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THE CALENDAR FOR 1890.

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APRIL-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.

d. h. m.

sec.

1888.

1889.

Full Moon

5 5 0

44

P.M.

Maximum

85

81

Last Quarter

12

6

29

41

P.M.

Minimum

....59

63

New Moon

19

3

41 45

P.M.

First Quarter 27

0 27 46 P.M.

BAROMETER, 1889.

Max.

30.10 Min.

29.79

PERIGEE, 14 days, APOGEE, 27 days,

2 hours, A.M. 2 hours, A.M.

1888. 6.95 inches.

RAINFALL.

1889.

12.27 inches.

12

13

Thur.

14

Fri.

4

15

Sat.

5

16

Sun.

6

17

Mon.

7

18

Tues.

8

19

DAYS OF DAYS OF 2 Int. &3j WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Tues.

Wed.

1 2 30 7 10 co

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

The port of Hoihow, Hainan, 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.

Good Friday. 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, 1847. Coolie mutiny on board the Italian

ship "Therese," 1868.

Easter Sunday. 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. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866.

Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886.

Wed.

9

20

Thur. 10

21

Ki-ying appointed Imperial Commissioner, 1842.

Frid. 11

22

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

Sat.

12

23

Sun.

13

Mon.

14

સેન્સ

24

25

Tues. 15

26

Wed. 16

Thur.

17

ט ט

27

28

Frid. 18

29

Sat.

19

1

37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738.

Low 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, 1871, Arrival of Prince Heinrich of Germany in

Shanghai, 1880.

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

1885. The O. & O. steamer San Pablo wrecked near Turnabout, 1888.

The "Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, ́arrived, 1830.

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

Wed.

2228

20

2

2nd after Easter.

21

3

4

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.

23

St. George's Day.

Thur.

24

6

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

Fri.

25

7

Sat.

26

8

Sun.

27

9

Mon.

28

10

Signature at

Capture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonquin, by the French forces, 1882.

Tientsin of the Franco-Chinese Commercial Treaty relating to Tonquin, 1888. 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.

3rd after Euster.

Ratifications of Corean treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy Council for Japan

constituted by Imperial decree, 1988.

Tues.

29

11

Wed.

30

12

Arrival of General Graut in Itongkong, 1879.