THE CALENDAR FOR 1887.
13
AUGUST-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d.
h.
1885.
m. sec.
1886,
Full Moon 4
4
16
41
A.M.
Maximum
...89
89
Last Quarter 12 New Moon
7
12
45
A.M.
Minimum
.77
77
19
1 14 46
P.M.
First Quarter 26 3 57 42
A.M.
APOGEE, 9 days, 9 hours, A.M.
PERIGEE, 21 days, 8 hours, A.M.
DAYSOF DAYS OF 6 and 7 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
BAROMETER, 1886.
Max. ...... 29.940
1885. 28.115 inches.
Min. ...... 29.610
RAINFALL.
1886. 8.955 inches.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Mr. T. F. Wade, C.B., appointed H.B,M. Minister at Peking, 1871. Peh-tang occupied by the Allied forces, 1859. Re-purchase by the China Merchants' S. N. Cổ. of their fleet from Russell & Co,
Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.
Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796. Bombardment of Kelung by French, 1994. Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871. Loss of the British steamer "Hongkong” at entrance to
Haitan Straits, 1882,
9th after Trinity. British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.
Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul at Hakodate, 1874.
British troops landed at Nanking, 1842.
Sir H. Pottinger and Admiral Parker arrived, 1841.
First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who aug.
gested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1831.
Imperial decree ordering release of Ch'ung How out of deference to Russia, 1880. Fracas between Customs officers and Chinese at Honam; a Chinese boy shot by Logan, 1883. 174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842. Death of Sir John Smale, late Chief
Justice of Hongkong, in London, 1882.
10th after Trinity. Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860,
Great Fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tls. 1,500,000, 1879. Wreck of British str. “Madras” near the Taichow Islands, 1886. Serious riot at Nagasaki between Chinese men-of war's men and the Japanese police, 1886. Second public meeting of British merchants in Canton. British trade stopped by Hong
merchants, 1834. French treaty with Siam signed, 1856.
Mon.
1
12
Tues.
2
13
Wed.
3
14
Thur.
4
15
British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.
Frid.
5
16
Sat.
6
17
Sun.
7 18
Mon.
8
19
Tues.
9
20
Wed. 10
21
Thur.
11
22
Frid, 12
23
Sat.
13
24
Sun. 14
25
Mon.
15
26
Tues. 16
27
Wed. 17 Thur. 18
28
29
Frid. 19
1
Sat.
20
2
Sun.
21
3
Mon.
22
4
Tues.
23
5
Wed. 24
6
Thur. 25
7
Frid.
26
8
British left Macao, 1839.
Sat,
Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1811.
27
9
Sun.
28
10
Mon.
29
11
Tues. 30
12
Wed.
31
13
12th after Trinity. Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816. Slavery
abolished in British possessions, 18.3. Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1881, Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842. The British steamer "Ferntower" foundered during a typhoon when on her passage from Saigon to Hongkong, with loss of all hands but two, 1886. Conference at Tientsin with Ki-shen, 1810.
Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping
at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848, Typhoon in China Sea, 1861.
Loss of the Siamese barque "Envoy," with thirty-one lives, near Woosung, 1886. Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Dutch treaty with Japan
signed, 1858. Great fire in Hongkong, 1868,
First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the "Cornwallis,”
at Nanking, 1842. Taku forta taken by the Allied forces, 1860.
11th after Trinity. Emperor Hien Fung died, 1861. Treaty between Japan and Peru
signed at Tokyo, 1873. Typhoon at Nagasaki, 1874.
Governor Amaral (Macao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870, Seizure of steamer " Spark" by pirates between Canton and Macao, 1874. Telegraph line to Peking opened, 1884. Typhoon at Amoy, 1884.
Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution, 1864. Chinese
fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884,
f
St. Bartholomew. Burning of the P. M. S. S. America," at Yokohama, 1872. British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty between Great Britain
and Japan signed, 1858. Typhoon in Southern Japan, 1884.
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