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THE CALENDAR FOR 1891

Thur.

1

29

Frid.

2

30

Sat.

1

Sun.

2

Mon.

5

3

Tues.

6

Wed.

7

5

Thur. 8

6

Frid.

9

7

Sat.

10

8

Sun. 11

9

Mon. 12

10

Tues. 13

11

Wed. 14

12

OCTOBER-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st 17th

.5h. 53m.

..........5h. 59m.

5h. 47m. 5h. 32m.

MOON'S PHASES

Maximum Minimum

1889

1890

.....87

...70

94

72

d.

h. m. sec.

New Moon

3 8

33 49 A.M.

6

32

48

A.M.

BAROMETER, 1890

9

21

40

P.M.

Max......30.21

Min.......29.67

9

32 42 P.M.

1889

8.72 inches

RAINFALL

1890 0.02 inch

First Quarter 11 Full Moon 17 Last Quarter 24

APOGEE, 2 days, PERIGEE, 17 days, APOGEE, 29 days,

Days of Days Of | 8 and 9

WEEK MONTH MOONS

10 CO

6 hours, A.M. 2 hours, A.M. 11 hours, A.M.

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

The "Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Ting-hal captured by the English, 1841- French landed at Kelung, 1884. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884.

Treaty between Brazil and China signed at Tientsin, 1881. Serious riot at Hongkong »

1884.

19TH AFTER TRINITY. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.

French expedition left Chefeo for Korea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir

William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887.

H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1869. Grea

public meeting at Hongkong to consider the increase of crime in the Colony, 1878. Supplementary treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui

repulsed, 1884.

Shanghai captured, 1841. 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.

20TH AFTER TRINITY. The first Chinese merchant steamer (the "Meifoo") left Hongkont

for London with passengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.

Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. 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.

Thur. 15

13

Frid. 16

14

Sat.

17

15

Khanghoa, in Korea, taken by the French, 1866.

St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British

str. "Greyhound," 1885.

Sun. 18

16

21ST AFTER TRINITY.

Mon. 19

17

Great fire in Hongkong, 1859, Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861.

Tues. 20

18

Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882.

Wed. 21

19

The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.

Thur.

Frid.

2 33

22

20

23

21

H.R.H. 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.

Sat.

24

Sun.

25

Mon.

26

2 X 2

22

22ND AFTER TRINITY.

23

Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844.

Kahding recaptured by the Allies, 1862.

In Canton 1,200 houses and 3 factories burnt, 1843.

Tues. 27

25

Wed. 28

26

Terranova executed by the Chinese, 1822.

Thur. 29

27

Portuguese frigate "D. Maria II. " blown up at Macao, 1850.

Frid. 30

28

Great fire in Hongkong, 1866.

Sat.

31

29

H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Bettlement of the Formosa difficulty:

between Japan and China, 1874.