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THE CALENDAR FOR 1894

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AUGUST-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

2nd

....5h. 33m.

18th

..5h. 39m.

SUNSET 6h. 39m. 6h. 28m.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1892

1893

MOON'S PHASES

Maximum ..................91 Minimum

90

.74

78

d. h.

m.

sec.

New Moon

1

8 0

42 P.M.

First Quarter

8 5

41

43 P.M.

16

8

53

40

P.M.

BAROMETER, 1893

15 47

P.M.

Mean......

...29.78

3

40 45 A.M.

7 hours, A.M.

1892

12.09 inches

RAINFALL

1893

8.73 inches

Full Moon

Last Quarter 24 1 New Moon

31

PERIGEE, 1 days, 1 days, APOGEE, 41 days, PERIGEE, 29 days,

Days of Days of 7 and 8

WERK MONTH

3 hours, A.M. 5 hours, P.M.

CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable EventS

Mr. T. F. Wade, C.B., appointed H.B.M. Minister at Peking, 1871. Peh-tang occupied by the Allied forces, 1859. Sunday cargo-working Ordinance, Hongkong, came into force, 1891.

Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.

11th after TRINITY. Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796. Bombardment of Kelung

by French, 1884.

Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.

British squadron arrived off the Peibo, 1840.

Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul at Hakodate, 1874.

Sir H. Pottinger arrived at Hongkong, 1841. Destructive typhoon at Foochow, 1888.

MOONS

Wed.

1

1

Thur.

2

2

Frid.

3

Sat.

4

4

Sun.

5

5

Mon.

6

6

Tues.

7

7

Wed. 8

8

Thur.

9

9

British troops landed at Nanking, 1842.

Frid.

10

10

Sat.

11

11

Sun. 12

12

Mon. 13

13

Tues. 14

14

Wed. 15

15

Thur. 16

16

Sat.

Frid. 17

18

17

18

Sun. 19

19

Mon. 20

20

Tues. 21

Wed. 22

21

22 223

First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who

suggested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834. 12TH AFTER TRINITY.

174 British prisoners executed in Formoss, 1842, Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860.

Great Fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tis. 1,500,000,

1879.

British trade at Canton stopped by Hong merchants, 1834. French treaty with Siam

signed, 1866.

Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1884. Dutch treaty with Japan

signed, 1863. Great fire in Hongkong, 1868.

13TH AFTER TRINITY.

First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the "Cornwallis, " at

Nanking, 1942. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860.

Liaperor Hien Fung died, 1881.

Governor Amaral (Macao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer “ Spark" by pirates between Canton and Macao, 1874. Telegraph line to Peking opened, 1884.

Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution, 1864. Chinese

fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884.

多款

Wreck of the C. N. Co's. str. "Tientsin near Swatow, 1887.

British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty between Great Britain

and Japan signed, 1858.

Thur. 23

23

Frid. 24

24

Sat. 25

25

Sun. 26 Mon. 27

26

14TH AFTER TRINITY. British left Macao, 1889.

27

Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.

Tues.

28

Wed.

Thur. 80

222

28

Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816, Slavery abolished in British

possessions, 1833. Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1884.

29

Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.

30

Frid. 31

1

Severe typhoon on coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampos, 1848.