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THE CALENDAR FOR 1889.

15

OCTOBER-31 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

HongKong Temperature.

d.

h. m.

1887.

1888,

sec.

First Quarter 2

9

9 41 A.M.

Maximum

...86

84

Full Moon

9

9

1 48

A.M.

Minimum

.72

64

Last Quarter

17

8

13

13

45

A.M.

Mean, 1888..

....76

New Moon

24 10

1

49

P.M.

First Quarter 31 4

6 46

P.M.

BAROMETER, 1888.

Max.

30.31 Min. .... 29.83

PERIGEE, 1 day, APOGEE, 16 days, 4 hours, A.M. PERIGEE, 27 days, 11 hours, P.M.

11 hours, P.M.

1887.

RAINFALL.

2.120 inches.

1888. 4.52 inches.

DAYS OF DAYS OF 9 and 10 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Tues.

1

7

Wed.

2

8

Great Landslip in Tai-ping-shan, 1867.

by French, 1884.

Thur.

3

9

Frid.

4

10

Sat

5

11

Sun.

6

12

Mon.

7

13

Tues.

8

14

Wed.

9

15

Thor. 10

16

Frid.

11

17

Sat.

12

18

SUR.

13

19

Mon.

14

20

Tues. 15

21

Wed. 16

22

Thur. 17

23

Frid.

18

24

Sat,

19

25

Sun.

20

26

Moo. 21

27

Tues. 22

28

Wed. 23

29

Thur. 24

1

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

The "Daily Pres" started, 1957. Ting-hai captured by the English, 1841. French

landed at Kelung, 1884. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887.

Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded

Treaty between Brazil and Chins signed at Tientsin, 1881. Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.

16th after Trinity. French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong

of Governor Sir William Des Vœux, K C.M.G., 1:87. H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1889. 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, 1811. Fire at Canton, property destroyed

worth $4,000,000, 1851. Officiul inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1888. Lord Napier died at Macao, 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.

17th after Trinity. Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First Railway in Japan

officially opened by the Mikado, 1872.

"Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1860.

Outrage on foreigners in Formosa, 1868.

Khanghoa, in Cores, taken by the French, 1966.

8t. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British

Greyhound," 1885.

atr. **

Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861.

18th after Trinity. Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882. The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 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.

Frid. 25

2

Sat.

26

3

In Canton 1,200 houses and 3 factories burnt, 1943.

Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kabding recaptured

by the allies, 1862.

Jun.

27

4

19th after Trinity.

You. 28

5

St. Simon and St. Jude. Terranova executed by the Chinese, 1822.

Tues. 29

6

Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II.” blown up at Macao, 1850,

Wed.

30

7

Great fire in Hongkong, 1866.

Thur.

31

8

H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Settlement of the Formosa difleulty

between Japan and China, 1874.