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THE CALENDAR FOR 1892
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
2nd
...5h. 28in.
6h. 26m.
1890
1891
10th
.5h. 20m.
6h. 32m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum Minimum
...89
88
.74
66
d. h. m. sec.
First Quarter 4 2
Full Moon
47 12 6 35
46
A.M.
42
A.M.
Barometer, 1891
Last Quarter 19 10 28 47 New Moon
P.M.
Max......30.12
Min.......29.70
26 1
25
42
P.M.
APOGEE, 7 days, PERIGEE, 25 days,
Days op DayS OF 4 and 5
WEEK
MONTI
1 hour, P.M.
1 hour, A.M.
1890 10.83 inches
RAINFALL
1891 27.99 inches
Sun.
MOONS
5
Mon.
2
6
Tues. 3
Co t
7
Wed. 4
8
Chronology of Remarkable EVENTS
'Hongkong
2ND AFTER EASTER. St. Philip and St. James's day. First number of "
Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880.,
Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1888.
Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1884. Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in Lon-
don, 1886.
Biot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking
inaugurated, 1884.
Thur.
9
British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842.
Frid. 6
10
Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874.
Sat.
7
11
Sun.
8
12
Mon.
9
13
Tues. 10
14
Wed. 11
15
Thur. 12
16
Frid. 13
17
Sat.
14
18
Sun. 15
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
18
Thur.
19
Frid.
20
Sat.
21
Sun.
Mon.
Tues. 24
Wed.
Thur. 26 Frid. 27
Sat.
28
3
Sun. 29
4
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19
20
21
22
23
24
25
22
26
23
27
28
25
29
12
Departure of Governor Sir William Des Vœux from Hongkong, 1891.
3rd after EasTER. Prince Kung's honours restored, 1865.
New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890.
Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864.
Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1885.
Attempted assassination of the Czarewitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan, 1891. Execution
of fifteen pirates (including leader of “Namoa" pirates) at Kowloon, 1891.
East India Co.'s garden at Canton detroyed by the Mandarins, 1881. Signing of the
Li-Fournier Convention, 1884.
A corporal of the British Legation murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking, 1864. Anti-
Foreign riot at Wuhu, 1891.
Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way to Peking to assume the
functions of British Minister, 1886.
4TH AFTER EASTER. Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and
¡China, 1881. Anti-foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer “ Izere," 1860. Arrival of General Grant
in Shanghai, 1879.
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Ngankin, 1891. Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant Riviere, and death
of the latter, 1883.
Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. The Canton Mint
commenced striking silver coins, 1890.
Loss of M. M. str. “Menzaleh" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887. ROGATION SUNDAY. Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.
U. 8. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
Queen Victoria born, 1819. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for
Macao, 1839.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891. Ascension Day. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841.
Mon. 30
Tues.
31
6
SUN. AFTER ASCENSION. Mr. Lindsay delivered the keys of the Company's factory at Ganton to Kwan-Heep, 1831. Great rain storm in Hongkong, serious damage, 1889. Destruction by fire on the river Yangtaze of the str. Paocking; captain, two officers, and 20 Chinese lost, 1890.
H.B.M. screw sloop “Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "' Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888. Arrival of the King of Siam in Singapore, 1890.
Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang,” with 100 lives near Macao, 1875.
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