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THE CALENDAR FOR 1888.

JUNE-80 DAYS.

11.

MOON'S PHASES.

d. h. m.

sec.

Last Quarter 1 8 29 44 P.M. New Moon 10 0 10 40 P.M. First Quarter 17 2 25 47 P.M. Full Moon 24 4 43 45 A.M.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.

Maximum Minimum

1886.

1887.

...87

89

..73

73.3

Max.

•

BAROMETER, 1887.

29.821 Min. ...... 29.506

APOGEE, 6 days, 5 hours, P.M.

PERIGRE, 22 days, 8 hours, A.M.

1886. 8.875 inches.

RAINFALL.

1887. 5.475 inches..

DAYS OF DAYS OF 4 and 5 WIEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Frid.

1

22

Sat.

2

23

Sum.

3

24

Mon.

25

Tues.

5

26

Wed.

6

27

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1868. New Opium Agreement between-

Hongkong and China came into force, 1887. Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871.

1st after Trinity. Earthquake at Manila destroying the town and killing more than

1,000 persons, 1863. Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1883.

Treaty between France and Kores signed at Seoul, 1896.

Departure of the first steamer of the Occidental and Oriental Co.'s line from Hongkong

to San Francisco, 1875,

Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroyed, and many lives

lost 1884. Amended French treaty with Annam signed, 1884.

Thur.

7

28

Frid.

8

29

Sat.

9

30

Sun.

10

1

Mon.

11

2

St. Barnabas. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.

Tues.

12

3

Wed.

13

Thur.

14

Frid.

15

6

Sat.

16

7

Sun.

17

8

3rd after Trinity.

Mon.

18

9

Tues.

19

10

Attempt to destroy by fire the British fleet in Canton river, 1849. Treaty of Pesce

between France and China signed at Tientsin, 1885.

2nd after Trinity. Typhoon at Formoss; loss of several vessels, 1876.

Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872.

British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser,

1875.

Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728.

British bark" Cæsar" and Danish schooner "Carl” taken by pirates off Pedro Branos,

1868. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867.

Woosung taken, 1842-

Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed, and 10 wounded, 186%.

Disastrous inundation at Foochow, two thousand lives lost, 1877.

Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.

Wed.

20

11

Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.

Thur.

21

12

Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.

Frid.

22

13

Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.

Sat.

23

14

Sun.

24

15

4th after Trinity. St. John the Baptist. Midsummer day.

Mon. 25

16

Tues. 26

17

Wed. 27

18

Thur.

28

19

Frid.

29

20

Sat.

30

21

Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1843. Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1874. French troops

surprised by Chinese near Langson, 1884,

Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862. Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858. Decree respiting Ch'ung How, 1880. Additional Convention between France and Chins signed at Feking, 1887. Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert”

by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1868.

The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873. First sitting, at Hongkong, of the Joint Opium Commission appointed under the Chefoo Convention, 1986.

British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and

Woosung railway, 1876.