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THE CALENDAR FOR 1896
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
XV
Sun.
1
26
Mon.
2
27
Tues.
28
Wed.
Thur.
1
Frid.
6
2
1st
SUNRISE ..6h.
6m.
SUNSET 5h. 22m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1894
1895
15th...
..6h. 14m.
5h. 16m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum Minimum
.81
80
..62
54
d. h. m. sec.
5 3
3 16 46 P.M. 0 46 P.M. 19 47 A.M.
40 P.M.
BAROMETER, 1895
Mean....
.30.14
New Moon
First Quarter 12 1 Full Moon 20 6 Last Quarter 28 10
PERIGEE, 5 days, APOGEE, 17 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 9 and 10 WEEK MONTH Mooxs
45
29
1 hour, A.M. 5 hours, P.M.
1894
RAINFALL
0.03 inch
1895
0.32 inch
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
22ND AFTER TRINITY. The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Death
of Alexander III., Czar of Russia, 1894.
Chinese lighthouse tender "Fei-hoo" captured by French, 1884. Arrival at Hongkong
of Mr. N. R. O'Conor, the new British Minister to China, 1892.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the Naval action of Chuen-pee, 1989.
Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1880.
English and French treaties promulgated in the “Peking Gazette," 1860.
Sat.
7
3
Sun.
8
4
23RD AFTER TRINITY.
Mon.
9
Prince of Wales born, 1841. The French repulsed in Korea, 1866.
Queen's Jubilee in Hongkong, 1897.
Celebration of the
Tues. 10
Wed.
11
7
Thur.
12
8
Frid.
13
9
Sat.
14
10
Sun.
15
11
Mon.
16
12
Tues. 17
13
Wed. 18
14
Thur. 19
15
Frid. 20
16
Sat.
21
17
Sun, 22
18
Mon. 23
19
Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1987. H.M.S. "Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 109 only 9 saved, 1864. Death
of M. Paul Bert, Resident General of Annam and Tonkin, 1996.
Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1904. The C. N. Co.'s Yangtsze steamer Ichang
wrecked on Ta-yew Island, 1801. The Foreign Ministers had audience within the Palace, Peking, 1894.
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1900. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1893. 24TH AFTER TRINITY,
II.M. gunboat "Gnat" lost on the Palawan, 1968. Destruction of the str. "Wah Yeung" by fire in the Canton river; upwards of 400 lives lost, 1887.
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1343. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1898.
Great Fire in Hongkong, 1367.
Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy; upwards of 800 houses destroyed, and several
hundred lives lost, 1897.
Portuguese Custom house at Macao closed, 1345. Lord Elgin died, 1963.
Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of_H.M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in Japan, 1961. Fort
Arthur taken by the Japanese, 1891.
25th after TRINITY. Great fire at Canton, 1,400 houses destroyed, 1935. Terrible boiler
explosion on board the steamer “Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 38 lives lost, 1877.
Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the "Bacchante" at Woosung
1891.
44
Tues. 24 Wed. 25
Thur. 26
Fri. 27
20
21
22
Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1963, Treaty between Portugal and China signed, 1887,
Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890. Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbid·ling trade with Eritish ships, 1939.
23
Sat. 28
21
Sun.
29
25
Mon.
30
26
M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder
of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1370), 1971.
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1956. Great fire in Hongkong, 1967.
1ST IN ADVENT. Murder of captain and four men of the British barque “Crofton,” near Kn-lan, 1909. Opening of the Japanese Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in person, 1890. St. Andrew's day. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated, 1972. The Japanese cruiser "Chishima Kan," sunk in collision with the P. & O. steamer "Ravenna," in the Inland Sea, 61 lives lost, 1992.