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THE CALENDAR FOR 1896

MARCH-31 DAYS

1st

15th

SUNRISE ........6h. 23m. Ch. 02m. ........6h. 10m. Ch. 08m.

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1894

1895

Maximum

.77

79

Minimum

MOON'S PHASES

.50

47

d. h. m. sec.

Last Quarter 6 New Moon

7

14

6

23

First Quarter 22 Full Moon

7

29

0

5 40 P.M. 47 P.M. 32 47 P.M. 57 45 P.M.

BAROMETER, 1895.

Mean....

...30.06

9 hours, A.M.

8 hours, A.M.

1894 0.27 inches

RAINFALL

1895

1.39 inches

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WEEK

MONTH

MOONS

Sun.

1

18

Mon.

2

19

Tues.

3

20

Wed.

21

APOGEE, 15 days, PERIGEE, 29 days,

DAYS OF DAYS OF 1 and 2

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

2ND IN LENT. St. David's day, Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-

war,

1885.

First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.

Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Tsz Kuang Po, 1891, Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1889,

Thur.

5

22

Frid.

23

Sat.

7

21

Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841. Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882.

Sun.

8

25

Mon.

9

26

Tues.

10

27

Wed. 11

28

Thur. 12

29

Frid. 13

30

Sat.

14

1

Sun. 15

2

Mon. 16

Tues. 17

Wed. 18

Thur. 19

6

Frid. 20

7

Wreck of the steamer “Nanzing,” near Hongkong, 1891.

Sat.

21

8

Sun.

Mon.

2X

22

9

23

10

Tues. 24

11

Wed. 25

12

Thur. 26

13

Frid.

27

14

3RD IN LENT. Commercial treaty concluded between the United States and Japan, 1854.

Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.

Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and

Chin-hai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.

Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.

Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner,

1841. Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.

Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.

8,000 Chinese troons routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842. New

Law Courts at Yokohama opened, 1890.

4TH IN LENT. Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1805.

Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1860.

St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.

Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1830. Chungking declared

open to foreign trade, 1891.

Governor Sir G. Bonham landled at Hongkong, 1348.

British ship "Sarah,” first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.

5TH IN LENT. Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885. Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.

First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891. Attempted assassination of Lâ

Hung-chang at Shimonoseki, 1896.

Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in

Canton, 1839,

Great Flood at Foothow, 1874.

Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Protocol of Convention between-

China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.

Sat. 28

15

20,289 chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1839.

Sun. 29

16

PALM SUNDAY, Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.

Mon. 30

17

Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong. 1883.

Tues. 31

Abolition of the coolie traile at Macao, 1874.

Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of

18

Connaught in Hongkong,

1890.

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