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THE CALENDAR FOR 1887.
MAY-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
First Quarter 1 6 36
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d.
อื่นๆ
1885.
1886.
m. sec.
Full Moon
7
Last Quarter 15
23
6
41
44 A.M. 9 37 43 3 53 44
44 A.M.
Maximum
..89
89
P.M. A.M.
Minimum
...69
69
BAROMETER, 1886.
P.M.
Max.
30.120 Min.
29.820
1885. 4.860 inches.
RAINFALL.
1886. 3.560 inches.
New Moon First Quarter 30 0 55 47
PERIGEE, 6 days, 2 hours, A.M. APOGEE, 18 days, 2 hours, A.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 4 & Int. WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
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Sun.
1
9
Mon.
2
10
Tues.
3
11
Wed.
4
12
Thur.
13
Frid.
6
14
Sat.
7
15
Sun.
8
16
Mon.
9
17
Tues. 10
18
Wed. 11
19
Thur. 12
20
Frid. 13
21
Sat.
14
22
Sun,
15
23
Mon. 16
24
Tues. 17
25
Wed. 18
26
Thur. 19
27
Frid.
20
28
Sat.
21
29
Sun.
22
30
Mon.
23
1
Tues.
24
2
Wed. 25
3
26
Thur.
Frid.
27
5
Sat.
28
6
29
7
Sun.
30
8
Mon.
Tues.
31
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Chronology of Remarkable Events.
3rd after Easter St. Philip and St. James's day. First uumber of Hongkong Gazette published, 1841. Prince Heinrich of Germany visits Hongkong, 1880. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880.
Announcement of the appointment of Sir Harry Parkes as Minister to China, 1883. Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1884. Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, 1888.
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholi~ Cathedral at Peking in-
augurated, 1834.
British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. The "Dolore Ugarte," coolie 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.
4th after Easter. British ship "Dunmail" wrecked entering Hongkong harbour, 1870.
Prince Kung's honours restored, 1865.
Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864
Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1885,
Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, 1880.
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. Signing of the Li-Fournier Convention, 1884.
A corporal of the British Legation barbarously murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking,
186-1. Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way to Peking to assume the
functions of British Minister, 1886.
Rogation Sunday. Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and
Chinx, 1881.
Loss off Amor of the French war steamer " Izere," 1860. Arrival of General Grant in
Shanghai, 1879,
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1812.
Ascension Day. The Select Committee 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, 1868.
Delivery of 20,283 chests Opium completed, 1839. Tornado at Taiwan, Formosa, 1878. Sun, after Ascension. Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841. Treaty between the
United States and Corea signed at Rensan, 1842.
U. 8. A. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863. P. & O. steamer "Benares" lost
on Fisherman's Group, 1868.
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. Imperial decree for opening of
Yunnan mines, 1884.
Murder of Mr. Blacklock on board the steamer "Douglas" at Foochow by Chinese smug
glers, 1875. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841. Loss of steamer "Posang" near Fisherman's
Group, 1884.
Whit Sunday. Mr. Lindsay delivered the keys of the Company's factory at Canton to
Kwan-Heep, 1891. HI.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. "Opossum," with Yangtsze Exploring Expedition, returned to Hankow, 1869.
Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao,
1875.
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