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THE CALENDAR FOR 1887.

MARCH-31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES,

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.

d. h. m. sec.

1885.

1886.

First Quarter

Full Moon

3 8 43 10 4 9

48 A.M.

Maximum

75

77

49

..M.

Minimum

51

55

Last Quarter 16 9 New Moon

18

41

P.M.

24 11 45 47

P.M.

Max.

BAROMETER, 1886.

30.220 Min. ...... 29.810

8 hours, A.M.

1885. 2.470 inches.

RAINFALL.

1886. 2.590 inches.

APOGEE, 24 days, 3 hours, A.M. PERIGEE, 10 days,

DAYS OF DAYS OF 2 and 3 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

201

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

St. David's day, H.M. steamer "Inflexible," with Viceroy Yeh on board arrived at Singapore en route for Calcutta, 1858.. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885. First Dutch Embassy lest China, 1657.

Imperial Decree sentencing Ch'ung How to death by decapitation, 1880.

Collision between the "Ocean" and "Fusing," and loss of the latter with many lives,

1875.

Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.

2nd in Lent. 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 ijer, was burnt at sea by the coolies, 1867.

Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Roll at Shanghai, 1872.

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. Opering of new German Bethesda Chapel, Hongkong, 1881. Capture of Bacninh, Tonquin, by the French, 181.

3rd in Lent, "Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.

8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1812.

Outrage on French Sailors in Japan, 1868.

Governor Sir II. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865.

Tues.

1

7

Wed.

8

Thur.

3

9

Frid.

4

10

Sat.

5

11

Sun.

6

12

Mon.

7

13

Tues.

8

14

Wed.

9

15

Thur. 10

16

Frid. 11

17

Sat.

12

18

Sun.

13

19

Mon.

14

20

Tues. 15

21

Wed. 16

22

Thur. 17

23

Frid. 18

24

Sat.

19

25

Sun.

20

26

4th in Lent.

Mon.

21

27

Tues.

22

28

Wed.

23

29

Thur. 24

30

Frid. 25

1

Sat.

26

2

Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.

Sun.

27

3

Mon. 28

4

Tues. 29

5

Wed. .30

6

Thur,

31

7

Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.

Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794. Wreck of the British steamer "Brecon-

shire" on the White Rocks, near Swatów, 1986.

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. Loss of the Indo- China ste mer "See Wo" on the Shang Rock, Taichow group, 1886.

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, 1834. H.M.S. "Salamis'

and H.M. gunboat Opossum, "with the Shanghai Chamber Deputies, left Hankow to explore the Upper Yangtsze, 1809.

Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, II B.M. Minister to China, 1885. Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839, Death of Major-General Brunker, commander-in-chief of II.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.

Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in

Canton, 1839.

5th in Lent. Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Death of the Hon,

H.A. K. Whampoa, C.M.G., M.L.C., at Singapore, 1880.

20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1835. Wreck of the" Yuen-tze-fee" near Amoy,

1875,

Memorial of Shanghai Chamber of Commerce to Lord Elgin, 1858. Seizure and occupa-

tion of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1895.

Attack upon the British bark Elizabeth Childs," by Chinese pirates al out 40 miles from Hongkong, 1879. Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883. Inauguration of new British Consulate at Shanghai, 1873, Abolition of the Coolie trade

at Macao, 1874. Great Fire at Foochow; 500 houses destroyed, 1879.