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THE CALENDAR FOR 1896

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS

1st 15th

SUNRISE .....5h. 44m.

SUNSET 6h. 16m.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1894

1895

..5h. 48m.

6h. 02m.

Maximum Minimum ....

....93

94

....75

66

MOON'S PHASES

d. h. m.

sec.

New Moon

7 9

19

First Quarter 14 11

49

46

Full Moon

22 6

25

43 P.M.

A.M.

45 A.M.

BAROMETER, 1895

Mean.......

..............29.82

Last Quarter 30 9 3-4 45 A.M.

PERIGEE, 24 days, APOGEE, 9 days,

11 hours, A.M.

4 hours, A.M.

1894 19.11 inches

RAINFALL

1895

3.96 inches

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WEEK

MONTU

MOONS

Tues.

1

24

Wed.

25

DAYS OF DAYS OF 7 and 8

1

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, died of the wounds inflicted by an assassin, 1870. Foundation

stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890.

Arrival of the "Vega" at Yokohama, after having discovered the North-East Passage,

1879. Serious anti-foreign riot at Ichang, 1891.

Thur. 3

26

Hongkong plague proclamation revoked, 1894.

Frid.

4

27

Sat.

5

28

Sun.

Mon.

Tues,

Wed.

6789

29

1

2

Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867.

3

Thur.

10

Frid. 11

5

Sat. 12

6

Sun. 13

7

Mon.

Tues. 15

14

00

8

9

Wed. 16

10

New Convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1881.

Thur. 17

11

Frid. 18

12

Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1864.

Death of Tso Tsung-tang at Foochow, 1885.

14th AFTER TRINITY. HI.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869. Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.

Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1850.

Riot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property on Shameen, 1883. British gunboat Wasp" left Singapore for Hongkong and seen no more, 1887.

14

Public meeting of foreign residents at Yokohama to protest against proposed new

Treaty with Japan, 1890.

15TH AFTER TRINITY. Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hung-

chang, 1876.

Public Meeting in Hongkong, with reference to the blockade of the port by the Chinese

Customs' cruisers, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891.

Chinese transport "Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores; upwardsof 370 lives ost, 1887.

Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894.

The battle of the Yalu, in which the Chinese were defeated by the Japanese, losing five

vessels, 1894.

Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 1889. Loss in Kii Channel, near

Kobe, of the Turkish frigate "Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1890.

Sat.

19

13

Sun. 20

14

16TH AFTER TRINITY.

Mon. 21

15

Tues. 22

16

Wed.

23

17

Thur.! 24

18

Frid. 25

19

Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.

Am. brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866.

many thousands of lives lost, 1874.

44

H.M.S. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1868. Piratical attack on the German barque Apenrade," near Macao, 1869. The Satsuma rebels in Japan routed with great slaughter, their leader, Saigo, killed, and the insurrection suppressed, 1877.

Daring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing Lok street, Hongkong, by armed robbers,

1878.

Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao

Sat. 26

20

Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.

Sun. 27

21

17TH AFTER TRINITY. Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.

Mon. 28

22

Tues.

29

23

Wed.

30

24

Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887. Death of Hon. F.

Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889.

Michaelmas Day, Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1885.

All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841,