. First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened,
1891.
29
26
1
Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in
Canton, 1839.
Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
Wed.
27
2
Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Protocol of Convention between
China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.
Thur. 28
3
20,289 chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1830.
Frid. 29
4
Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
Sat. 30
5
Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883.
Sun.
31
6
6TH IN LENT. Abolition of the Coolie trade at Macao, 1874. Arrival of the Duke and
Duchess of Connaught in Hongkong, 1899.