THE CALENDAR FOR 1892
MARCH-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
5th
.....6h. 19m.
6h. 04m.
1890
1891
20th
.........6h. 06m.
6h. 09m.
Maximum Minimum
..75
70
.52
51
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. m.
sec.
First Quarter 6
2
Full Moon
13
8
Last Quarter 22 New Moon
0
50 46 A.M. 31 44 P.M. 52 44 A.M.
BAROMETER, 1891.
Max......30.35
Min.......29.82
28
8
53 49 P.M.
6 hours, A.M.
6 hours, A.M.
1990
2.20 inches
RAINFALL
1891
2.67 inches
APOGEE, 16 days, PERIGEE, 29 days,
Days of DAYS OF ¦ 2 and 3
MONTH MOONS
CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable Events
SHROVE TUESDAY. St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-
of-war, 1885.
ASH WEDNESDAY. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.
Foreign Ministers received in andience by the Emperor at the Tsz Kuang Po, 1891.
Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1889.
Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.
1ST IN LENT, Hostilities at Canton recominenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.
Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882.
Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1864.
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, 1886.
Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner,
1841. Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.
Tues.
1
3
Wed
2
4
Thur.
3
5
Frid.
6
Sat.
5
7
Sun
6
8
Mon.
7
9
Tues.
8
10
Wed.
9
11
Thur. 10
12
Frid.
11
13
Sat.
12
14
Sun.
13
15
Mon. 14
16
Tues. 15
17
Wedi 16
18
Thur. 17
19
Frid. 18
20
Sat.
19
21
Suam 20
22
Mon. 21
23
Tues. Wed. 23
22
24
25
Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885. Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.
Thor. 24
26
29
* **** * * * *
2ND IN LENT. Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.
8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842. New
Law Courts at Yokohama opened, 1890.
5TH IN LENT. Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865,
Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.
Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839. Chungking declared
open to foreign trade, 1891.
Governor Sir. G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.
3RD IN LENT. Wreck of the steamer “Nanzing," near Hongkong, 1891. British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.
27
28
First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891.
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.
4TH IN LENT. Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Protocol of Conven-
tion between China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.
Frid.
25
Sat
Shun
26
27
Hon 28
1
20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839.
Times.
29
2
Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
Wed 30
3
Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1888.
Thur. 31
4
Abolition of the Coolie trade at Maono, 1874. Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Com
naught in Hongkong, 1890.
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