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THE CALENDAR FOR 1893

FEBRUARY-28 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

4th

.....6h. 40m.

5h. 49m.

1891

1892

19th

..6h. 31m. 5h. 57.

Maximum

..79

79

MOON'S PHASES

Minimum

.45

49

d. h. m.

sec.

Full Moon

1 9

47

40 A.M.

Last Quarter 9 New Moon First Quarter 23 9

3

47

47 A.M.

BAROMETER, 1892

16 11

52

47

P.M.

Max......30.34

Min......29.68

49 48 P.M.

APOGEE, 8 days, PERIGEE, 22 days,

noon.

4 hours, A.M.

1891

RAINFALL

1892

0.24 inches

1.25 inches

DAYS OF DAYS OF 12 & 1

WEEK

MONTH

MOONS

Wed.

1

15

Thur.

2

16

Frid. 3

17

Sat.

4

18

Sun.

19

Mon.

Tues.

ON

6

20

7

21

Wed.

00

8

Thur.

9

Frid. 10

222

23

24

Sat. 11

25

Sun. 12

26

Mon. 13

27

Tues. 14

Wed. 15

28

29

Thur. 16

30

Frid. 17 N.Y.1

Sat.

18

2

Sun.

19

3

Mon. 20

Tues. Wed.

2 222 *

21

NOC

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

•

Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to

Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887. Letters from the Imperial Commissioner Lin to H.B. M. the Queen, complaining of the persistency of her subjects in sending Opium to China, 1840. The new German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872.

Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. Anti-Foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted,

1889.

The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for

the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino, " 1840.

The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the

purpose of taking Formosa, 1626.

The "Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew,

and 250 coolies missing, 1857.

The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the Emperor

in person at Tokyo, 1889.

QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY,

Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875.

SHROVE TUESDAY. St. Valentine's day. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by

Sir R. G. MacDonnell, 1872.

ASH WEDNESDAY. Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate "Yu-yuen" and corvette "Chin-cheng" sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885.

Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong

founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.

The U.S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near Swatow, 1883. Telegraphic communication between Haiphong and Saigon established,

1864.

1ST IN LENT. Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the

Java Sea, 1817

Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan

by Chinese, 1875.

The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).

Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer "Queen" captured

and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867.

Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotsai' between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.

Thur.

23

7

Frid. 24

8

Sat. 25

9

Sun. 26

10

Mon.

27

11

Tues.

28

12

Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.

Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1849. 2ND IN LENT. Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremner, 1841. Hongkong

police chop burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang-su, 1889.

Treaty of peace between Japan and Korea signed at Kok va, 1876. Evacuation of Port

Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.

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