THE CALENDAR FOR 1888.
MARCH-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d. h. m.
sec.
1886.
1887.
Last Quarter
5 11
2 41
A.M.
New Moon
12 11
57
40
P.M.
Maximum Minimum
77
78.4
..55
53.8
First Quarter 21
4
19
44
A.M.
Full Moon
28 5 43 44 A.M.
Max....... 30.135
BAROMETER, 1887.
Min.
.... 29.702
......
PERIGEE, 1 day, 0 hour, midnight. APOGEE, 16 days, 10 hours, P.M. PERIGEE, 29 days, 7 hours, P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 1 and 2 WEEK. MONTH. Moons.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885. First Dutch Embassy lest China, 1857.
1886. 2.590 inches.
RAINFALL.
1887. 2.950 inches.
Thur.
1
19
Frid.
2
20
Sat.
3
21
Sun.
4
22
Imperial Decree sentencing Ch'ung How to death by decapitation, 1880, 3rd in Lent.
Mon.
23
Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.
Tues.
6
24
Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
Wed.
7
25
Thur.
8
26
Frid.
9
27
Sat.
10
28
Sun.
11
29
Mon.
12
30
Tues. 13
1
Wed. 14
2
Thur.
15
Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882.
Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854. The “Jeddo,*
after passing Anjer, was burnt at ses by the coolies, 1887.
Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpe
and Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.
4th in Lent. Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.
Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner 1841. Opening of new German Bethesda Chapel, Hongkong, 1891. Capture of Bacninh, Tonquin, 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, 1843.
Outrage on French Sailors in Japan, 1868.
Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865.
Frid.
16
4
Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1868.
Sat.
17
5
Lord Macartney's Embassy left Chins, 1794.
Sun.
18
6
Mon,
19
7
Tues, 20
8
Wed.
21
.9
Thur. 22
10
Frid. 23
11
Sat.
24
12
Sun.
25
13
Mon.
26
14
Tues. 27
15
5th in Lent. Governor of Canton accedes to the request of Captain Elliot to reside in that city, 1837. Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839. Governor Sir. G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848. Mutiny on board the coolie
ship "Robert Brown," captain and part of the crew murdered, 1852.
British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampos, 1834. Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H. B.M, Minister to China, 1885. Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. Death of Major-General Brunker commander-in-chief of H.M.'s forces in China and Japan, 1889. Death of Mr. W. F. Mayers, Chinese Secretary of H.B.M.'s Legation at Peking, at Shanghai, 1878.
Palm Sunday. Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects
imprisoned in Canton, 1839.
Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1876. Protocol of Convention between
China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.
Wed. 28
16
20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1889.
Thur. 29
17
Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
Frid. 30
18
Sat.
81
19
Good Friday. Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883, Abolition of the Coolie trade at Macao, 1874.