THE CALENDAR FOR 1889.
MARCH-31 DAYS.
MOON'S Phases.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d. h. m. sec.
1887.
1888.
New Moon
2 5 36
40 A.M.
Maximum
78.4
78
First Quarter 10 Full Moon Last Quarter 24 New Moon
1
35
17
44 7 23 45
A.M.
Minimum
53.8
54
P.M.
Mean, 1888... 64
31
2 30 7 23
44 45 P.M.
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1888.
Max.
30.219 Min.
29.88
1887.
RAINFALL.
1888.
2.950 inches.
10.43 inches.
APOGEE, 9 days, 4 hours, P.M. PERIGEE, 21 days, 7 hours, P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 1, 2 & 3 WEEK. MONTH, MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1835. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1687.
Quinquagesima, Imperial Decree sentencing Ch'ung How to death by decapitation, 1880.
1849.
Shrove Tuesday. Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral,
Ash Wednesday. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English,
1841.
Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882.
Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854. The “Jeddo,”
after passing A∙jer, was burnt at sea by the coolies, 1867.
Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1972.
lat in Lent. Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English
in Ningpo and Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.
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, 1881. Capture of Bacninh, Tonquin, by the French, 1×84.
Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.
8,000 Chinese_troops_routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842.
Outrage on French Sailors in Japan, 1868.
Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1965.
Frid.
1
30
Sat.
2
1
Sun.
3
2
Mon.
4
3
Tues.
5
4
Wed.
6
5
Thur.
7
6
Frid.
8
7
Sat.
9
8
Sun. 10
9
Mon.
11
10
Tues.
12
11
Wed.
13
12
Thur.
14
13
Frid.
15
14
Sat.
16
15
Sun.
17
16
Mon.
18
17
Tues. 19
18
Wed.
20
19
Thur. 21
20
Frid.
22
21
Sat.
23
22
Sun. 24
23
Mon. 25
24
Tues. 26
25
Wed. 27
26
Thur. 28
27
Frid. 29
28
Seisure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
Sat.
80
29
Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1888.
Sun.
31
1
4th in Zent. Abolition of the Coolie trade at Macao, 1874.
222
Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.
2nd in Lent. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
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, 18:39. 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 Whampoa, 1831. Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H B.M. Minister to China, 1895. 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, 1869. Death of Mr. W. F. Mayers, Chinese Secretary of H.B.M.'s Legation at Peking, at Shanghai, 1878. 3rd in Lent.
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, 1875. Protocol of Convention between
China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.
20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839.