THE CALENDAR FOR 1887.
JUNE--30 DAYS.
11.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d. h. m. gec.
1885. 1886.
Full Moon
6 6
14
43
A.M.
Maximum
90
87
Last Quarter 13
9
10 48
P.M.
Minimum
76
73
New Moon
21 First Quarter 28 5 37 40 P.M.
6
28 48
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1886.
Max.
29.970 Min. .............. 29.580
PERIGEE, 2 days, 8 hours, P.M. APOGEE, 14 days, 8 hours, P.M. PERIGEE, 28 days, 3 hours, P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF Int. & 5 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
HQ CO H
1
10
2
11
3
12
4
13
Sun.
5
14
Mon.
6
15
Tues.
Wed.
1 00
7
16
8
17
Thur.
9
18
Frid.
10
19
Sat.
11
20
Sun.
12
21
Mon.
13
22
Tues.
14
23
Wed.
15
24
Thur.
16
25
Frid.
17
26
Sat.
18
27
Sun.
19
28
1885. 31.360 inches.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1868.
Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871.
Earthquake at Manila destroying the town and killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863. Ratification of Treaty between Brazil and China, 1882. Death of Sir Arther Kennedy,
1683.
Treaty between France and Korea signed at Seoul, 1886.
Trinity. Departure of the first etesmer of the Occidental and Oriental Co.'s line from
Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875.
Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroyed, and many lives
lost 1864. Amended French treaty with Annam signed, 1884.
British ship "Tricolor" lost on the Pratas, 1868,
Corpus Christi. Attempt to destroy by fire the British fleet in Canton river, 1840.
Treaty of Peace between France and Čhina signed at Tientsin, 1885.
Typhoon at Formoss; loss of several vessels, 1876.
St. Barnabas. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.
1st after Trinity. Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872. Loss of steamer
Marlborough near Hainan Head, 1884.
British steamer " Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser,
1875.
Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728.
British bark "Cæsar" and Danish schooner "Carl" taken by pirates off Pedro Branca,
1866. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867.
Woosung taken, 1812.
Loss of the M. M. steamer "Meikong" on Ras Haffoon, near Cape Guardafui, 1877.
French Supplementary Convention with Cambodia signed, 1881.
Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed, and 10 wounded, 1862.
Disastrous inundation at Foochow, two thousand lives lost, 1877.
2nd after Trinity. Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.
RAINFALL.
1886. 8.875 inches.
Mon,
20
29
Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.
Tues. 21
1
Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.
Wed. 22
2
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.
Thur.
23
3
Frid. 24
4
Sat.
25
5
Sun.
26
6
Mon. 27
7
Tues. 28
8
Wed. 29
9
Thur. 30
10
C
Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1813. Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1874. French troops surprised by Chinese near Langon, 1884. Wreck of P. M. steamer City of Tokio”” off Cape Sagami, Japan, 1885.
•
St. John the Baptist. Midsummer day. Chinese merchants in Hongkong sent petition to Her Majesty, with reference to the Blockade of the Colony by Customs cruisers, 1874.
Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862. Treaty
between China and Peru, also Convention for China Commission to Peru, 1874.
3rd after Trinity Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858, Decree
respiting Ch'ung How, 1880.
Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert”
by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866.
The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873. First sitting, at Hongkong, of the Joint Opium Commission appointed under the Chefoo Convention, 1886.
British expedition to C! 'na arrived, 1840. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and
Woosung railway, 1876.