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MOON'S PHASES,

13

THE CALENDAR FOR 1888.

AUGUST-31 DAYS.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.

1886.

1887.

d.

༤.

M.

8ec.

8 1 57 0

21

11

40 A.M. 20 41 A.M. 56 43 P.M. 9 54 43 P.M.

Maximum

89

88.6

Minimum

77

72.9

Barometer, 1887.

Max. .... 29.836 Min.

29.526

RAINFALL.

1887. 13.155 inches.

New Moon First Quarter 15 Full Moon Last Quarter 29

APOGEE, 1 day, 2 hours, A.M. PERIGEE, 14 days, 8 hours, P.M. APOGEE, 28 days, 9 hours, P.M.

Daysor Days or 6 and 7 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

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' 8. N. Co. of their fleet from Russell & Co.

Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.

10th after Trinity. Macartney's Embassy entered Paiho, 1796. Bombardment of Kelang

by French, 1884,

Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.

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 suge

gested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1894.

11th after Trinity. Imperial decree ordering release of Ch'ung How out of deference to

Russia, 1880.

174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842. Death of Sir John Smale, late] Chief

Justice of Hongkong, in London, 1882.

Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860.

Great Fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed ; loss Tia. 1,500,000 1879. 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.

Wed.

1

24

Thur.

2

25

Frid.

26

Sat.

4

27

Sun.

5

28

Mon.

6

29

Tues.

7

30

Wed.

8

Thur.

9

2

Frid.

10

3

Sat.

11

4

Sun.

12

5

Mon.

13

6

Tues.

14

7

Wed.

15

8

Thur.

16

9

Frid.

17

10

Sat.

18

11

Sun.

19

12

Mon.

20

13

Tues.

21

14

Wed. 22

15

Thur.

23

16

Frid.

24

17

Sat.

25

18

Sun.

26

19

Mon. 27

20

Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.

Tues.

28

21

Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816. Slavery abolished in British

possessions, 1833. Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1884.

Wed. 29

22

Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.

Thur. 30

23

Frid. 31

24

Conference at Tientsin with Ki-shen, 1840.

Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848.

Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Dutch treaty with Japan

signed, 1858. Great fire in Hongkong, 1868.

12th after Trinity.

First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the “ 'Cornwallis, (

at Nanking, 1842. l'aku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860. Emperor Hien Fung died, 1881.

Governor Amaral (Macao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1879. Seizure of steamer Spark" by pirates between Canton and Macao, 1874. Telegraph line to Peking opened, 1884.

Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution, 1864. Chinese

fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884.

St. Bartholomew. Wreck of the C. N. Co.'s str. “Tisutsin " near Swatow, 1887.

British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty between Great Britain

and Japan signed, 1858.

13th after Trinity. British left Macso, 1839.