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THE CALENDAR FOR 1892
SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
Hongkong TEMPERATURE
3rd 15th
..5h. 45m. 6h. 14m. .5h. 48m. 6h. 02m.
1890
1891
Maximum Minimum
.91
90
.66
73
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h. 111.
sec.
Full Moon
7 4
Last Quarter 13 New Moon
8
21
8
First Quarter 29
1
43 45 A.M. 25 46 P.M. 52 43 A.M. 55 41 P.M.
BAROMETER, 1891
Max......29.99
Min.......29.59
PERIGEE, 9 days, APOGEE, 25 days,
7 hours, A.M.
2 hours, A.M.
1890
12.14 inches
RAINFALL
1891
11.44 inches
DAYS OF
WEEK
DAYS OF 7 and 8 MONTH MOONS
Thur.
1
11
Frid.
2
12
Sat.
3
13
Sun.
4
14
Mon.
5
15
45
Tues. 6 Wed. 7
16
CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable Events
Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, died of the wounds inflicted by an assassin, 1870. Foundation
stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890.
Arrival of the “Vega" at Yokohama, after having discovered the North-East Passage,
1879. Serious Anti-foreign riot at Iehang, 1891.
12th After TRINITY.
Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1864, H.M.8. " Zephyr" fired on by Chinese in Kimpai Pass, 1884. Death of Teo Tsung-tang at Foochow, 1885.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1889.
17
Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1801.
Thur. 8
18
Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1887.
Frid. 9
19
Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859.
Sat. 10
20
Sun.
11
=
21
Mon.
12
22
Tues. 13
23
Wed. 14
24
Thur. 15
25
Frid. 16
26
Sat. 17
27
Sun.
18
28
Riot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property on Shameen, 1883. British gunboat "Wasp" left Singapore for Hongkong and seen no more, 1887. 13TH AFTER TRINITY. Public meeting of foreign residents at Yokohama to protest
against proposed new Treaty with Japan, 1890.
Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hung-chang, 1876.
Public Meeting in Hongkong, with reference to the blockade of the port by the Chinese
Customs' cruisers, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891. Chinese transport "Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores; upwards of 370 lives lost, 1897.
New Convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1881.
14th AFTER TRINITY. Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 1889. Loss in Kli Channel, near Kobe, of the Turkish frigate *** Ertogrul," with 687 lives, 1899.
Mon. 19
29
Tues. 20
30
Wed. 21
Thur. 22
2
Fri.l. 23
3
Sat. 24
Sun. 25
Mon. 26
6
Lord Napler arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.
Tues. 27
7
Wed. 28
Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.
Am. brig “Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao,
many thousands of lives lost, 1874.
H.M.S. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1868. Piratical attack on the German barque "Apen- rade," near Macao, 1869. The Satsuma rebels in Japan routed with great slaughter, their leader, Saigo, killed, and the insurrection suppressed, 1877.
15TH AFTER TRINITY. Daring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing Lok street, Hongkong,
by armed robbers, 1878.
Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.
Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887. Death of Hon. F.
Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889.
Thur. 29
9
Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping,1866.
Frid.
30
10
All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841.
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