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THE CALENDAR FOR 1896
FEBRUARY-29 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th
.6h. 41m. 5h. 47m.
1894
1895
...6h. 33m. 5h. 56m.
Maximum
.74
72
Minimum
41
49
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. mn. Last Quarter 6 8 14 41 A.M. New Moon 13 11 48 46 P.M. First Quarter 22 4 50 45 A.M. Full Moon 29 3 27 44 A.M.
sec.
BAROMETER, 1895
Mean......
.30.09
PERIGEE, I day, APOGEE, 17 days, PERIGEE, 29 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 12 & 1
Sun.
Mon.
01
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278***
10 hours, A.M. 4 hours, A.M. 7 hours, P.M.
1894
RAINFALL
0.58 inches
1895 0.83 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to
Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887.
SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. The new German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. citadel captured by Japanese, 1895
Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1805. Anti-Foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889.
Wcihaiwei
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.
SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. The "Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan
Passage, captain, crew and 250 coolies missing, 1857.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the
Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.
Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Island forts and remainder
of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895
St. Valentine's day. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell,
1872.
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Sat.
1
18
19
3
20
Tues. Wed.
21
5
22
Thur. Frid.
23
24
Sat.
8
25
Sun.
0
26
Mon. 10
27
Tues. 11
28
Wed. 12
29
Thur.
13
NY. 1
Frid. 14
2
Sat.
15
3
Sun. 16
4
Mon. 17 Tues. 18
Wed. 19
7
Thur. 20
8
Frid. 21
Sat. 22
10
Sun. 23
11
1ST IN LENT,
66
Mon. 24
12
Tues. 25
13
Wed. 26
Thur. 27
14
15
Frid. 28
16
Sat.
29
17
5
ve to
44
Yu-yuen" and
Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate
corvette "Chin-cheng" sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1883. QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong, founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened,
1887.
SHROVE TUESDAY. The U.S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Lam- mock Rock, near Swatow, 1883. Telegraphic communication between Haiphong and Saigon established, 1864.
ASH WEDNESDAY. Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in
the Java Sea, 1817
Mr. A. R. Margary, of II.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, 1811. Steamer Queen" captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867.
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.
Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong police chop
burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang-su, 1889.
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.
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