10
THE CALENDAR FOR 1889.
Wed.
1
2
'Thur.
3
Frid.
4
Sat.
4
5
Sun.
6
Mon.
6
7
Tues.
7
8
APOGEE, 4 days, 4 hours, A.M. PERIGEE, 16 days, 2 hours, P.M. APOGEE, 31 days, 11 hours, a.m.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 4 and 5 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
23
45
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
St. Philip and St. James's day. First number of Hongkong Gazette published, 1941. Prince Heinrich of Germany visits Hongkong, 1880. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1899. Announcement of the appointment of Sir Harry Parkes as Minister to China, 1993. Suspen- sion of Oriental Bark, 1984. Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, 1954, Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking in-
augurated, 1884.
2nd after Easter. British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. The “Dolore Ugarte,” coolis ship, burnt near Macao, 1871. Ratifications of the Chefoo Convention exchanged in London, 1886.
Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874
MAY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d. h. m. sec.
1887.
1838.
First Quarter 8
2
18
45 P.M.
Full Moon
15
2
18 42
P.M.
Maximum Minimum
...88.4
87
....67.8
69
Last Quarter 22
5
29
29 41
A.M.
Mean, 1888... .78
New Moon 30 12
55
55 46
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1888.
Max.
30.6 Min. .............. 29.71
1887. 2.045 inches.
RAINFALL.
1888. 19.53 inches.
Wed.
8
9
Prince Kung's honours restored, 1865.
Thur.
9
10
Frid. 10
11
Sat.
11
12
Sun.
12
13
Mon.
13
14
Tues. 14
15
Wed. 15
16
Thur. 16
17
'Frid. 17
18
Sat.
18
19
Sun.
19
20
Mon.
20
21
Tues.
21
22
Wed.
22
23
Thur.
23
24
Frid.
24
25
Sat.
25
26
Sun.
26
27
Mon.
27
28
Tues. 28
29
Wed. 29
30
Thur.
30
1
Frid.
31
2
Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1964.
Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1985,
Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, 1880,
3rd_after_Easter. East India Co.'s garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins,
1831. Foo-yuen and Hoppo forcibly enter the Company's factory at 7 a.m., 1831. Sign. ing of the Li-Fournier Convention, 1884.
A corporal of the British Legation barbarously murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking,
1864.
Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way to Peking to as-ume the
functions of British Minister, 1886,
Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1981.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer “Izere,” 1860. Arrival of General Grant in
Shanghai, 1879,
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842.
4th after Easter. The Select Committes issued a notice that the British trade would be suspended on the first of August, 1831. Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonquin led by Commandant Riviere, and death of the latter, 1883.
Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. German barque
"Lesmona" captured by pirates in the China Sea, 1863.
Delivery of 20,283 chests Opium completed, 1839. Tornado at Taiwan, Formosa, 1878. Loss of M. M. str. “ Menzäleh” while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887. Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841. Treaty between the United States and
Corea signed at Rensan, 1882.
U. 8. A. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
Queen Victoria born, 1819. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for
Macao, 1839.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Yannan mines, 1991.
Rogation Sunday. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841.
Mr. Lindsay delivered the keys of the Company's factory at Canton to Kwan-Heep, 1831. Ascension Day. I.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to resene remainder of crew of “Velocipede,” 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1988.
Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao, 187.