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THE CALENDAR FOR 1859.

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.

d. h. m.

sec.

1887.

1888.

First Quarter

3 3 10

Full Moon

9

9

Last Quarter 17 12 New Moon 25 10

12

28 47 24 24 48 17 47 A.M.

47 A.M. P.M.

Maximum

90

89

Minimum

.80

71

P.M.

Mean, 1888.

.81

BAROMETER, 1888.

Max.

30.07

Min.

29.72

PERIGEE, 6 days, APOGEE, 18 days,

9 hours, A.M. 8 hours, A.M.

1887. 11.085 inches.

RAINFALL.

1888.

6.41 inches.

DAYS OF DAYS OF 8 and 9 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Sun.

1

7

Mon.

2

8

Tues.

3

9

Wed.

Thur.

45

4

10

11

Frid.

6

12

Sat.

7

13

Sun.

8

14

Mon.

9

15

Tues. 10

16

Wed. 11

17

Thur. 12

18

Frid.

13

19

Sat.

14

20

Sun.

15

21

Mon. 16

22

Tues. 17

23

1870.

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

11th after Trinity. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, died of the wounds inflicted by an assassin,

Treaty with Austria signed at Peking, 1860. Arrival of the "Vega" at Yokobama, after having discovered the North-East Passage, 1879. Terrific fire at Hankow; over 1,000 lives lost, 500 housts, 512 junks, and 2,000 sampans burned, 1857.

Forts in Canton river garrisoned by Chinese troops, 1841.

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Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Adml. Kuper, 1964. H.M.S. "Zephyr" fired on by Chinese in Kimpai Pass, 1894. Death of Tso Tsung- tang at Foochow, 1955,

H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869.

"Imogene" and "Andromache" passed the Bogue, 1834. II E. Count Rochechouart

Minister for France, left for Europe, 1872.

12th after Trinity. Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867.

Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong. 1859,

Riot by Chinese mob at Canton ; great destruction of houses and property on Shameen,

1883. Typhoon in Hongkong, steamer Taisang" driven, sbore, 1884. British gun- boat "Wasp" left Singapore for Hongkong and was seen no more, 1887.

H.I.H. the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia visited Hongkong, 1972. Convention signed

at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Grand Secretary Li Hung-chang 1×76. Public Meeting in Hongkong, with reference to the blockade of the port by the Chinese

Customs' cruisers, 1874.

13th after Trinity. Typhoon at Yokohama and Tokio, 1984. Chinese transport "Waylon ”

driven ashore on Pescadores; upwards of 370 lives lost, 1887.

New convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1981. Public meeting at

Shanghai on Franco-Chinese difficulty, 1894.

Pier and Godown Co, closed, 1873.

Wed. 18

Thur.

19

Frid. 20

22 2

24

25

4+

26

Sat.

21

27

St. Matthew.

Sun.

22

Mon.

23

2 2

28

14th after Trinity. Terrific typhoon at Swatow, 1858.

29

Tues

24

30

Wed. 25

1

Am. Brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and

Macao; many thousands of lives lost, 1974.

H.M.S. " Rattler" lost off Japan, 1868. Piratical attack on the German barque “Apen- rade," near Macao, 1869. The Satsuma rebels in Japan_routed with great slaughter, their leader, Saigo, killed, and the insurrection su pressed, 1877.

Land Regulations for Canton passed, 1871. Daring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing

Lok street, Hongkong, by armed robbers, 1878.

Thur. 26

2

Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.

Frid. 27

3

Commissioner Lin degraded, 1810.

Sat.

28

4

Yellow River burst its bank«, and changed its bed; calamitous inundation, 1837

Sun.

29

5

15th after Trinity. Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage

to shipping, 1995

Mon.

30

6

All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841.