THE CALENDAR FOR 1894
OCTOBER-31 DAY
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 17th
...5h. 53m.
5h. 47m.
1899
1893
.5h. 59m.
MOON'S PHASES
5h. 32m.
Maximum
.88
89
Minimum
.64
67
d. h. m.
sec.
First Quarter 7 Full Moon 15 Last Quarter 22 New Moon
2
37
41
A.M.
2
16
48
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1893
2 31 47
A.M.
Mean.....
29.67
29 1
33
42 A.M.
10 hours, A.M. 9 hours, P.M.
1892
RAINFALL
1893
0.02 inches
17.87 inches
XV
APOGEE 8 days, PERIGEE, 22 days,
Days of Days or 9 and 10
WEEK | MONTH
637
MOONS
Mon.
1
3
Tues.
2
Wed.
3
5
Thur.
4
Frid.
7
Sat.
8
Sun.
9
Mon.
10
Tues.
9
11
Wed. 10
12
Thur. 11
13
Frid. 12
14
Sat.
13
15
Sun. 14
16
Mon. 15
17
Tues.
16
18
Wed. 17
19
Thur.
18
20
Frid.
19
21
Sat.
20
22
23
22
23
Sun 21
Mon.
Tues.
Wed
24
Thur. 25 Frid. 28
Sat
24
* * * * * * 229
**** * * * *** 28
26
27
28
27
99
Sun 28
30
Mon
29
1
30
2
Tues.
Wed. 31
3
Chronology of Remarkable Events
The "Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Ting-hai captured by the English, 1841. French landed at Kelung, 1884. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892.
Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsul bombarded by French, 1884.
Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bang-
kok, 1893.
Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Disastrous fire at Ichang; over 200 persons
burned, 1892.
French expedition left Chefoo for Korea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887.
20TH AFTER TRINITY. H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited I el ing, but not received by the Emperor, 1889. Great public meeting at Hongkong to sider increase of crime in Colony," 1878. Supplementary treaty signed at the Bogin, 1 48. French landing party at Tamsui
repulsed, 1884.
Shanghai e ptured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Fire at Canton, property destroyed worth $4,000,000 1851. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1-88. Wreck off the Pearlor of the Norwegian str. "Normand," with fous of all on board except two, 1892. Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the P. & O. str.“ Bokhara,”
with loss of 125 lives, 1892.
The first Chinese merchant steamer (the “Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with pas-
sengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881.
Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by the
Mikado, 1872.
21st_after_TriNITY. "Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies
on board, 1859 .
Khanghoa, in Korea, taken by the French, 1866.
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British
str. "Greyhound, " 1985.
At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China a scheme of
reconstruction was approved, 1892.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1869. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861. Shanghai Cotton Mil
burnt, 1899.
Terrific typhoon at Manila ; enormous damage to property, 1882.
22nd After TRINITY. The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Govt., 1877.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875.
Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887.
58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine "
and "Fury," 1849.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured
by the Allies, 1802.
In Canton 1,200 houses and 3 factories burnt, 1843.
282D AFTER TRINITY. Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891.
Terranova executed by the Chinese, 1822.
Portuguese frigate "D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. C. W. Mason, of the Customs indoor staff, who professed to have been in communication with the Kolao-Hui, sentenced by the Supreme Court
at Shanghai to nine months' imprisonment for being in unlawful possession of dynamite, 1891.
H.B.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1860. Settlement of the Formosa difficulty
between Japan and China, 1874.
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