THE CALENDAR FOR 1898
MARCH-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st ............6h. 23m.
6h. 02m.
1896
1897
15th
..........6h. 10m.
6h. 08m.
Maximum
77
82
MOON'S PHASES
Minimum
.46
55
d. h. m. sec.
Full Moon
8
5 4
47
P.M.
Last Quarter 15 New Moon
3
24
40
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1896.
22
4
13 41
P.M.
Mean.......
..30.03
First Quarter 30
3
16 42 P.M.
Ing-op, Dats or 2 and 3
MONTE
MOONS
1:25.
1
9
Tid
2
10
Taur.
11
Frid
12
13
Sun.
14
Hon.
15
APOGEE, 1 day, PERIGEE, 14 days, APOGEE, 29 days,
0.38 hours, P.M. 9.46 hours, P.M. 8.42 hours, A.M.
1896 1.45 inches
RAINFALL
1897
0.82 inches
Chronology of Remarkable EVENTS
St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.
Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Toz Kuang
Po, 1891.
Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1889.
Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.
2ND IN LEST. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1852.
Thes.
16
Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854.
Wel 9
17
Thur. 10
18
Frid. 11
19
Sat. 12 20
I
Sun. 13
21
Moa.
14
22
Tues 15 Wed. Thur. 17 Frid 18
23
16 24
Sat. 19
Sun
20
Yon 21
7 2 **** * * *
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.
Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1896.
Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner,
1841. Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.
3RD IN LENT. Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.
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, 1805. Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.
25
St. Patrick's Day, Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
26
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender ali opium in Canton, 1839. Chungking declared
open to foreign trade, 1891.
I
27
Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.
I
28
4TH IN LEST. Wreck of the steamer “Nanzing,” near Hongkong, 1891.
29
British ship **Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.
Tues. Wed 23
22
1
Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, II.B.M. Minister to China, 1885.
2
Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.
Thur.
24
3
25
Frid
Sat 26
Sun 27
Mon.
Tues.
Wed
* * * 5 2 3 8 a
Thar. 31
First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891. Attempted assassination of Li
Hung hang at Shimonoseki, 1845.
Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in
Canton, 1839.
5 Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
5TH IN LENT. Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Protocol of Conven-
tion between China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1587
6
28
7
20,289 chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839.
29
8
Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
30
9
10
Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883. Abolition of the coolie trade at Macao, 1874.
Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught in Hongkong, 1890.
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