THE CALENDAR FOR 1889.
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
First Quarter 9 12 34 40
d.
h.
m.
sec.
1887.
1888.
P.M.
Maximum
70
69
Full Moon Last Quarter
16
5 3 41
A.M.
Minimum...
.42.8
41
23
4 43 48 A.M.
Mean, 1888... ...55
BAROMETER, 1888.
Max. .....
30.34
Min. ......29.95
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APOGEE, 9 days, PERIGEE, 24 days,
9 hours, P.M.
10 hours, P.M.
1887. 1.895 inches.
RAINFALL. 1888.
3.97 inches.
Z
1
DATE OF DAYS OF WIII. MONTH. Moon.
Frid.
1
2
Bat.
2
3
Sun.
3
4
Mon.
5
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to
Chefoo Convention came into force, 1-87.
Letters from the Imperial Commissioner Lin to H.B.M the Queen, complaining of the persistency of her subjects in sending Opium to China, 1840. The new German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872.
› stk after Epiphany.
Grest robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865.
Tues.
5
&
The Spanish brig
Wed.
"Nuevo Lepantɔ," on her way from Hongkong to Macao, was. taken by two pirate junks near Lantno, 1865,
7
Tbar.
8
Frid.
8
9
Sat.
✪
9
10
Sun.
10
11
11
F
5th after Epiphany.
12
Mon.
Tues. 12
க
13
13 14
141 15
16
The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for
the burning of the Spanish brig “Bilbaino," 1840.
The "Therese," 62 days after her departure, while in sight of land, was taken by the
coolies, who killed the officers and crew, 1868.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the
purpose of taking Formosa, 1626,
The “Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew,
and 250 coolies missing, 1857.
Death of Emperor Kien-lung, 1795. Ki-chen received at Canton a decree from Emperor
Tao-kwang rejecting conditions of peace agreed upon by him with the English, 1841. The Allied Commissioners at Canton send a letter to the Secretary of State at Peking recommending the advisability of appointing a Plenipotentiary to settle the difficulties at Shanghai, 1858.
Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875.
St. Valentine's day. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. Macdonnel (
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
15
|
Sat.
16
17
San.
17
18
Mon. 18
19
Tues.
19
20
Wed.
20
21
Thur.
21
22
Frid. 22
23
Eat.
23
24
843.
24
25
Mon.!
25
26
Tues. 26
Wed.
Ta.
27
2 2 2 2
285
27
28
28
29
1872.
Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. Telegraph cable between Japan and Coron opened to traffic, 1881. The Chinese frigate Yu-yuen and corvette Chin-ckeng sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885.
Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong
founded, 1984. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887. Septuagesima.
The U. 8. paddle man-of-war “Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, neme Swatow, 1883. Telegraphic communication between Haiphong and Saigon established, 1884.
Lord Amberst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the Java Sea
1817.
Outrage on Sir Harry Parkes in Japan, 1868.
Medical Missionary Society organised at Canton, 1838. Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s
Consular service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875. The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).
Beveral chests of Opium publicly burnt at Canton, 1635. Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer “Queen captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1887.
Sexagesima. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotsai" between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1840.
Rewards offered for Englishmen by Lin, 1841.
Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremmer, 1841. A Chinese Opium mer- chant was executed by order of Viceroy of Canton before the factories. The foreign Consuls hauled down their flags, 1841. Hongkong police chop burnt, 1884.
Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1976. Evacuation of Port
Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
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