16
THE CALENDAR FOR 1888.
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS.
HONGKONG TEMPERATube.
MOON'S PHASES.
d. h. m.
1886.
1887.
Bec.
New Moon
4
7 38
44
A.M.
Maximum
.78
77
First Quarter 10 11
51
48
P.M.
Minimum
65
60
Full Moon 18 10 51
49
P.M.
Last Quarter 27 0
56
45
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1887.
Max......30.
Min. ......29.
1886.
RAINFALL.
1887.
0.050 inches.
0.072 inches.
Thur.
1
28
Frid.
2
29
Sat.
3
30
Sun.
4
1
Mon.
5
2
Tues.
6
3
PERIGEE, 4 days, 11 hours, P.M. APOGEE, 19 days, 11 hours, A.M. ·
DAYS OF DAYS OF 9 and 10 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
All Saints. The port of Quin-hon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839.
Great fire at Swatow; several hundred houses destroyed, 1887.
23rd after Trinity. Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860,
English and French treaties promulgated by the Peking Gazette, 1880.
All Souls. Chinese lighthouse tender Fei-hoo" captured by French, 1884.
Wed.
7
4
Thur.
8
5
Frid.
9
6
Sat.
10
7
Sun.
11
8
Mon.
12
9
Tues. 13
10
Wed. 14
11
Thur. 15
12
Frid.
16
13
Sat.
17
14
Sun. 18
15
Mon.
19
16
Tues. 20
Wed. 21 18 Thur. 22' 19 Frid. 23 20
17
Sat.
24
21
Sun. 25
22
Tues.
Mon. 26
27
23
24
Wed. 28
25
Thur.
29
26
Frid.
80
27
The French repulsed at Cores, 1886. Celebration, with great pomp, of the Queen's
Jubilee in Hongkong, 1887.
Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887.
24th after Trinity. H.M.8. "Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 108 only
9 saved, 1861. Death of M. Paul Bert, Resident General of Annam and Tonquin, 1886. Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864.
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860.
H. M. gunboat "Gnat" lost on the Palawan, 1888. Destruction of the str. "Wah
Yeung" by fire in the Canton river; upwards of 400 lives lost, 1887. H.R.H. Prince Alfred left Hongkong, 1889.
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843.
25th after Trinity. Great Fire in Hongkong, 1867. Ch'ung How arrived in Hongkong
en route for France as special Ambassador, to explain the Tientsin Massacre, 1870. Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy; upwards of 800 houses destroyed, and several
hundred lives lost, 1887.
Portuguese Custom house at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin died 1833.
Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of II.M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in Japan, 1864. Great fire at Canton, 1,400 houses destroyed, 1835. Terrible boiler explosion on board
the steamer "Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877. Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the "Bacchants" at
Woosung, 1881.
26th after Trinity. Tremendous fire at Yokohama, 1888. Capture of Anping, Formoss, 1868. H.E. Marquis Tseng, Chinese Ambassador to England, arrived in Hongkong, on his way to London, 1878.
Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839. M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder
of the French at Tientsin, June 21st, 1870-1871. Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1956. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867.
Murder of captain and four men of the British barque "Crofton,” near Ku-lan, 1869, St. Andrew's day. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated, 1872.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.