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THE CALENDAR FOR 1893
Thur.
1
25
Frid.
2
26
3
27
Sun.
4
28
Mon. 5
29
Tues.
30
Wed.
1
Thur,
8
2
Frid. 9
3
Sat.
4
10
Sun.
5
11
Mon.
6
12
7
Tues. 13
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
16th
5h. 53m. 5h. 47m. ..5h. 58m.
1894
1895
5h. 34m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum Minimum
....85
84
..65
63
sec. 54 43 A.M. 23 44 P.M. 53 43 P.M. 56 47 P.M.
1 hour, P.M. 2 hours, P.M.
BAROMETER, 1895
Mean....
.29.99
1894
RAINFALL
1895
17.57 inches
0.50 inches
d. h. m. New Moon 7 5 First Quarter 13 10 Full Moon 21 11 Last Quarter 29 10
PERIGEE, 7 days, APOGEE, 21 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF | 8 and 9 WEEK MONTH MOONS
Sat.
El M
1-
* * *8
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
The "Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Ting-hai captured by the English, 1841. French landed at Keung, 1884. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892.
Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884.
Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bang-
kok, 1993.
Typhoon at Hongkong, 1894.
French expedition left Chefeo for Korea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Voeux, K.C.M.G., 1987.
Great
H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1969.
public meeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1878. Supplementary treaty signed at the Bogue, 1948. French landing party at Tamsui
repulsed, 1984. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of Hongkong, 1894. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1941. Fire at Canton, property destroyed worth $4,000,000, 1951. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1888. Wreck off the Pescadores of the Norwegian str. "Normand," with loss of all on board except two, 1892. Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the P. & O. str.“ Bokhara,”
with loss of 125 lives, 1892.
19th AFTER TRINITY. The first Chinese merchant steamer (the “Meifoo") left Hongkong
for London with passengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1941. First railway in Japan officially opened by the
Mikado, 1872.
18TH AFTER TRINITY. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.
8
Wed. 14
"Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board,
Explosion on the Chinese trooper "Kungpai," loss of 500 lives, 1895
1959.
Thur. 15
9
Frid. 16
10
Khanghoa, in Korea, taken by the French, 1866.
Sat.
17
11
Sun.
18
12
Mon.
19
Tues. 20
14
Wed.
21
15
Thur.
22
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
26
'Tues. 27
Wed.
Thur. 29 Frid. 30
******* 28
16
23
17
24
18
25
19
20
21
28
22
23
Portuguese frigate "D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850.
24
Sat.
31
25
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British
str. "Greyhound," 1885.
20TH AFTER TRINITY. At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London,
and China a scheme of reconstruction was approved, 1892. Great fire in Hongkong, 1959. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1961. 13
burnt, 1893.
Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous dainage to property, 1982. The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877. H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1809.
Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887.
58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine”
and Fury," 1949.
The Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894,
21ST AFTER TRINITY. Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844.
Kahding recaptured by the Allies, 1962.
In Canton 1,200 houses and 3 factories burnt, 1843. Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japa-
nese, 1894.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurrection
at Canton, 1805
Great fire in Hongkong, 1860. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1889. Settlement of the Formosa difficulty between Japan and China, 1874. Ta-lien-wan and Kinchow taken by the Japanese, 1894.
Shanghai Cotton Mill
Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875.