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THE CALENDAR FOR 1893

xiii

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

3rd 15th

.5h. 45m. 6h. 14m. ...5h. 48m. 6h. 02m.

1891

1892.

Maximum

...90

94

Minimum

..73

66.

MOON'S PHASES

d. h. m.

sec.

Last Quarter 3 5 17 New Moon 10 2 First Quarter 18 11 Full Moon

46

P.M.

40

47

P.M.

BAROMETER, 1892

54

49

A.M.

Max......29.53

Min.......29.45

26 3

59 40 A.M.

PERIGEE, 4 days, APOGEE, 17 days, PERIGEE, 29 days,

DAYS OF DAYS OF 7 and 8

6 hours, P.M. 10 hours, P.M.

midnight.

1891

11.44 inches

RAINFALL

1892

7.00 inches

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 Ichang, 1891.

14TH AFTER TRINITY.

Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1864.

H.M.S."

Zephyr" fired on by Chinese in Kimpai Pass, 1884. Death of Tso Tsung-tang- at Foochow, 1885, H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869.

Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.

Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867.

Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859.

15TH AFTER TRINITY. 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.

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, 1837..

New Convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1881.

Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 1889. Loss in Kii Channel, near:

Kobe, of the Turkish frigate Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1890.

4

WEEK

MONTH

MOONS

Frid.

1

21

Sat.

22

Sun.

3

23

Mon.

24

Tues.

5

25

Wed.

6

Thur.

Frid.

Sat,

9

2222

26

27

28

29

Sun. 10

1

Mon. 11

2

Tues. 12

3

Wed. 13

4

Thur. 14

Frid. 15

Sat.

16

7

Sun.

17

8

16TH AFTER TRINITY.

Mon. 18

9

Tues. 19

10

Wed. 20

11

Thur. 21

12

Frid. 22

13

Sat. 23

14

Sun. 24

15

Mon. 25

16

Tues. 26

17

Wed. 27

18

Thur. 28

19

Frid.

29

20

Sat.

30 21

Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.

Am. brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao,

many thousands of lives lost, 1874.

17TH AFTER TRINITY. H.M.S. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1868. Piratical attack on the German barque "Apenrade," near Macao, 1869. The Satsuma rebels in Japan routed with great slaughter, their leader, Saigo, killed, and the insurrection suppressed, 1877. Daring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing Lok street, Hongkong, by armed robbers,

1878.

Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.

Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.

Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887. Death of Ica. F.

Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889.

Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1865. All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841.