THE CALENDAR FOR 1887.
Frid.
1
8
Sat.
2
9
Sun.
3
10
Mon.
4
11
Tues.
5
12
Wed.
6
13
Thur.
7
14
APRIL-30 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d.
h. m.
sec.
1185.
1886.
First Quarter
1
9 28 48
P.M.
Full Moon Last Quarter New Moon
8
P.M.
Maximum Minimum
83
80
.64
64
A.M.
1 14 49 15 11 42 48 23 4 29 42 P.M.
PERIGEE, 7 days, 8 hours, P.M.
APOGEE, 10 days, 10 hours, A.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 3 and 4 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
2 3
BAROMETER, 1886.
Max. 30.080 Min. ...... 29.775
...
1885. 14.890 inches.
RAINFALL.
1886.
5.680 inches.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
The port of Hoihow, Ilainan, opened, 1876. Hongkong joins the Postal Union, 1877
The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu, and Ichang opened, 1877.
Prince Kung degraded by the Empress Dowager, 1865,
Palm Sunday. The steamer "Hailoong" struck on Hailoong Rock, 1872.
Tung-chi, late Emperor of China, born 1857. Protocol arranging the preliminaries of
peace between France and Chins sigued at Paris, 1885.
Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1817. Coolie mutiny on board the Italian
ship" Therese," 1863.
Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission
of Europeans into the city of Canton, within two months, 1812. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866.
Fri.
8
15
Good Friday. Arrival of M, Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886.
Sat.
9
16
Sun. 10
17
Easter Sunday Ki-ying appointed Imperial Commissioner, 1812. Extraordinary fraud
on the Comptoir D'Escompte de Paris at Yokohama, 1875.
Mon.
11
18
Tues.
12
19
Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed, and 10,000 lives lost, 1878, 37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1739. Loss of M. M. steamer" Nil," 1871.
of the King of Hawaii in Hongkong, 1831.
Arrival
Wed, 13
20
Thur.
14
21
Frid. 15
22
Sat.
16
23
Sun.
17
24
Mon.
18
25
Tues. 19
26
Yih-shan, Lung-wan, and Ki-kung arrived in Canton to command Chinese troops, 1841
Loss of C. C. S. N. steamer "Haining" on a rock off Kooshan, 1878.
St. Francis Xavier left Goa for Chins, 1552.
Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Collision near Ockseu between the British gunboat "Lapwing" and the Chinese steamer Hochung;" total loss of the latter, 1981.
Low Sunday. Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Arrival of Prince Heinrich of Ger-
many in Shanghai, 1830.
Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences signed at Tientsin,
1985.
"Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830.
Wed. 20
27
Thur. 21
28
H.M.S." Salamis" returned to Hankow from Upper Yangtsze, 1869.
Frid.
22
29
East India Co.ceased trade with China, 1834. Arrival of Governor J. Pope Hennessy in
Hongkong, 1877.
Sat.
23
1
St. George's Day.
Sun.
24
2
Mon. 25
3
Tues. 26
4
Wed.
2nd after Easter. Revolt on board the " Tamaris," captain killed by the coolies, 1870. St. Mark's day. [Capture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonquin, by the French forces, 1882. Signature at Tientsin of the Franco-Chinese Commercial Treaty relating to Tonquin, 1888. The second Dutch Embassy arrived at Canton from Peking, 1796. National Exhibition at Bangkok opened by the King of Siam, 1882. Foundation stone of New Central School, Hongkong, laid, 1881.
27
5
Thur. 28
6
Ratifications of Corean treaty with England exchanged, 1881.
Fri.
29
7
Sat.
30
8
Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1979. The Great Wu Shih Shan case opened at
Foochow, 1879.
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