THE CALENDAR FOR 1895
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
17th............5h. 59m.
MOON'S PHASES
......5h. 53m.
5h. 47m.
1893
1894
5h. 32m.
Maximum Minimum
........89
85
..........67
65
d. h.
h. m.
sec.
Full Moon
4 6 23
44
A.M.
Last Quarter 11 10
10
42
P.M.
New Moon First Quarter 25
18
1
46 40
P.M.
6
40 40 P.M.
BAROMETER, 1894
Mean....
..29.98
1893
RAINFALL
1894
17.87 inches
17.57 inches
XV
Typhoon at Hongkong, 1894.
Tues,
1
13
Wed. 2
14
Thur. 3
15
Frid.
APOGEE, 1 day, PERIGEE, 17 days, APOGEE, 28 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 8 and 9 WEEK MONTII MOONS
NM
10 hours, A.M. 1 hour, A.M. midnight
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
The "Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Ting-hai captured by the English, 1841. French landed at Kelung, 1884. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892,
Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884,
Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Slam signed at Bang-
kok, 1893.
16
Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.
Sat.
17
Sun.
18
Mon.
7
19
Tues. 8
20
Wed. 9
21
Thur. 10
22
Frid. 11
23
Sat.
12
24
Sun. 13
25
Mon. 14
26
Tues. 15
27 Wed. 16 28 Thur. 17 29
A 3 2
4
17TH AFTER TRINITY. French expedition left Chefoo for Korea, 1866. Arrival in Hong-
kong of Governor Sir William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887.
II.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1869. Great
public meeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1878. Supplementary treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui
repulsed, 1884. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of Hongkong, 1894. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Fire at Canton, property destroyed worth $4,000,000, 1851. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1888. Wreck off the Pescadores of the Norwegian str. "Normand," with loss of all on board except two, 1892. Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the P. & O. str." Bokhara,”
with loss of 125 lives, 1892.
The first Chinese merchant steamer (the "Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with pas-
sengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881.
Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
18TH AFTER TRINITY. Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan
officially opened by the Mikado, 1872.
"Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859.
Khanghoa, in Korea, taken by the French, 1866,
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British
str. "Greyhound, " 1885.
At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China a scheme of
reconstruction was approved, 1892.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861. Shanghai Cotton Mill
burnt, 1893.
19TH AFTER TRINITY. Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882.
The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.
5 H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869, Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875.
Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887.
58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine"
and "Fury," 1849.
Frid. 18
1
Sat.
19
Sun.
20
Mon.
21
Tues.
22
Wed.
23
6
Thur.
24
7
The Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
Frid. 25
8
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured
by the Allies, 1862.
Sat
26
9
Sun. 27 Mon.
10
20ti after TRINITY.
28
11
Tues. 29 Wed. 30
12
13
23
Thur. 31
14
2 2 22*N* 28
In Canton 1,200 houses and 3 factories burnt, 1843. Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japa-
nese, 1804.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Terranova executed
by the Chinese, 1822.
Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1566. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Settlement of the Formosa difficulty between Japan and China, 1874. Ta-lien-wau and Kinchow taken by the Japanese, 1894.
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