THE CALENDAR FOR 1888.
FEBRUARY—29 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d.
h.
m. sec.
1886.
1887.
Last Quarter
5
3 1
48
A.M.
Maximum
64
70
New Moon 12
5
28
45
A.M.
Minimum.
..44
42.8
First Quarter 20 Full Moon
9 35 42
27
7 33
A.M. 46 P.M.
BAROMETER, 1887.
Max. ......30.307 Min. ......29.815
PERIGEE, 2 days, APOGEE, 18 days,
1 hour, P.M. 6 hours, A.M.
1886. 1.535 inches.
RAINFALL. 1887.
1.895 inches.
DAYSOF DAYS or 12 & 1
Wr. MoNTH. MOONS.
Wed.
1
20
Thur.
2
21
Frid.
3
22
Sat.
4
23
Sun.
5
24
Mon.
6
25
Tues.
7
26
Wed.
8
27
Thur,
9
28
Frid.
10
29
Sat.
11
30
Sun.
12
1
Mon.
13
2
Tues.
14
3
Wed.
15
4
Thur.
16
5
Frid.
17
6
Sat.
18
7
Sun.
19
8
Mon.
20
9
Tues.
21
10
Wed.
22
11
Thur. 23
12
Frid.
24
13
Sat.
25
14
Bun
26
15
Mon.
27
16
Tues.
17
Wed.
29
18
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Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to
Chefoo Convention came into force, 187.
Letters from the Imperial Commissioner Lin to H.B.M. the Queen, compisining of the persistency of her subjects in sending Opium to China, 1840. The new German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872.
Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1885.
Sexagesima. The Spanish brig "Nuevo Lepanto," on her way from Hongkong to
Macao, was taken by two pirate junks near Lantao, 1865.
The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for
the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1840.
The "Therose," 62 days after her departure, while in sight of land, was taken by the
coolies, who killed the officers and crew, 1868.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the
purpose of taking Formosa, 1626.
The "Henrietta Maria was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crews
and 250 coolies missing, 1857,
Death of Emperor Kien-lung, 1795. Ki-chen received at Canton » decree from Emperor Tao-kwang rejecting conditions of peace agreed upon by hin. with the English, 1841. Quinquagesima. The Allied Commissioners at Canton send a letter to the Secretary of State at Peking recommending the advisability of appointing a Plenipotentiary to settle the difficulties at Shanghai, 1858,
Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875.
Shrove Tuesday. St. Valentine's day. Tang Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir E.
G. Macdonnell, 1872. Ash Wednesday, Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. Telegraph cable between Japan and Cores opened to trafic, 1884. The Chinese frigate Fu-yuen and corvette Chin-cheng sank by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885.
Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong
founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.
The U. 8. paddle man-of-war “Ashuelot” wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near Bwatow, 1883. Telegraphic communication between Haiphong and Saigon established, 1884.
lat in Lent. Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in tha
Java Bea, 1817.
Outrage on Sir Harry Parkes in Japan, 1868.
Medical Missionary Society organised at Canton, 1838. Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s
Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875.
The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).
Several chests of Opium publicly burnt at Canton, 1835. Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer "Queen" captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1887.
Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotsai” between Hongkong and Maoso; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1840.
Rewards offered for Englishmen by Lin, 1841.
2nd in Lent. Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremmer, 1841. ▲ Chinese Opium merchant was executed by order of Viceroy of Canton before the factories. The foreign Consuls hauled down their flags, 1841. Hongkong police chọp burat, 1864. Treaty of peace between Japan and Cores signed at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation of Port
Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.
Capture of the Sulu éxpital by the Spaniards, 1876.
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