THE CALENDAR FOR 1891
MARCH-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
5th
.....6h. 19m.
6h. 04m.
1889
1890
20th..... .......6h. 06m.
6h. 09m.
Maximum Minimum
.72
75
54
52
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. m.
sec.
Last Quarter New Moon 10 First Quarter 17 Full Moon
4 3
13
44 A.M.
BAROMETER, 1890.
7
26
47 P.M.
Max......30.28
Min.......29.85
4
25
8
46 46 P.M. 47 49 P.M.
PERIGEE, 10 days, APOGEE, 23 days,
8 hours, A.M.
6 hours, A.M.
1889
2.49 inches
RAINFALL
1890
2.20 inches
ix
DAYS OF Days of
1 and 2
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Sun.
1
21
Mon.
2
22
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
3RD IN LENT. St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war,
1885.
First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.
Tues.
3
23
Wed.
24
Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1889.
Thur.
5
25
Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.
Frid.
6
26
Sat.
7
27
Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882.
Sun.
8
28
Mon.
9
29
Tues. 10
1
Wed.
11
2
Thur.
12
3
Frid. 13
4
4TH IN LENT. Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854.
Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and
Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.
Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.
Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner,
1841. Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.
Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.
Sat. 14
5
8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842. New
Law Courts at Yokohama opened, 1890.
Sun. 15
6
5TH IN LENT. Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865.
Mon. 16
7
Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.
Tues. 17
8
Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
Wed. 18
9
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839.
Thur. 19
10
Governor Sir. G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.
Frid. 20
11
Sat. 21
12
British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.
Sun. 22
13
Mon. 23
14
PALM SUNDAY. Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885, Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.
Tues. 24
15
Wed. 25
16
Thur. 26
17
Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in
Canton, 1839. Serious railway collision on the Tientsin-Tungku line, 1889. Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
Frid. 27
18
GOOD FRIDAY. Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Protocol of Conven-
tion between China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.
Sat. 28
19
20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839.
Sun. 29
20
EASTER SUNDAY. Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
Mon. 30 Tues.
21
Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883.
31
22
Abolition of the Coolie trade at Macao, 1874. Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught in Hongkong, 1890,
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