THE CALENDAR FOR 1893
MARCH-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
5th
...............................6h. 19m.
6h. 04m.
1891 1892
20th
...6h. 06m. 6h. 09m.
Maximum
....70
80
Minimum
.51
46
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. m. sec.
Full Moon
2
11
38
49 P.M.
BAROMETER, 1892.
Last Quarter 11
0
49
45 P.M.
Max......30.26
Min.......29.66
New Moon
18
0
9
45 P.M.
First Quarter 25
APOGEE, 9 days, PERIGEE, 21 days,
9 46 P.M.
8 hours, A.M. 3 hours, A.M.
1991 2.67 inches
RAINFALL
1892 3.90 inches
Frid. 10
22
Sat. 11
23
Sun. 12
24
Mon. 13
25
Tues. 14
26
DAY OF DAYS OF 1 and
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Wed.
1
13
Thur.
Frid.
內的
2
14
3
15
Sat.
16
Sun.
17
Mon.
6
18
Tues.
7
19
Wed.
8
20
Thur. 9 21
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885,
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.
3RD IN LENT. Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849, IIostilities at Canton recommenced. 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, 1854.
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, 1866.
4TH IN LENT. Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton
as a prisoner, 1841. Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.
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 Yokohaina opened, 1890.
Wed. 15
27
Thur. 16
28
Covernor Sir II. Robinson left Hongkong for Ccylon, 1805. Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1806.
Frid. 17 Sat.
29
Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.
18
1
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839. Chungking declared
open to foreign trade, 1891.
Sun. 19
2
5TH IN LENT. Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.
Mon. 20
3
Wreck of the steamer "Nanzing," near Hongkong, 1891.
Tues. 21
4
British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.
Wed. 22
5
Thur. 23
6
Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885. Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.
Frid. 24
7
First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891.
Sat. 25
8
Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in
Canton, 1839. Serious railway collision on the Tientsin-Tungku line, 1889.
Sun. 26
9
PALM SUNDAY. Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.
Mon. 27
Tues. 28
10
Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Protocol of Convention between
China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.
11
20,289 Chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839.
Wed. 29
12
Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
Thur. 30
13
Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883.
Frid. 31
14
GOOD FRIDAY. Abolition of the Coolie trade at Macao, 1874. Arrival of the Duke and
Duchess of Connaught in Hongkong, 1890.
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