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THE CALENDAR FOR 1896

AUGUST—31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st 15th

.....5h. 33m.

6h. 39m.

1894

1895

...5h. 38m.

MOON'S PHASES

d. h.

h. m.

6h. 31m.

Maximum

...90

90

Minimum

.74

75

sec.

Last Quarter New Moon

2 2 10

40 A.M.

9

0

37

First Quarter 16 Full Moon Last Quarter 31

4

38

23

2

40

49 P.M. 45 A.M.

44 P.M.

Barometer, 1895

Mean.......

.29.74

6

31 42 P.M.

APOGEE, 27 days, PERIGEE, 12 days,

11 hours, P.M. 2 hours, A.M.

1894

16.53 inches

RAINFALL

1895

6.12 inches

WEEK

DAYS OF DAYS or | 6 and 7

MONTII Moons

Sat.

1

22

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

Both China and Japan declare war, 1894. Kucheng massacre, 1895.

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

Wed.

OF A CON

2

23

9TH AFTER TRINITY.

3

24

Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

25

5

26

Thur.

6

27

Frid.

7

28

Sat.

29

British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.

Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1706. Bombardment of Kelung by French, 1884.

Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.

British squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.

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

Sun.

9

10TH AFTER TRINITY. British troops landed at Nanking, 1842.

Mon.

10

2

Tues. 11

Wed. Thur.

12

13

1 2 3

3

4

5

Frid. 14

6

Sat.

15

7

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

First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who

suggested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.

174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842.

Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860.

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

1879. Total loss of the E. & A. steamer “Catterthun" near Sydney, 1895.

Sun. 16

8

11TII AFTER TRINITY. British trade at Canton stopped by Hong merchants, 1834. French

treaty with Siam signed, 1856.

Mon. 17

9

Tues. 18

10

Wed.

19

11

Thur. 20

Frid.

21

Sat.

222

12

13

14

Sun. 23

15

Mon. 21

16

Tues. 25

17

Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Dutch treaty with Japan

signed, 1859. Great fire in Hongkong, 1868.

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.

12TH AFTER TRINITY. Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contri-

bution, 1864. Chinese fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884. Wreck of the C. N. Co's. str. "Tientsin" near Swatow, 1887.

British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834. Treaty between Great Britain

and Japan signed, 1859.

Wed. 26

18

British left Macao, 1839.

Thur. 27

19

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

Frid. 28

20

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

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

Sat.

29

21

Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.

Sun. 30

22

13TH AFTER TRINITY.

Mon.

31

23

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

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848.