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THE CALENDAR FOR 1894

FEBRUARY-28 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

4th

....6h. 40m.

5h. 49m.

1892

1893

19th

.6h. 31m. 5h. 57m.

Maximum

...79

71

Minimum

.49

45

MOON'S PHASES

d. h. m. sec.

New Moon

6 5

21

43 A.M.

First Quarter 13 Full Moon Last Quarter 27

6

19

40

P.M.

Barometer, 1893

20

7

52 43

A.M.

Mean......

...30.16

42 P.M.

8 hours, P.M. 5 hours, A.M.

1892

RAINFALL

1.25 inches

1893 0.46 inches

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APOGEE, 10 days, PERIGEE, 18 days,

DATS OF Dats of; 12 & 1

WEEK

MONTH MOONS

334

2233

w

CHRONOLOGY op Remarkable Events

Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to

Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887.

Letters from the Imperial Commissioner Lin to H.B.M. the Queen, complaining of the persistency of her subjects in sending Opium to China, 1840. The new German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872.

Quinquagesima Sunday. Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1885, Anti-Foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889.

SHROVE TUESDAY. The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction

from the Chinese for the burning of ine Spanish brig “* Bilbaino," 1840. Ash WednESDAY.

The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the

purpose of taking Formosa, 1626.

The "Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew

and 250 coolies missing, 1857.

1ST IN LENT. The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed

by the Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.

Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875.

St. Valentine's day. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell,

1872.

Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate "Yu-yuen "' and

corvette **Cmn-cheng" sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885.

Thur. 1

26

Frid.

2

27

Sat.

28

Sun.

29

Mon.

5

Tues.

6

N.Y.1

Wed. 7

2

Thur. 8

Frid. 9

Sat.

10

5

Sun.

11

6

Mon. 12

7

Tues.

13

8

Wed.

14

9

Thur.

15

10

Frid.

16

11

Sat.

17

12

Sun

18

13

Mon. 19

14

Tues. 20

15

Wed.

21

16

Thur. 22

17

Frid.

23

18

Sat.

24

19

Sun.

25

20

Mon.

26

21

Tues.

27

22

Werl.

Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.

28

23

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Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,

founded, 1884. Alice Meinorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.

2ND IN LENT. The U.S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near Swatow, 1883. Telegraphic communication between Haiphong and Saigon established, 1884.

Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the Java Sea,

1817

Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan

by Chinese, 1875.

The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).

Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer "Queen" captured

and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City ifall laid, 1867.

Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotazi” between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1354.

3RD IN LENT. Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in

Hongkong, 1849.

Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremner, 1841. Hongkong police chop

burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor kwang-su, 1889.

Treaty of peace between Japan and Korea sigued at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation of Port

Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.

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