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THE CALENDAR FOR 1889.
JANUARY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d. h. 772. sec.
1887.
1888.
New Moon
2
4
43
48
A.M.
Maximum
..69.7
73
First Quarter
9
8
16
46
A.M.
Minimum
.48.9
43
Full Moon
7
11
12 48
A.M.
Mean, 1888
61
Last Quarter 24 11 33 48
P.M.
New Moon 31 4. 45 49
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1888.
Max. ...
.30.203 Min.
29.96
1887. 8.430 inches.
RAINFALL. 1888.
0.18 inches.
Tues.
1
30
Wed.
2
1
Thur.
3
2
Frid.
4
3
Sat.
4
Sun.
6
5
Mon.
7
6
Tues.
8
7
Wed.
9
8
Thur. 10
9
Frid.
11
10
Sat.
12
11
Bun.
13
12
Mon. 14
13
Tues. 15
14
Wed. 16
15
APOGEE, 12 days, 0 hour, midnight. PERIGEE, 29 days, 2 hours, a.m.
DAYS OF DAYS of 11, 12 & 1 WEEK. MONTH. Moons.
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Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Kobe and Osaka opened, 1888. Overland Telegraph through Rassia opened, 1873,
Establishment of bonded warehouses in Shanghai 1888. The Emperor Kang-hi sends as his Envoy to the Pope the Jesuit Father Bouvet, 1706. Imperial Decree disgracing Ch'ung How issued, 1880. First election by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce of a member of the Legislative Council, 1884.
Lin Tai-hau appointed Commissioner, 1839. Li Sing-yuen appointed Imperial Commis-
sioner in Kwangsi, 1851.
First election by the Hongkong Justices of the Peace of a member of the Legislative
Council, 1884.
Decree of Emperor Tao-kwang prohibiting trade with England, 1840. Commissioner
Yeh captured, 1858.
Epiphany. Fearful fire at Tientsin, 1,400 famine refugees burnt to death, 1878.
Forts at Chuenpi taken with great slaughter, 1841.
Ice one-fourth inch thick at Canton, 1852. Gunner of the "Lady Hughes" strangled
at Canton, 1785. Execution of Li Yung-choi, the rebel leader in Kwangsi, 1880. Murder of Mr. Holworthy at the Peak, 1869. Marriage of the Mikado of Japan, 1869. Several cheats of Opium forcibly taken by the Mandarins from an English resident in
Canton, 1838. Sir R. Alcock left Hongkong for England, 1870. Seamen's Church, West Point, opened,
1872.
Tung-chi, Emperor of China, died, in the nineteenth year of his age, 1875.
lut after Epiphany. Ki-ying, Viceroy of Kwang-tung and Kwang-si, issues a pro- clamation recommending moderation in dealing with foreigners, and intimating the intention of opening up Canton according to the Treaties, 1848.
Secretary of American Legation murdered at Tokyo, 1871. Earthquake in Yunnan;
2,000 people killed, 1888.
Bread poisoning in Hongkong, by Chinese baker Alum, 1857, Telegraph cable between
Japan and Cores opened to traffic, 1884.
Thur. 17
16
Frid. 18
17
Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1867.
Sat.
19
18
Sun.
20
19
2nd after Epiphany.
Mon.
21
20
Tues. 22
21
The Chinese Ambassadors arrived in London, 1877.
Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841. Bailors' Home at Hongkong formaly opened, 1863. The "Frederic" burnt by the Coolies, 1870. Chung How and Buite returned to China from France, 1872.
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Attack on Lieut. Kerr and the boat of the "Cockchafer at Swatow, 1869. Collision near Woosung between P. & O. str. "Nepaul" and Chinese transport “Wan-nico- ching"; latter sunk and eighty lives lost, 1887.
Wed. 23
22
P. & O. steamer “Niphon " lost off Amoy, 1868.
Thur. 24
23
Frid. 25
24
Sat.
26
25
Sun.
27
26
Mon. 28
27
Tues. 29
28
Wed. 30
Thur.
29
Matheus Ricci, the Jesuit Missionary, enters Peking, 1601. U.S. corvette “Oneida”
lost through collision with P. & O, steamer "Bombay," near Yokohama, 1870. Instructions from Lord Palmerston to Lord Napier, superintendent of British Trade in China, 1834. Hongkong taken possession of, 1841. St. Paul's Church at Macao burnt, 1835. Terrific fire at Tokyo; 10,000 houses destroyed and many lives lost,1881,
3rd after Epiphany. Establishment of Amoy Chamber of Commerce, 1875. British fir.
"Carisbrooke" burned and scuttled in Hongkong harbour, 1883.
Huang-tsung-han appointed Imperial Commissioner at Canton, 1855.
Decree from Yung-ching forbidding, under pain of death, the propagation of the
Christian faith in China, 1733,
Lord Saltoun left China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1846.
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