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THE CALENDAR FOR 1891

WEEK

1

27

Sat.

2

28

Sun.

3

29

Mon.

30

Tues.

5

1

Wed.

6

2

Thur.

3

Frid.

8

4

AUGUST-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

2nd

18th

......5h. 33m. .........5h. 39m.

6h. 39m.

1889

1890

6h. 28m.

MOON'S PHASES

Maximum

Minimum

.90

90

.....

.78

72

d. h. m.

sec.

New Moon

5 0

48

43

A.M.

47

46

BAROMETER, 1890

A.M.

20

5

4 43

A.M.

Max......29.95

Min.......29.03

7

45 43 P.M.

6 hours, P.M.

5 hours, A.M.

1889

18.14 inches

RAINFALL

1890

12.14 inches

First Quarter 13 4 Full Moon Last Quarter 26

APOGEE, 8 days, PERIGEE, 21 days,

DAYS OF DAYS Or | 6 and 7

MONTH Moons

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

Mr. T. F. Wade, C.B., appointed H.B.M. Minister at Peking, 1871. Peh-tang occupied

by the Allied forces, 1959.

10TII AFTER TRINITY.

Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.

Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796. Bombardment of Kelung by French, 1884.

Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.

British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.

Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul at Hakodate, 1874.

Sat.

9

5

11TH AFTER TRINITY. British troops landed at Nanking, 1842.

Sun.

10

6

Sir H. Pottinger arrived at Hongkong, 1841. Destructive typhoon at Foochow, 1888.

Mon.

11

7

Tues.

First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who

suggested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.

12

8

Wed.

13

9

174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842.

Thur.

14

10

Frid.

Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860.

15

11

Sat.

Great Fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tls. 1,500,000,

1879.

16

12

Sun.

12TH AFTER TRINITY. British trade at Canton stopped by Hong merchants, 1934.

treaty with Siam signed, 1856.

French

Mon.

17

13

18

14

Tues.

19

Wed.

20

Thur.

21

Frid.

Sat.

2222

15

16

17

18

23

Sun.

Mon.

24

Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

31

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19

20

21

26

22

27

23

28

24

Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Dutch treaty with Japan

signed, 1858. Great fire in Hongkong, 1868.

First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the "Cornwallis,

Nanking, 1842. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1880. Emperor Hien Fung died, 1861.

Governor Amiral (Macao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer "Spark" by pirates between Canton and Macao, 1874. Telegraph line to Peking opened, 1884.

13TH AFTER TRINITY. Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military con-

tribution, 1864. Chinese fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884. Wreck of the C. N. Co's. str. "Tientsin near Swatow, 1887.

"

British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty between Great Britain

and Japan signed, 1858,

British left Macao, 1839,

Amoy taken by the English, 200 guns capture 1, 1841.

Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1916. Slavery abolished in British

possessions, 1833. Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1984.

29

25

Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.

30

26

27

14TH AFTER TRINITY.

Severe typhoon on Coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1948.