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THE CALENDAR FOR 1894

JULY-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st

..5h. 20m.

6h. 47m.

1892

1893

17th

.5h. 26m.

6h. 45m.

Maximum

.90

90

MOON'S PHASES

Minimum

.74

72

d. h. m.

sec.

New Moon First Quarter 10 Full Moon 18 Last Quarter 26

3 1

21

45

P.M.

5

51

43 A.M.

BAROMETER, 1893

5

38 48 4 43 40

A.M. A.M.

Mean......

.29.77

PERIGEE, 3 days, APOGEE, 17 days,

10 hours, P.M. 11 hours, P.M.

1892

RAINFALL

10.78 inches

1893

21.22 inches

DAYS OF DAYS OF 5 and

WEEK

MONTH

MOOKS

Sun.

1

28

Mon.

2

29

CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable EVENTS

6th after TrinITY. Hakodate, Kanagawa, and Nagasaki (Japan) opened to trade, 1857.

Two Swedish missionaries murdered at Sunpu, 1893.

Amoy forts and many junks destroyed by H.M.S. “ Blonde, 1840. French Expedition

from the Hoongkiang arrived in Hongkong, 1873.

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Tues. 3

1

Steamer “Don Juan" burnt at sea near Philippines ; 145 persons perished, 1893.

Wed.

2

Telegraph cable laid between Hongkong and Macao, 1884,

Thur. 5

3

Tinghai first taken, 1840. Attack on British Embassy at Tokyo, 1861.

Frid.

6

4

Sat.

7

Order of nobility instituted in Japan, 1884.

Sun.

8

6

7th after TRINITY. Canton factories attacked by Chinese, 1846.

Mon. 9

7

First Dutch embassy arrived at Tientsin, 1056.

Tues.

10

8

Wed. 11

9

Thur. 12

10

Frid. 13

11

Sat.

14

12

Sun.

15

13

Mon. 16

14

Tues. 17

15

Wed. 18

16

Thur.

19

17

Frid.

Sat.

Sun. 22 Mon.

20

21

23

Tues. 24

Wed. 25

Thur. 26

Frid.

Sat.

Sun. 29

Mon.

* * * * **** ** 27

18

19

20

21

22

Portuguese fleet left Malacca for China, 1522. The Yangtsze blockaded by British

fleet, 1840.

Engagement between the American Naval Forces and the Koreans; the Expedition leaves

to await instructions, 1871. Amherst's embassy arrived in China, 1816. Foreign Inspectorate of Customs established in Shanghai, 1854.

First English ship reached China, 1635. French gunboats fired on by Siamese at

Paknam, 1893.

Statue of Paul Bert unveiled at Hanoi, 1890.

8th_apter TrinITY. Shimonoseki forts bombarded by the English, French, and American

squadron, 1873. Eruption of Bandai-san volcano, Japan; 500 persons killed, 1888. British trade with China re-opened, 1842. The King of Cambodia arrived ona visit to

Hongkong, 1872.

Dutch envoy Goyer, as bearer of tribute, received in Peking, 1656.

Terrible earthquake at Manila, 1880. Additional Article to Chefoo Convention signed in

London, 1885.

Nanking captured by the Imperialists, 1863. Ratification at Peking of the new treaties of commerce and emigration between the United States and China 1881. Gale at Hongkong, H.M.8. “Tweed "sunk, 1891.

Wreck of the C. M. §. N. Co.'s str. “Pautah” on Shantung Promontory, 1887. .

9TH AFTER TRINITY. Yellow River burst its banks at Chang-kiu, Shantung; great

inundation, 1889.

Armed attack on Japanese Legation at Seoul, Cores, and eight inmates killed, 1882.

British trade prohibited at Canton, 1884. Anglo-Chinese Burmah Convention signed at

Peking, 1886.

23

Defeat of British forces at Taku, Admiral Hope wounded, 1869.

24

27

25

Canton opened to British trade, 1848. Terrific typhoon at Canton, Macso, Hongkong, and

Whampoa ; loss of life estimated at 40,000 persons, 1862.

28

26

27

30

Nanking re-taken by Imperialists, 1864.

10th after TRINITY. Treaty between United States and Japan signed, 1858. Great

earthquake at Kumamoto, Japan, 1889.

28 Severe typhoon at Macao, 1834.

Tues. 31 29