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THE CALENDAR FOR 1894

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DECEMBER-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

4th 90th

..6h. 26m. 5h. 14m.

1891

1892

..6h. 37m.

MOON'S PHASES

5h. 18m.

Maximum

..82

73

Minimum

.49

44

d. h. m.

Bec.

7 51

43

P.M.

12 3

21

48 A.M.

6

51

46

27 9

56 41

P.M.

A.M.

First Quarter 5 Full Moon Last Quarter 19 New Moon

APOGEE, 3 days, PERIGEE, 14 days, APOGEE, 30 days,

Days of DAYS OF 11 and 12

MONTH

3 hours, A.M. 11 hours, P.M. 8 hours, P.M.

1891

RAINFALL

1.96 inches

1892

0.15 inches

Chronology of Remarkable EvanTS

BAROMETER, 1892

Mean......

.30.22

WHE

Mooxs

Sat.

5

Sun

2

6

ADVENT SUNDAY. St. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.

Mon.

7

Tues.

8

First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841.

Wed.

I

5

9

Six foreigners killed at Wang-chuh-ki, 1847.

under General Gordon, 1963.

Soochow re-taken by the Imperialists

Thur.

6

10

Confucius died, B.C. 490.

Frid.

11

European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.

Sat.

12

Sun.

9

13

Mon. 10

1

14

Tues.

11

· 15

Wed.

12

16

Thur. 13

17

2ND IN ADVENT. Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. Consecration of new Pei-tang

Cathedral, Peking, 1888.

Piracy on board the Douglas str. “Namon," five hours after leaving Hongkong; Captain Pocock and three others murdered, and several seriously wounded, 1890. "Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1891. Indemnity paid by Prince Satsuma, 1863. Admiral Bell, U.8.N., drowned at Omka,

1867.

Imperial decree stating that the Foreign Ministers at Peking are to be received in

audience every New Year, 1890.

French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1882.

Frid. 14

18

Sat

15

19

All Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838.

Sren

16

20

3RD IN ADVENT.

Mon.

17

21

Tues. 18

22

Wed.

19

23

Thur. 20

Frid. 21

25

Sat.

Sun

Mon

Tues.

Wed.

Thur. 27

**** **** ?

22

23

24

25

26

222

***** 2

24

26

The P. M. 8. 8. Co.'s steamer "Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger, the cook, and 280

Chinese drowned, 1874.

Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.

Arrival of Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales at Hongkong in the "Bacchante,"

1881. Two cotton mills destroyed by fire at Osaka, 120 persons burnt to death, 1803. Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.

Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the movements of

Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.

27 4TH IN ADVENT. British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.

28

29

Christmas Day. Great Fire in Hongkong; 388 houses destroyed, immense destruction

of property, 1878.

Frid.

28

Sat.

29

3

Sun

Mon. 31

30

4

1st-after Christmas.

5

30

Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 263 lives lost, 1879. The C. N. Co.'s steamer

Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtze, over 800 lives lost.

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Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1886.

Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857.