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THE CALENDAR FOR 1888.

APRIL-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.

d. h. m. sec.

1886.

1887.

Last Quarter New Moon

3

8 17 43 P.M.

Maximum

...80

82.2

11

4 43 47 P.M.

Minimum

..64

56.5

First Quarter Full Moon

19

26

1

7 28 42 P.M. 58 41 A.M.

BAROMETER, 1887.

Max.

30.158 Min. ...... 29.616

APOGEE, 13 days, PERIGEE, 26 days,

7 hours, a.M. 5 hours, P.M.

1886. 5.680 inches.

RAINFALL.

1887. 5.640 inches.

Sun.

1

20

Mon.

2

21

Tues.

3

22

Wed.

4

23

Thur.

24

Fri.

6

25

Sat.

7 26

DAYS OF DAYS Or 2 and 3 WIEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Easter Sunday. The port of Hoihow, Hainan, 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, 1885.

Tung-chi, late Emperor of Chins, born 1857. Protocol arranging the preliminaries of

peace between France and China signed at Paris, 1885.

Bogue Forts destroyed by General D’Aguilar, 1847. Coolie mutiny on board the Italian

ship" Therese,” 1868.

Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission

of Europeans into the city of Canton, within two months, 1842. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866.

Sun.

8

27

Low Sunday. Arrival of M, Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886.

Mon.

9

28

Tues. 10

29

Ki-ying appointed Imperial Commissioner, 1842.

Wed. 11

1

Terrifio tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed, and 10,000 lives lost, 1878.

Thur. 12

2

37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738.

Frid. 13

Sat.

14

Sun.

15

Б

Mon.

16

6

Tues. 17

7

Wed.

18

8

Thur. 19

9

Yih-shan, Lung-wan, and Ki-kung arrived in Canton to command Chinese troops, 1841.

2nd after Easter, St. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552,

Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872.

Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Arrival of Prince Heinrich of Germany in

Shanghai, 1880.

Convention between China and Japau settling Corean differences signed at Tientsin,

1985.

The "Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in Chins waters, arrived, 1830.

Frid. 20

10

Sat.

21

11

H.M.S." Salamis" returned to Hankow from Upper Yangtsze, 1869.

Bun.

22

12

Mon. 23

13

St. George's Day.

Tues.

24

14

Wed.

25

15

Thur. 26

16

Fri.

27

17

Sat.

28

18

Sun.

29

19

Mon.

30

20

3rd after Euster. East India Co. ceased trade with China, 1834. Arrival of Governor

J. Pope Hennessy in Hongkong, 1877.

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, 1888. Signature at Tientsin of the Franco-Chinese Commercial Treaty relating to Tonquin, 1886. Departure of Sir William Marsh, acting Governor of Hongkong, from that Colony, 1887. The second Dutch Embassy arrived at Canton from Peking, 1796. Foundation stone

of New Central School, Hongkong, laid, 1884.

Ratifications of Corean treaty with England exchanged, 1884.

4th after Easter,

Arrival of Genera) Grant in Hongkong, 1879.