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MOON'S PHASES.

THE CALENDAR FOR 1889.

APRIL-30 DAYS.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.

d.

h.

m.

ᎦᎵᏟ .

First Quarter

8

9

23 40

P.M.

Maximum

Full Moon

16

5

54 46

A.M.

Minimum

1887.

1888.

....82.2

85

..56.5

59

Last Quarter

22

9

31 48

P.M.

Mean, 1888.... .72

New Moon

30

9

41 40 A.M.

BAROMETER, 1888.

Max.

30.7

Min.

29.81

•

APOGEE, 6 days, PERIGEE, 18 days,

0 hour, noon. 9 hours, A.M.

1887. 5.640 inches.

RAINFALL.

1888. 6.95 inches.

DAYSON DAYS OF 3 and 4

WIEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Mon.

1

2

Tues. 2

3

Wed

3

4

Thur

5

Fri

5

6

Sat.

6

7

Sun.

7

8

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

The port of Hoihow, fainau, opened, 1876. Hongkong joins the Postal Union, 1877.

The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu, and Ichang opened, 1877.

Prince Kung degraded by the Empress Dowager, 1865.

Tung-chi, late Emperor of China, born, 1857. Protocol arranging the preliminaries of

peace between France and China signed at Paris, 1885.

Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1817. Coolie mutiny on board the Italian

ship" Therese," 1889.

Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission

of Europeans into the city of Canton, within two months, 1842.

5th in Lent. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866.

Mon.

8

9

Arrival of M, Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886.

Tues.

9

10

Wed. 10 11

Ki-ying appointed Imperial Commissioner, 1842.

Thur. 11 12

Terrific tornado in Canton ; 2,000 houses destroyed, and 10,000 lives lost, 1878.

Frid. 12 13

Sat. 13 14

Sun. 14 15

15 16

You. Tues. 16 17

Wed. 17 18

Thur.

18 19

Frid. 19

Sat.

20

20 21

Sun. 21

22

Mon. 22 22

37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738.

Palm Sunday. Yih-shan, Lung-wan, and Ki-kung arrived in Canton to command Chinese

troops, 1841.

St. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552.

Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872.

Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1971. Arrival of Prince Heinrich of Germany in

Shanghai, 1890.

Convention between China and Japan settling Corcan differences signed at Tientsin,

1985. The O. & O. steamer San Pablo wrecked near Turnabout, 1828.

Good Friday. The “Sir Charles Forbes,” the first steamer in China waters, arrived,

1830.

Baster Sunday. H.M.S."Salamis" returned to Hankow from Upper Yangtsze, 1869. East India Co. ceased trade with China, 1834. Arrival of Governor J. Pope Hennessy

in Hongkong, 1877.

St. George's Day.

Revolt on board the "Tamaris," captain killed by the coolies, 1870.

St. Mark's day. Capture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonquin, by the French forces, 1882. Signature at Tientsin of the Franco-Chinese Commercial Treaty relating to Tonquin, 1886. Departure of Sir William Marsh, acting Governor of Hongkong, from that Colony, 1887. The second Dutch Embassy arrived at Canton from Peking, 1796. Foundation stone

of New Central School, Hongkong, laid, 1884.

Toes.

23 24

led. 24

25

ย

Thur.

25

26

Fri.

26

27

Est.

27

28

Sun.

28

29

Mon.

29

30

Tues.

30

1 Arrival of General Grant in Hongkon

2 2 2

Low Sunday. Ratifications of Corean treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy

Council for Japan constituted by Imperial decree, 1888.

879.