I
THE CALENDAR FOR 1895
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
2nd
.5h. 28m.
6h. 26m.
1893
1894
10th...........5h. 20m.
6h. 32m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum ..................89 Minimum
89
....65
68
d. h. m.
sec.
First Quarter 2 11
20
41
A.M.
Full Moon
9 7
35
40
A.M.
Last Quarter 17 Ι
20
40
BAROMETER, 1894
A.M.
New Moon First Quarter 31
24
8
22
42
P.M.
Mean........
.29.84
4
24 45 P.M.
PERIGEE, 4 days, APOGEE, 17 days, PERIGEE, 29 days,
6 hours, P.M. 4 hours, A.M. 6 hours, P.M.
1893
RAINFALL
16.13 inches
1894
20.01 inches
Days of Days OF 4 and 5
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Wed.
1
7
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
23 3
9
10
Sun.
Mon.
LO CO
5
11
6
12
Tues. 7
13
Wed. 8
14
Thur. 9
15
Frid.
10
16
Sat.
11
17
Sun. 12
18
Mon. 13
19
Tues. 14
20
Wed. 15
21
Thur. 16
22
Frid 17
23
Sat. 18
24
Sun.
19
25
Mon.
Tues 21
Wed.
Thur. 23
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
2 7 2** *** * 2
20
26
27
22
88888
28
29
24
1
25
2
26
3
27
4
28
5
29
→
Wed,
Thur. 30
7
Frid. 31
8
1880.
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABlr Events
published,
St. Philip and St. James's day. First number of "Hongkong Gazette"
1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1888. Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1884.
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking
inaugurated, 1884.
3RD AFTER EASTE". British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874.
Departure of Governor Sir William Des Voeux from Hongkong, 1891.
Prince Kung's honours restored, 1865.
New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890. Waglan Lighthouse opened, 1893.
Ilongkong declared infected with plague, 1894. Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864. Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1885.
Attempted assassination of the Czarewitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan, 1891. Execution
of fifteen pirates (including leader of “Namoa" pirates) at Kowloon, 1891. 4TII AFTER Easter.
East India Co.'s garden at Canton detroyed by the Mandarins, 1831. Signing of the Li-Fournier Convention, 1884.
A corporal of the British Legation murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking, 1884. Anti-
Foreign riot at Wuhu, 1891.
Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way to Peking to assume the
functions of British Minister, 1886.
Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1881. Anti-
foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer "Izere," 1360. Arrival of General Grant
in Shanghai, 1879.
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Ngankin, 1891. ROGATION SUNDAY. Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant
Riviere, and death of the latter, 1883.
Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. The Canton Mint
commenced striking silver coins, 1890.
Loss of M. M. str. "Menzaleh" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887.
Imperial Edict respecting anti-Christian literature, 1892.
Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.
ASCENSION DAY. U. S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1883.
Queen Victoria born, 1819. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for
Macao, 1839.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891. SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876. Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841.
Mr. Lindsay delivered the keys of the Company's factory at Canton to Kwan-Heep, 1831. Great rain storm in Hongkong, serious damage, 1889. Destruction by fire on the river Yangtsze of the str. "Paoching," captain, two officers, and 20 Chinese lost, 1890.
H.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888. Arrival of the King of Siam in Singapore, 1890.
Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives, near Macao, 1875.
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