xii
THE CALENDAR FOR 1897
JULY-31 DAYS
1st 15th
SUNRISE ...5h. 20m.
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
6h. 47m.
1895
1896
.5h. 25m.
6h. 45m.
Maximuin Minimum
..91
94
.73
75
•
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. m.
sec.
First Quarter 7
9
8
40
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1896
Full Moon Last Quarter 20 10 New Moon
14
0
29
43
P.M.
44 43 P.M.
Mean...
.29.69
29 11
33 49 P.M.
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Thur.
1
2
Frid.
2
3
Sat.
3
4
Sun.
4
5
Mon.
5
6
Tues.
6
Wed. 7
Thur. 8
Frid. 9
10
Sat.
10
11
Sun. 11
12
Mon. 12
13
Tues. 13
14
Wed. 14
15
Thur. 15
16
Frid. 16
17
PERIGEE, 12 days, 2 hours, A.M. APOGEE, 23 days, 11 hours, P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 6 and 7
789
1895
RAINFALL
1896
18.87 inches
12.42 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Hakodate, Kanagawa, and Nagasaki (Japan) opened to trade, 1857. Two Swedish
missionaries murdered at Sungpu, 1893.
Amoy forts and many junks destroyed by H.M.S. "Blonde," 1840. French Expedition
from the Hoongkiang arrived in Hongkong, 1873.
Steamer "Don Juan" burnt at sea near Philippines; 145 persons perished, 1893.
3RD AFTER TRINITY. Telegraph cable laid between Hongkong and Macao, 1884.
Tinghai first taken, 1840. Attack on British Embassy at Tokyo, 1861.
Order of nobility instituted in Japan, 1884.
Canton factories attacked by Chinese, 1840.
First Dutch embassy arrived at Tientsin, 1656.
Portuguese fleet left Malacca for China, 1522. The Yangtsze blockaded by British
fleet, 1840.
4TH AFTER TRINITY. Engagement between the American Naval Forces and the Koreans; the Expedition leaveto await instructions, 1871. Amherst's embassy arrived in China, 1816. Foreign Inspectorate of Customs established in Shanghai, 1854.
First English ship reached China, 1635. French gunboats fired on by Siamese at
Paknam, 1893.
Statue of Paul Bert unveiled at Hanoi, 1800.
Shimonoseki forts bombarded by the English, French, and American squadron, 1873.
Eruption of Bandai-san volcano, Japan; 500 persons killed, 1888.
British trade with China re-opened, 1842. The King of Cambodia arrived on a visit to
Hongkong, 1872.
Sat. 17
18
Dutch envoy Goyer, as bearer of tribute, received in Peking, 1656.
Sun. 18
19
6TH AFTER TRINITY. Terrible earthquake at Manila, 1880. Additional Article to Chefoo
Convention signed in London, 1885.
Mon. 19
20
Nanking captured by the Imperialists, 1863.
Tues. 20
Wed.
21
Thur.
Frid.
23
Sat.
24
Sun. 25
Mon. Tues: 27
Wed. 28 Thar. 29
22 22 **
8582
21
"Pautah 11
22
23
24
25
26
26
27
28
29
1
Frid. Sat.
30
31
23
Wreck of the C. M. S. N. Co.'s str.
on Shantung Promontory, 1887.
Yellow River burst its banks at Chang-kiu, Shantung; great inundation, 1889. Armed attack on Japanese Legation at Seoul, Korea, and eight inmates killed, 1882. British trade prohibited at Canton, 1834. Anglo-Chinese Burmah Convention signed at
Peking, 1886. 6TII AFTER TRINITY. Kowshing," "British steamer carrying Chinese troops, sunk by Japanese, with loss of about 1,000 lives, 1894. Defeat of British forces at Taku, Admiral Hope wounded, 1850.
46
Canton opened to British trade, 1843. Terrific typhoon at Canton, Macao, Hongkong, and
Whampoa; loss of life estimated at 40,000 persons, 1862.
Nanking re-taken by Imperialists, 1804.
German Gunboat Iltia wrecked off Shantung Promontory; all but eleven of the crew perished, 1896. Outbreak of rebellion at Manila, 1896. Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao, 1896. Great earthquake at Kumamoto, Japan, 1889." Defeat of the Chinese by the Japanese at Yashan, 1894.
Severe typhoon at Macao, 1836.