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THE CALENDAR FOR 1895

xiii

AUGUST-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

2nd............5h. 33m. 18th ............5h. 39m.

6h. 39m.

1893

1894

6h. 28m.

Maximum

.......90

90

Minimum ..................78

74

MOON'S PHASES

d. h. m.

sec.

Full Moon

5 9 27

20

8

43

P.M. 46 A.M. 31 47 P.M. 19 43 P.M.

Barometer, 1894

Mean........

.29.75

3 hours, A.M.

5 hours, A.M.

1893

8.73 inches

RAINFALL

1894

16.53 inches

Last Quarter 14 0 54

New Moon First Quarter 27 1

APOGEE, 8 days, PERIGEE, 21 days,

DAYS OF DAYS OF | 6 and 7

Sat. Sun.

MONTH MOONS

G A C 10

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

Both China and Japan declare war, 1894. Peh-tang occupied by the Allied forces, 1859.

Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

8TH AFTER TRINITY. British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.

Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796. Bombardment of Kelung by French, 1884.

Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.

Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul at Hakodate, 1874.

British troops landed at Nanking, 1842,

20 Sir H. Pottinger arrived at Hongkong, 1841. Destructive typhoon at Foochow, 1888.

9TH AFTER TRINITY. First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by

Lord Napier, who suggested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.

22 ***

174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842.

Tong-ar-ku taken, 1860.

Great Fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tls. 1,500,000,

1879.

British trade at Canton stopped by Hong merchants, 1834. French treaty with Siam

signed, 1856.

WEKK

Thur.

1

11

Frid.

2

12

3

13

4

14

Mon.

5

16

Tues. 6

16

Wed. 7

17

British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.

Thur.

8

18

Frid. 9 Sat.

19

10

Sun. 11

21

Mon. 12

22

Tues.

13

23

Wed. 14

24

Thur. 15

25

Frid.

16

26

Sat.

17

27

Sun.

18

28

Mon. 19

29

Tues.

20

1

Wed.

21

2

Thur.

3

Frid.

23

4

Sat.

24

5

Sun. 25

6

Mon.

26

7

British left Macao, 1839.

Tues.

27

8

Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.

Wed.

28

9

Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816. Slavery abolished in British

possessions, 1833. Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1884.

Thur. 29

10

Frid.

30

11

Sat.

31

12

22 223

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10TH AFTER TRINITY. Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Dutch

treaty with Japan signed, 1858. Great fire in Hongkong, 1808.

First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the "Cornwallis, " at

Nanking, 1842. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860. Emperor Hien Fung died, 1861.

Governor Amaral (Macao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer " Spark" by pirates between Canton and Macao, 1874. Telegraph line to Peking opened, 1884.

Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution, 1884. Chinese

flect at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884.

Wreck of the C. N. Co's. str. "Tientsin” near Swatow, 1887.

11TH AFTER TRINITY. British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty

between Great Britain and Japan signed, 1858.

Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.

Severe typhoon on coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1849.