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WEEK

MONTH

MOONS

Mon.

1

25

Tues.

2

26

Wed.

3

27

Thur. 4

28

Frid.

5

29

Sat.

6

30

Sun.

7

1

THE CALENDAR FOR 1891

JUNE 30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

3rd 15th

.5h. 16m.

6h. 39m.

1889

1890

5h. 16m. 6h. 44m.

MOON'S PHASES

Maximum Minimum

...90

92

74

72

d. h. m. sec.

New Moon

7 0

1

48

P.M.

First Quarter 14

8

10

40

P.M.

BAROMETER, 1890

Full Moon

22

0

48 42

P.M.

Max......29.89

Min.......29.55

29

6

52 41 A.M.

5 hours, A.M. 9 hours, A.M.

1889

9.71 inches

RAINFALL

1890

14.82 inches

Last Quarter

PERIGEE, 1 day, APOGEE, 14 days, PERIGEE, 26 days,

DATS OF DAYS OF 4 and 5

2 M

Co

1 hour, P.M.

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

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

Hongkong and Chína came into force, 1887.

Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871.

Earthquake at Manila killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863. Death of Sir Arthur

Kennedy, 1883.

Treaty between France and Korea signed at Seoul, 1888.

Departure of the first O. & O. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875.

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

lost, 1864.

2ND AFTER TRINITY.

Mon,

8

2

Tues. 9

3

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

between France and China signed at Tientsin, 1885.

Wed. 10

Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876.

Thur. 11

5

Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.

Frid. 12

6

Opening of the first Railway in Japan, 1872,

Sat.

13

7

Sun.

14

8

Mon.

15

9

British steamer “Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser, 1875.

3RD AFTER TRINITY. Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728.

British bark "Cæsar" and Danish schooner "Carl” taken by pirates off Pedro Branca,

1866. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867.

Tues.

16

10

Woosung taken, 1842.

Wed. 17

11

Thur. 18

12

Frid. 19

13

Sat.

20

14

Explosion of the Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed, and 10 wounded, 1862.

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

Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.

Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793.

Sun. 21

15

4th After TRINITY. Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.

Mon. 22

16

Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.

Tues. 23

17

Wed.

24

18

Thur. 25 Frid. 26

25

19

20

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

surprised by Chinese near Langson, 1884.

Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862. Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858. Additional Convention

between France and China signed at Peking, 1887.

Sat.

27

21

Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert"

by the British Consul and Custoins at Canton, 1866.

Sun. 28

Mon.

8828

22

5TH AFTER TRINITY. Queen's Coronation, 1838.

29

23

The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873.

Tues. 30

24

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

Woosung railway, 1876.