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THE CALENDAR FOR 1890).

JUNE-30 DAYS.

MOON'S PHASES.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.

d. h. m. sec.

1888. 1889.

Full Moon

3 2

10 43 P.M.

Maximum

.88

90

Last Quarter 10 New Moon First Quarter 25

5

25 49 A.M.

Minimum

.69

74

17

5

33 33 47 P.M.

9

29 46 P.M.

BAROMETER, 1889.

Max.

29.96 Min.

29.70

PERIGEE, 5 days, APOGEE, 21 days,

6 hours, P.M. 0 hour, noon.

1888. 23.86 inches.

RAINFALL.

1889.

9.71 inches:

DAYS OF DAYS OF 4 and 5 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.

Sun.

Mon. Tues.

1 2 3

14

15

16

Wed.

4

17

Thur.

5

18

Frid.

6

19

Sat.

7

20

Sun.

8

21

Mon.

9

22

Tues.

10

23

Wed. 11

24

Thur.

12

25

Frid.

13

26

Sat.

14

27

Sun.

15

28

Mon.

16

29

Tues.

17

1

Wed.

18

2

Thur.

19

3

Frid. 20

4

Sat.

21

5

R ල

Sun. 22

6

Mon. 23

7

Tues.

24

8

Wed.

25

9

Thur.

26

10

Frid.

27

11

Sat.

28

12

Sun.

29

13

Mon.

30

14

Chronology of Remarkable Events.

Trinity. Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1868. New Opium Agreement

between Hongkong and China came into force, 1887.

Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871.

Earthquake at Manila destroying_the_town and killing more than 2,000 persons

1863. Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1883.

Treaty between France and Korea signed at Seoul, 1986.

Departure of the first steamer of the Occidental and Oriental Co.'s line from Hongkong

to San Francisco, 1875,

Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroyed, and many livos

lost, 1864. Amended French treaty with Annam signed, 1884.

1st after Trinity.

Attempt to destroy by fire the British fleet in Canton river, 1849. Treaty of Peace

between France and China signed at Tientsin, 1885,

Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876,

St. Barnabas. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.

Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872.

British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser,

1875.

Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728.

77

2nd after Trinity. British bark "Cæsar and Danish schooner "Carl" taken by pirates

off Pedro Branca, 1866, Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867. Woosung taken, 1812.

Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed, and 10 wounded, 1869

Disastrous inundation at Foochow, two thousand lives lost, 1877.

Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.

Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.

Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.

3rd after Trinity. Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.

Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1843. Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1874. French

troops surprised by Chinese near Langson, 1884.

St. John the Baptist. Midsummer day.

Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862.

Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858. Decree respiting Ch'ung How, 1880. Additional Convention between France and China signed at Peking, 1887. Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert"

by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866. Queen's Coronation, 1838.

Mh after Trinity. The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873. First sitting, at Hongkong, of the Joint Opium Commission appointed under the Chefoo Convention, 1886.

British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and

Woosung railway, 1876.