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THE CALENDAR FOR 1894

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APRIL-30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

4th

..5h. 52m.

6h. 15m.

1892

1893

19th

..5h. 38m.

6h. 20m.

Maximum

84

82

MOON'S PHASES

Minimum

.57

56

d. h.

h. m.

sec.

New Moon

6 11 36

40

A.M.

8

46

BAROMETER, 1893

A.M.

37

47

A.M.

Mean.....

..29.95

56 45 A.M.

Sun.

1

26

Mon. 2

27

Tues.

3

28

Wed.

29

Thur.

5

30

Frid.

6

1

Sat.

7

Sun.

8

First Quarter 13 8 Full Moon 20 10 Last Quarter 28 10

PERIGEE, 11 days, APOGEE, 26 days,

DATE OF DAys or ❘ 2 and 8 WEEK MONTH MOONS

4 hours, P.M. 4 hours, P.M.

1892

11.59 inches

RAINFALL

1893

8.43 inches

CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable Events

Low Sunday. The port of Hoihow, Hainan, opened, 1876. The ports of Pakhoi,

Wenchow, Wuhu, and Ichang opened, 1877.

Prince Kung degraded by the Empress Dowager, 1865.

Protocol arranging the preliminaries of peace between France and Chins signed at Paris, 1885. The Czarewitch and Prince George of Greece arrive in Hongkong, 1891, Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1847.

Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission of

Europeans into the city of Canton, within two months, 1842.

Hongkong Mint opened, 1808.

2nd ́after EaSTER. Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886.

Mon.

9

4

Tues. ·10

5

Wed. 11

6

Terrific tornado in Canton ; 2,000 houses destroyed, and 10,000 lives lost, 1878.

Thur.

12

7

87,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1788. Death at Peking of Marquis Tseng, 1890.

Frid. 13

8

Sat.

14

9

Sun

15

10

3RD AFTER Easter. St. Francis Xavier left Gon for China, 1562.

Mon. 16

11

Tues. 17

12

Wed. 18

13

Thur.

Frid. 20

Sat.

21

Sun.

Mon. 23

Tues.

Wed.

* 22 * ***

19

14

Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872.

Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Execution at Kowloom city of nineteen pirates

(including "Namos" pirates), 1891.

Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences signed at Tientsin, 1885.

The O. & O. steamer “San Pablo" wrecked near Turnabout, 1888.

The "Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830. The Czare-

witch arrived at Hankow, 1891.

15

16

22

17

4TH AFTER EASTER. East India Co. ceased trade with China, 1834. Arrival of Governor

J. Pope Hennessy in Hongkong, 1877.

18

St. George's Day.

24

19

25

20

Capture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonkin, by the French forces, 1882. Departure of Sir

William Marsh, acting Governor of Hongkong, 1887.

Thur. 26

21

Frid.

27

Sat.

28

2223

Foundation stone of Victoria College, Hongkong, laid, 1884.

Sun. 29

24

ROGATION Sunday.

Mon. 30

25

Ratifications of Corean treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy Council for Japan

constituted by Imperial decree, 1888

Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1879.