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THE CALENDAR FOR 1899
MARCH-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
...6h. 23m.
6h. 02m.
1897
1898.
15th
...6h. 10m.
6h. 08m.
Maximum Minimum
.....82
80
.55
53
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. m. sec.
Last Quarter 5 11 New Moon 12 3 First Quarter 19 10 Full Moon
42
47 A.M.
BAROMETER, 1898.
1
28 48 A.M. 59 48 A.M. 54 45 P.M.
Mean.....
.30.01
20
Thur.
21
Frid.
22
Sat.
4
23
Sun.
5
24
Mon. 6
25
Tues.
7
26
27
PERIGEE, 10 days, APOGEE, 22 days,
Dats or Days OF| 1 and 2
WEEK
Wed.
MONTH MOONS
123
4.46 hours, a.m. 1.43 hours, A.M.
1897
0.82 inches
RAINFALL
1898
0.17 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 Tsz Kuang
Po, 1891.
Emperor kwang-su assumes the government, 1889.
3RD IN LENT. Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macão by Governor Amaral, 1849.
Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882.
Wedl.
27
Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1898.
Thur. 9
28
Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
Frid. 10
29
Sat.
11
30
Sun.
12
1
Mon.
13
2
Tues. 14
Wed. 15
Thur. 16
5
Frid. 17
6
St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
Sat.
18
7
Lin arrived in Canton, 1830. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and
Chinhai and were repuised with great slaughter, 1842.
Governor sir K. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.
4TH IN LENT. Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as
a prisoner, 1841. Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.
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, 1880.
Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1885. Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 18886.
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839. Chungking declared
open to fore.gn trade, 1891.
Sun.
19
8
5TH IN LEST. Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.
Wreck of the steamer “Nanzing,” near Hongkong, 1891.
Mon. 20
9
British ship **Sarah,” first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1884.
Tues.
21
10
Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885.
Wed.
Thur.
223
11
12
Frid.
24
13
Sat.
25
14
Sun.
26
15
PALM SUNDAY. Great Flood at Foochow,
1874.
Mon. 27
16
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.
Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1876. Protocol of Convention between
China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887a
Tues. 28
17
20,289 chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1889.
Wed. 29
18
Thur. 30
Frid.
31
19
20
Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883. GOOD FRIDAY. Abolition of the coolie trade at Macao, 1874.
Duchess of Connaught in Hongkong, 1890,
Arrival of the Duke and