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THE CALENDAR FOR 1887.
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
First Quarter 2
Full Moon
Last Quarter New Moon 23
HONGKONG TEMPERATUre.
d.
h.
1885.
1886.
m.
sec.
7
56
56 45
P.M.
Maximum
69
64
8
5
50
43 P.M.
Minimum..
47
44
15
9 8 40 4 76 42
A.M.
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1886.
Max. ......30.330 Min.......29.890
PERIGEE, 9 days, APOGEE, 25 days,
18 hours, P.M. 2 hours, A.M.
1885. 2.700 inches.
RAINFALL.
1886. 1.535 inches.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 1 and 2
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Tues.
1
9
Wed.
2
10
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
4 15 4
3
11
4
12
5
13
Sun.
6
14
Mon.
7
15
Tues.
8
16
Wed.
9
17
Thur,
10
18
Frid.
11
19
Sat.
12
20
Sun.
13
21
Mon.
14
22
Tues.
15
23
Wed.
16
24
Thur.
17
25
Frid.
18
26
Sat.
19
27
Sun. 20
28
Mon.
21
29
Tues.
22
30
Wed,
23
1
Thur.
24
2
Frid.
25
3
Sat.
26
4
Sun.
27
5
Mon.
28
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Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 18-11.
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, 1872.
Great robbery in the Central Bank discovered, 1865,
The Spanish brig "Nuevo Lepanto," on her way from Hongkong to Macao, was taken
by two irate junks near Lantao, 1865.
Septuagesima, The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from
the Chinese for the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1840.
The "Therese," 62 days after her departure, while in sight of land, was taken by the
coolies, who killed the officers and crew, 1868,
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the
purpose of taking Formosa, 1626.
The "Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew,
and 250 coolies missing, 1857.
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Death of Emperor Kien-lung, 1795, Ki-chen received at Canton a decree from Emperor Tao-kwang rejecting conditions of peace agreed upon by him with the English, 1841. Loss of the Douglas Co.'s steamer Douglas on the White Rocks, near Swatow, 1886. The Allied Commissioners at Canton send a letter to the Secretary of State at Peking recommending the advisability of appointing a Plenipotentiary to settle the difficulties at Shanghai, 1858,
Sexagesima. Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875.
St. Valentine's day. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell, 1872, Loss of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s steamer "Taiwan," in the Formosa Channel,
1879.
Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. Telegraph cable between Japan and Corea opened to traffic, 1881. The Chinese frigate Fu-yuen and corvette Chin-cheng sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885.
Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855, Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,
founded, 1884.
The U. S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot” wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, pear Swatow, 1883. Telegraphic communication between Haiphong and Saigon established, 1884. Lord Amberst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the Java Sea, 1817. Quinquagesima. Outrage on Sir Harry Parkes in Japan, 1868.
Medical Missionary Society organised at Canton, 1838. Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s
Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875. Shrove Tuesday. The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).
Ash Wednesday. Several chests of Opium publicly burnt at Canton, 1835. Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer "Queen" captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867.
Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotsai" between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1840.
Rewards offered for Englishmen by Lin, 1841.
Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremmer, 1841. Chinese Opium merchant was executed by order of Viceroy of Canton before the factories. The foreign Consuls hauled down their flags, 1841. Hongkong police chop burnt, 1884. lat in Lent. Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1876, Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
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