THE CALENDAR FOR 1534.
JANUARY---31 DAYS.
PERIGEE, 9 days, 12 hours, r.M. APOGEE, 21 days, 6 hours, p.3.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
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THE CALENDAR POR 1884.
FEBRUARY-29 DAYS.
Moon's PHASES.
1882.
Maximum.... Minimum
1853.
.73 .45
Maximum. Minimum.
.71
d.
h.
ዝ. aec.
48
First Quarter
1
33 42 P.M.
BAROMETER, 1883.
Maximum.
DAYS DAYS
.30.504
Minimum. ..........29.812
Full Moon
11 0 23 49
P.M.
Last Quarter
New Moon
d. h. 772. sec.
19 10 48
26
2 11
47 A.M.
40 A.D.
DAYS
DAYS DATS
DAYS
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
Memoranda.
13th & 1st
WEEK. MONTH.MOONS.
OF THE
OF THE OF THE
1st & 2nd WEEK. MONTH, MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events,
Tues.
1
4
Wed,
Thur.
Frid.
4
7
Sat.
5
8
Sun.
6
9
Mon.
7
10
Tues,
11
Wed.
9
12
Thur. 10
13
Frid.
11
14
Sat.
12
15
Sun.
13
16
Mon.
14
17
Tucs.
15
18
Wed. 16
19
Thur. 17
20
Frid. 18
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Sat.
19
Sun,
20
Mon. 21
Tues, 22
Wed. 23
~ 2 2
22
23
24
Thur. 24
Frid. 25 28
2 2 2 2 8 ONA J
25
26
27
Sat.
26 29
Sun.
27 30
Mou.
28
1
4
Tues.
29
Wed.
30
3
Thur.
31
4
Frid.
1
5
Sat.
~
2
6
Sun.
3
7
Mon.
4
Tues.
5
9
Wed.
6
10
Thur.
7
11
Frid.
8
12
Sat.
9
13
Sun.
10
14
Mon.
11
15
Tues.
12
16
Wed.
13
17
Thur,
14
18
Frid.
15
19
Sat.
16
20
Sun.
17
21
Mon. 18
22
Tucs. 19
23
· Wed.
20
24
Thur.
21
25
Frid.
22
26
Sat.
23
27
Sun.
24
28
Mon,
25
29
Tucs,
26
30
Wed.
27
1
Thur. 28
2
Frid. 29
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Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1811.
Letters from the Imperial Commissioner Lin to H.B.M. the Queen, complaining of the persistency of her subjects in sending Opium to China, 1810, The new German Club at Hongkong opened, "1878.
4th after Epiphany,
Great robbery in the Central Bank discovered, 1965. Outrage on Foreigners at Kobe, Japan, 1968. Loss of the C. M, Co.'s steamer Kiangebang' on the Porpoise rock, in the Yangt zo, 1978,
The Spanish briguero Lepanto," on her way from Hongkong to Maeso, was taken
by two pirate jinks near Lantan, 1805.
The Spanish Envoy Haleon arrived at Macao to deinand satisfaction from the Chines
for the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1910.
The "Therese, 62 days after her departure, white in sight of land, was taken by the
coolies, who killed the officers and crew, 1869.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the
purpose of taking Formosa, 1620, Great fire at Ponchow, 1869,
The Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew,
and 250 coolies missing, 1857.
Septuagesima,
Death of Emperor Kien-lung in the 60th year of his reign, 1795. Ki-chen received at Canton a decree from Emperor Tao-kwang rejecting the conditious of peace agreed apon by him with the English, 1841,
The Allied Commissioners at Cantou send a letter to the Secretary of State at Peking recommending the advitability of appointing a Plenipotentiary to settle the difficulties at Shanghai, 1859.
Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Onol, 1975.
St. Valentine'sday. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. O. Macl'onnell, 1572.
Loss of Measri, D. Lapraik & Co.'s steamer "Taiwan," in the Formosa Channel, 1879, Ports of Hongkong and Tingbai declared froe, 1841.
Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1955..
Seragesima.
The U. S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near
Swatow, 1983.
Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the Java 8ca, 1917, Outrage on Sir Harry Parkes in Japan, 1869. Mr. Hoshi Toru, a Japanese barrister
admitted to practise in the Supreme Court at Yokohania, 1978. Medical Missionary Society organised at Canton, 1838, Mr. A. R. Margary, of HI.B.M.'s
Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyno, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1975, The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years). Opening of the case Regina v,
Page at Canton, 1841.
Beveral chests of Opium publicly burnt at Canton, 1835. Hostilities between England and Chias recommenced, 1941. Steamer "Queen" captured and burnt by pirates, 1957, First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867.
Quinquagesima. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841.
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1819.
Rewards offered for Englishmen by Lin, 1811.
Shrove Tuesday. Bogae Forts (Canfon) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremmer, 1841. A
Chinese Opium merchant was executed by order of Viceroy of Canton before the factories The foreign Conals hauted down their flags, 1841.
Ash Wednesday. Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1976, Sir MacDonald Stephenson's China railway project published, 1881, Capture of the Sula
capital by the Spaniards, 1976,