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THE CALENDAR FOR 1887.
JANUARY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d. h. M.
1885.
1886.
sec.
First Quarter 2 Full Moon 10 Last Quarter 16
16 10 New Moon
7
56
4.5
P.M.
6
8 43
A.M.
Maximum Minimum
.70
73
.48
44
58
58 40 P.M.
24 10
37
37 41 A.M.
PERIGEE, 12 days, 2 hours, P.M. APOGEE, 28 days, 3 hours, P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 12 & 1
WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Sat.
1
8
Sun.
2
9
Mon.
3
10
Tues.
4
11
Wed.
5
12
Thur,
6
13
Frid.
7
14
Sat.
8
15
Sun.
9
16
Mon. 10
17
Tues. 11
18
Wed. 12
19
Thur.
13
20
Frid.
14
21
Sat.
15
22
Sun.
16
23
Mon. 17
24
Tues, 18
25
Wed.
19
26
Thur. 20
27
Frid. 21
22
28
Sat. Sun. 23 30
29
Mon.
24
1
Tues.
25
2
Wed.
26
3
Thur.
27
4
Frid.
28
5
Sat.
29
6
Sun.
30
7
Mon.
31
8
2 2
BAROMETER, 1886.
Max. ......30.400 Min. ......29.79
1885. 0.870 inch.
RAINFALL. 1886.
2.015 inches.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Hyogo and Osaka opened, 1868. Overland Telegraph through Russia opened, 1372, 2nd after Christmas. 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 elec- tion by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce of a member of the Legislative Council, 1884. Lin Tai-hsu appointed Commissioner, 1839. LiSing-yuen appointed Imperial Commis.
sioner in Kwangsi, 1851.
Great Fire at Tokyo, 1870. 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. 1st after Epiphany. Murder of Mr. Holworthy at the Peak, 1869, Marriage of the
Mikado of Japan, 1889. Several chests 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.
Ki-ying, Viceroy of Kwang-tung and Kwang-si, issues a proclamation recommending moderation in dealing with foreigners, and intimating the intention of opening up Canton according to the Treaties, 1846.
Secretary of American Legation murdered at Tokyo, 1871.
Bread poisoning in Hongkong, by Chinese baker Alum, 1857. Telegraph cable between
Japan and Corea opened to traffic, 1884.
2nd after Epiphany.
Great Gunpowder explosion in Hongkong harbour, 1867.
Elliot and Kishen treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841. Sailors' Home at Hongkong formally opened, 1863. The Frederic" burnt by the Coolies, 1870. Chung How and Suite returned to China from France, 1872.
Attack on Lieut. Kerr and the boat of the "Cockchafer" at Swatow, 1869. The Chinese Ambassadors arrived in London, 1877. The British steamer "Corinth "
sunk near Ockseu, by collision with the British gunboat “Firebrand,” 1886, 3rd after Epiphany. P. & O. steamer "Niphon " lost off Amoy, 1868. 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 Tokio; 10,000 houses destroyed and many lives lost,1881, Establishment of Amoy Chamber of Commerce, 1875. British str. "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. Wreck of the steamer " Chinking" near Quemoy, with loss of life, 1884.
4th after Epiphany. Lord Saltoun left China with $3,000,000 ransom money, 1846. Loss of the C. M. Oo.'s str. "Howaang" off Dodd Island, near Amoy, 1878,
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