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THE CALENDAR FOR 1892

JULY-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG Temperature

1st

....5h. 20m.

6h. 47m.

1890

1891

17th

...5h. 26m.

MOON'S PHASES

6h. 45m.

Maximum Minimum

.90

90

.72

74

d. h. m.

sec.

First Quarter 2

9

49

40 A.M.

Full Moon 10

9

19

48

A.M.

BAROMETER, 1891

Last Quarter 17 9

23

46

A.M.

New Moon

Max......29.89

Min.......29.41

24 7

6

46

A.M.

APOGEE, 3 days,

8 hours, P.M.

PERIGEE, 18 days, 10 hours, A.M.

1890

RAINFALL

1891

APOGEE, 31 days,

2 hours, P.M.

22.60 inches

14.91 inches

WIEK

MONTH

MOONS

Frid.

1

8

Sat.

2

9

Sun.

3

10

Mon.

4

11

Tues.

5

12

Days of Days OF 6 Int. & 6

CHRONOLOGy or Remarkable EvenTS

Hakodate, Kanagawa, and Nagasaki (Japan) opened to trade, 1857. Serious anti-mis-

sionary riot at Chungking, 1896.

H

Amoy forts and many junks destroyed by H.M.8. “ Blonde, 1840. French Expedition

from the Hoongkiang arrived in Hongkong, 1873.

3RD AFTER TRINITY. Treaty of Wanghia with the United States signed, 1844. Colonel Gordon

arrived in Hongkong on his way to visit the Grand Secretary Li Hung-chang, 1880. Telegraph cable laid between Hongkong and Macao, 1884.

Tinghai first taken, 1840. Attack on British Embassy at Tokyo, 1881.

Wed. 6

13

Thur. 7

14

Order of nobility instituted in Japan, 1884.

Frid.

15

Canton factories attacked by Chinese, 1846.

Sat.

9

16

First Dutch embassy arrived at Tientsin, 1856.

Sun.

10

17

Mon. 11

18

Tues. 12

19

Wed. 13

20

First English ship reached China, 1635.

Thur.

14

21

Frid. 15

22

Bat.

16

Sun. 17

24

Mon. 18

25

Tues. 19

26

4TH AFTER TRINITY. Portuguese fleet left Malacca for China, 1622. The Yangtsse

blockaded by British fleet, 1840.

Engagement between the American Naval Forces and the Koreans; the Expedition leaves

to await instructions, 1871. Amherst's embassy arrived in China, 1816. Foreign Inspectorate of Customs established in Shanghai, 1864.

Statue of Paul Bert unveiled at Hanoi, 1890.

Shimonoseki forts bombarded by the English, French, and American squadron, 1878.

Eruption of Bandai-san volcano, Japan : 500 persons killed, 1888. British trade with China re-opened, 1842.

Hongkong, 1872.

The King of Cambodia arrived on a visit to

5th after TrinITY. Dutch envoy Goyer, as bearer of tribute, received in Peking, 1656.

Terrible earthquake at Manila, 1890. Additional Article to Chefoo Convention signed in

London, 1886.

Nanking captured by the Imperialists, 1863. Ratification at Peking of the new treaties of commerce and emigration between the United States and China 1881. Gale at Hongkong, H.M.8. “Tweed" sunk, 1891.

Wed. 20

27

Thur. 21

Frid. 22

Sat.

23

2222

28

Wreck of the C. M. 8. N. Co.'s str. “'Pautah" on Shantung Promontory, 1887.

29

Yellow River buist its banks at Chang-kiu, Shantung ; great inundation, 1989.

30

Armed attack on Japanese Legation at Seoul, Corea, and eight inmates killed, 1882.

Sun.

Mon. 25

Tues. 26

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun,

**** *28 ♫

24

1

6th_After TRINITY. British trade prohibited at Canton, 1834. Anglo-Chinese Burmah

Convention signed at Peking, 1886.

2

Defeat of British forces at Taku, Admiral Hope wounded, 1859.

3

27

4

Canton opened to British trade, 1848. Terrifio typhoon at Canton, Macao, Hongkong, and

Whampoa ; loss of life estimated at 40,000 persons, 1862.

5

29

6

30

7

31

8

Nanking re-taken by Imperialists, 1884.

Treaty between United States and Japan signed, 1958. Great earthquake at Kumamoto,

Japan, 1889.

Severe typhoon at Maoso, 1886.

7TH AFTER TRINITY.