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THE CALENDAR FOR 1897
MARCH-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG Temperature
1st
....6h. 23m.
6h. 02m.
1895
1896
15th............6h. 10m.
6h. 08m.
Maximum
.79
77
Minimum
.47
46
MOON'S PHASES
New Moon
Mon.
1
28
Tues. 2
29
Wed.
3
1
Thur.
2
Frid.
3
Sat.
6
4
5
Sun.
Mon.
8
6
Tues.
9
7
8
Wed. 10
First Quarter 11
Full Moon
d. h.
m.
sec.
3 7
32
42 P.M.
BAROMETER, 1896.
11
4
42 P.M.
Mean......
...30.07
19
5
3
47 A.M.
35 47 P.M.
9 hours, P.M.
8 hours, P.M.
1895
1.39 inches
RAINFALL
1896
1.45 inches
Last Quarter 25 7
APOGEE, 8 days, PERIGEE, 20 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF | 1 and 2
WEEK
MONTII MOONS
4567
888
CHRONOLOGY or Remarkable EventS
St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-ofwar, 1885.
SHROVE TUESDAY First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.
ASII WEDNESDAY Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Tsz
Kuang Po, 1891.
Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1889.
Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.
Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
18T. IN LENT. 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.
Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and
Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.
Thur.
11
9
Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.
Frid. 12
10
Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner,
1841. Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.
Sat.
13
11
Sun.
14
12
Mon.
15
13
Tues. 16
14
Wed. 17
15
Thur. 18
16
Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.
2ND. IN LENT. 8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter
1842. New 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.
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.
Frid.
19
17
Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.
18
Sat.
Sun.
21
Mon.
Tues.
2222
Wreck of the steamer "Nanzing,” near Hongkong, 1891.
20
19
20
23
21
22
Wed. 24
Thur. 25
23
3RD IN LENT. British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834. Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885.
Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.
First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891. Attempted assassination of Li
Hung chang at Shimonoseki, 1896.
Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in
Canton, 1839.
24
Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
Frid. 26
Sat. 27
25
Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Protocol of Convention between
China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.
Sun. 28
26
4TH IN LENT. 20,289 chests of Opium burned by Lin,
1839.
Mon.
29
27
Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
Tues.
30
28
Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883.
Wed.❘ 31 29
Abolition of the coolie trade at Macao, 1874. Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught in Hongkong, 1890.