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THE CALENDAR FOR 1887.
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS.
HONGKONG TEMPERATure.
MOON'S PHASES.
19 40 Full Moon 30 10 56 41
d.
h.
m.
sec.
1885.
1886
Full Moon
1
5
6 49 A.M.
Maximum
....81
78
Last Quarter 9
0
38 38 40 A.M.
Minimum
...60
65
New Moon
15
3
44 44 A.M.
First Quarter 22
6
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1886.
Max.
...30.27
Min.
29.85
RAINFALL.
1886.
0.760 inch.
0.010 inch.
P.M.
PERIGEE, 14 days, 1 hour, P.M.
APOGEE, 26 days, 5 hours, A.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 9 and 10| WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Tues.
1
16
Wed.
2
17
Thur.
3
18
Frid.
4
19
Sat,
5
20
Sun.
6
21
Mon.
7
22
Tues.
8
23
Wed.
9
24
Thur.
10
25
Frid.
11
26
Sat.
12
27
Sun.
13
28
Mon.
14
29
Tues.
15
1
Wed.
16
2
Thur.
17
3
Frid.
18
4
Sat.
19
5
Sun.
20
6
Mon.
21
7
Tues. 22
8
Wed.
23
9
Thur.
24
10
Frid.
25
11
Sat.
26
12
Sun,
27
13
Mon. 28
14
Tues.
29
15
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Wed.
30
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1885.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
All Saints. The port of Quin-hon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876.
All Souls. Chinese lighthouse tender "Fei-hoo" captured by French, 1884. Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pes, 1839 Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860. 22nd after Trinity. English and French treaties promulgated by the Peking Gazette, 1880. Capt. Garcia y Garcia and Dr. Elmore appointed by the President of Peru on a Special
Mission to Japan and China, 1874.
The French repulsed at Corea, 1866. Loss of steamer "
with the captain and several of the crew, 1875.
Glengyle" on Namoa Island,
II.M.S."Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 108 only 9 saved, 1861. Death, at Hanoi, from dyseutery, of M. Paul Bert, Resident General of Annam and Tonquin, 1886.
Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864.
23rd after Trinity. Eart' quake at Shanghai, 1817.
Loss of Messrs. D. Lapraik & Co.'s str. "Douglas" in the Ilaitan Straits, 1880. Con-
vention signed between Russia and China, 1860.
II. M. gunboat "Gnat" lost on the Palawan, 1868.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred left Hongkong, 1869.
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843.
Great Fire in Ilongkong, 1867. Ch'ung How arrived in Hongkong en route for France
as special Ambassador, to explain the Tientsin Massacre, 1870. Collision on the Yangtsze between the strs.
vessels lost, 1880.
Kungwo" and
"
Hanyang;" both
24th after Trinity. Portuguese Custom hou e at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin died
1883. Gunpowder explosion at Hankow, 1867.
Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of II.M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in Japan, 1864. Great fire at Canton, 1,400 houses destroyed, 1835. Terrible boiler explosion on board
the steamer"Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877.
Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the "Bacchante" at
Woosung, 1881.
Ship "Omar Pacha "lost in China Sea, 1867,
Tremendous fire at Yokohama, 1866. Capture of Auping, Formosa, 1868. H.E. Marquis Tseng, Chinese Ambassador to Englaud, arrived in Hongkong, on his way to London, 1878.
Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839.
Advent. M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the
murder of the Frencli at Tientsin, June 21st, 1870-1871.
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867.
Murder of the captain and four men of the Britielt barque "Crofton," near Ku-lan, 1869, Sir George Bowen appointed Governor of Hongkong, 1882. Collision in Hongkong harbour between P. M, str. City of Peking and M. M. str. "Saghalien,' 1886. St. Andrew's day. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated, 1872.
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