THE CALENDAR FOR 1888.
OCTOBER-31 DAYS.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
16
MOON'S PHASES.
d. h. m.
sec.
1886.
1887.
New Moon First Quarter 12 Full Moon 20 Last Quarter 28
5 10 10
42
P.M.
Maximum
...87
86
1 5 41 4 44 9 31
P.M.
Minimum
69
72
49
A.M.
46
46 A.M.
Max.
...... 30.
BAROMETER, 1887.
Min.
29.
PERIGEE, 7 days, APOGEE, 23 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 8 and 9 WIK. MONTH. MOONS.
3 hours, P.M. 6 hours, A.M.
1886. 2.815 inches.
RAINFALL.
1887. 2.120 inches.
Mon.
1
26
Tues.
2
27
Wed.
3
28
Thur.
4
29
Frid.
1
Sat.
6
2
Sun.
7
3
Mon.
8
4
Tues.
9
5
Wed. 10
6
Thur. 11
7
Frid.
12
8
Sat.
13
9
Sun.
14
10
Mon.
15
11
Tues.
16
12
Wed.
17
13
Thur. 18
14
Frid.
19
15
Sat.
20
16
Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882,
Sun.
21
17
Mon.
22
18
Tues.
23
19
Wed.
24
20
Thur.
25
21
Frid.
26
22
Sat.
27
23
Bun.
28
24
Mou.
29
25
Tues.
30
26
Wed.
81
27
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
The "Daily Press" started, 1857. Ting-hai captured by the English, 1841. French
landed at Kelung, 1884. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887.
Great Landslip in Tai-ping-shan, 1867. Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded
by French, 1884. Treaty between Brazil and China signed at Tientsin, 1881. Serious riot st Hongkong, 1884. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.
French expedition left Chefoo for Cores, 1886. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Voeux, K C.M.G., 187.
19th after Trinity. H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1869. Great public meeting at Hongkong to consider the increase of crime in the Colony, 1878.
Supplementary treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. Severe gale in Hongkong, 1878
French landing party at Tamsui repulsed, 1884.
Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai "taken, 1841. Fire at Canton, property destroyed
worth $4,000,000, 1851.
Lord Napier died at Macso, 1834.
The first Chinese merchant steamer (the "Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with
passengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881.
Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First Railway in Japan officially opened by
the Mikado, 1872.
20th after Trinity. "Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies
on board, 1859. Outrage on foreigners in Formosa, 1868.
Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1866.
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British
Greyhound," 1885.
str.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1881.
21st after Trinity. The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Govern-
ment, 1877.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875. Death,
at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1857,
68 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay & Wilcox, H. M. Ships "Columbine”
and "Fury," 1849.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and Chins signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured
by the allies, 1862.
In Canton 1,200 houses and 3 factories burnt, 1843.
22nd after Trinity. St. Simon and St. Jude. Terranova executed by the Chinese, 1823, Portuguese frigate "D. Maria IL” blown up at Macao, 1850.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1866.
H.R.II. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Settlement of the Formosa diffeulty
between Japan and China, 1874.
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