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THE CALENDAR FOR 1895

FEBRUARY-28 DAYS

SUNRISE

4th

........6h. 40m.

SUNSET 5h. 49m.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1893

1894

19th

.6h. 31m.

5h. 57m.

MOON'S PHASES

Maximum ..................71 Minimum ..................45

74

41

d. h. m.

sec.

First Quarter 3

7

52

41 A.M.

Full Moon

BAROMETER, 1894

10

0

59

40

A.M.

Last Quarter 16 8 New Moon

44 48

P.M.

Mean....

...30.18

25

0

19 47 A.M.

PERIGEE, 9 days, APOGEE, 23 days,

9 hours, P.M.

3 hours, A.M.

1893

RAINFALL

0.46 inches

1894

0.58 inches

DAYS OF DAYS OF 1 & 2

WEEK

MONTH

MOONS

Frid.

1

7

Sat.

2

8

Sun.

9

Mon.

4

10

Tues.

5

11

Wed.

6

12

Thur.

7

13

Frid.

8

14

Sat.

9

15

Sun. 10

16

Mon. 11

17

Tues.

12

18

Wed. 13

19

Thur. 14

20

Frid. 15

21

Sat. 16

22

Sun.

17

23

Mon. 18

24

Tues. 19

25

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

272

20

26

21

27

22

28

Sat.

23

29

Sun. 24

30

Mon. 25

I

Tues. 26

2

Wed, 27

Thur.

3

28

4

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CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKablr Events

Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841.

Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887.

The Additional Article to

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.

4TH AFTER EPIPHANY.

Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865.

Anti-Foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889.

The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese

for the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1840.

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.

SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY.

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 "Chin-cheng" sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885.

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

founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887. SEXAGEBIMA SUNDAY.

The U.S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near Swatow, 1883. Telegraphic communication between Haiphong and Saigon established, 1834. 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 Hall laid, 1867. QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotsai" between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.

Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong,

1849.

SHROVE TUESDAY. Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremner, 1841.

Hongkong police chop burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang-su, 1889. ASH WEDNESDAY. Treaty of peace between Japan and Korea signed at Kokwa, 1876.

Evacuation of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.

Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.