THE CALENDAR FOR 1890.
I
OCTOBER-31 DAYS.
MOON'S PHASES.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
d. h. m.
1888.
1889.
sec.
Last Quarter
6
3 59
43
A.M.
Maximum
..84
87
New Moon
14
6
41
40
A.M.
Minimum
64
70
First Quarter 21
1 12
45
P.M.
Full Moon 28 7
17 49
A.M.
Max.
BAROMETER, 1889.
30.10 Min.
29.66
APOGEE, 8 days, 10 PERIGEE, 24 days, 6
hours, P.M. hours, P.M.
1888.
RAINFALL.
1889.
4.52 inches.
8.72 inches.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 8 and 9 WEEK. MONTH. MOONS.
Wed.
1
18
The "
Thur.
2-
19
Frid.
3
20
Sat.
4
21
Sun.
Mon.
15 ප
5
22
6
23
Tues.
7
24
Wed.
8
25
Thur.
9
26
Frid. 10
27
Sat.
11
28
Sun.
12
29
Mon.
13
30
Tues.
14
1
Wed.
15
2
Thur. 16
3
Frid.
17
Sat.
18
5
Sun.
19
6
Mon.
20
7
Chronology of Remarkable Events.
Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Ting-hai captured by the English, 1841- French landed at Kelung, 1881. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887 Great Landslip in Tai-ping-shan, 1867. Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded
by French, 1884.
Treaty between Brazil and China signed at Tientsin, 1881. Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.
18th after Trinity.
French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1987.
II.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1869. 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 Ilongkong, 1878.
French landing party at Tamsui repulsed, 1884.
Shanghai captured, 1811. Chinhai taken, 1841. Fire at Canton, property destroyed
worth $4,000,000, 1851. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1888. Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834.
The first Chinese merchant steamer (the "Meitoo") left Hongkong for London with
passengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881.
19th after Trinity. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1811. First Railway in Japan officially opened by
the Mikado, 1872,
"Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859,
Outrage on foreigners in Formosa, 1888.
Khanghoa, in Cores, taken by the French, 1866,
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the Britisk
str. "Greyhound," 1885.
20th after Trinity. Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861. Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882.
Tues. 21
8
The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.
Wed. 22
9
Thur. 23
10
H.R.II. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai. 1869, Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875. Death,
at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887.
58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay & Wilcox, H. M. Ships "Columbine”
and “Fury,” 1849.
Frid.
24
11
Sat.
25
12
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1841. Kahding recaptured
by the allies, 1862.
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Sun.
26
13
21st after Trinity. In Canton 1,200 houses and 3 factories burnt, 1843.
Mon.
27
14
Tues. 28
15
St. Simon and St. Jude. Terranova executed by the Chinese, 1822.
Wed. 29
16
Portuguese frigate "D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850,
Thur. 30
17
Great fire in Hongkong, 1866.
Frid.
31
18
H.R.II. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Settlement of the Formosa dimoulty
between Japan and China, 1874,
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