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THE CALENDAR FOR 1894
SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
3rd 15th
.5h. 45m.
6h. 14m.
1892
1893
.5h. 48m.
6h. 02m.
Maximum Minimum
..94
92
..66
70
MOON'S PHASES
Last Quarter 22 New Moon
First Quarter 7 Full Moon
d. h.
8
15 11
8
29
1
m. sec. 39 40 A.M. 57 45 A.M.
8 41
P.M. 20 40 P.M.
Barometer, 1893
Mean....
.29.76
4 hours, P.M. 2 hours, P.M.
1892
7.00 inches
RAINFALL
1893
15.03 inches
APOGEE, 10 days, PERIGEE, 26 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 8 and 9
WEIK
MONTH
MOONS
Sat.
1
2
Sun.
2
3
Mon.
3
4
ล
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.
15th after TrinITY. Arrival of the "Vega" at Yokohama, after having discovered the
North-East Passage, 1879. Serious anti-foreign riot at Ichang, 1891.
Tues. 4
Wed. 5
6
Thur.
Frid.
· Sat.
7890;
678 89
10
11
Sun.
Mon.
10
Tues.
11
12
Wed. 12
13
Thur. 13
14
Frid. 14
15
Sat.
15
16
Sun.
16
17
Mon. 17
18
Tues. 18
19
Wed. 19
20
Thur. 20
21
Frid. 21
22
Sat.
22
23
Sun. 23
24
Mon. 24
25
Tues.
Wed. 26
Thur.
Frid. 28
Sat. 29
Sun.
*****8
25
26
27
27
28
29
1
30
Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1864. H.M.8. "Zephyr" fired on by Chinese in Kimpai Pass, 1884. Death of Two 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.
16th after TRINITY. Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859. 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 870 lives lost, 1887.
17TH AFTER TRINITY. New Convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1881.
Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 18x9. Loss in Kii Channel, near
Kobe, of the Turkish frigate ** Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1890.
Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.
19th after TRINITY. Am. brig “Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in
Hongkong and Macao, many thousands of lives lost, 1874.
H.M.8. "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, Saige, killed, and the insurrection suppressed, 1877.
Daring attack upon: 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 Hon. F.
Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889.
Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 865. 19th after TrINITY, All the Bogus forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841.
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