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THE CALENDAR FOR 1896
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st 15th ..........6h. 34m.
......6h. 25m.
SUNSET 5h. 13m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1893 1894
5h. 17m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum Minimum
73
75
...49
52
d. h. 1. sec.
New Moon First Quarter 12 8 Full Moon 20 11 Last Quarter 27 7
5 1
27
41
A.M.
5
44
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1894
41
44 A.M. 44 47 P.M.
Mean.....
...30.18
PERIGEE, 3 days, APOGEE, 15 days, PERIGEE, 31 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 10 and 11
11 hours, A.M. 8 hours, A.M. 9 hours, A.M.
1893
0.45 inches
RAINFALL
1894
0.75 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Tues.
1
27
Wed.
2
28
St. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.
Thur.
3
29
Frid.
4
30
Sat.
5
1
Sun.
6
to
2
First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841.
Six foreigners killed at Wang-chuh-ki, 1847. Soochow re-taken by the Imperialist
under General Gordon, 1803,
2ND IN ADVENT. Confucius died, B.C. 490.
Mon.
Tues.
1 00
7
3
European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842,
8
4
Wed.
9
Thur, 10
6
Frid. 11
7
Sat. 12
Sun. 13
9
46
Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. Consecration of new Pei-tang Cathedral, Pek
ing, 1888. Piracy on board the Douglas str. Namoa," five hours after leaving Hongkong; Captain Pocock and three others murdered, and several seriously wounded, 1890. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1891. Indemnity paid by Prince Satsuma, 1863. Admiral Bell, U.S.N., drowned at Osaka,
1867.
Imperial decree stating that the Foreign Ministers at Peking are to be received in
audience every New Year, 1890.
3RD IN ADVENT. French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832.
Mon. 14
10
Tues.
15
11
All Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macão, 1838.
Wed.
16
Thur.
17
6 7
12
13
Frid. 18
14
Sat.
19
15
Sun.
20
Mon.
21
Tues.
Wed.
Thur. 24
Frid. 25
Sat.
26
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
2 72*** *** 28 2
16
17
22
18
23
19
20
21
22
27
23
28
24
The P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer "Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger, the cook, and 399
Chinese drowned, 1874.
Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.
4TH IN ADVENT. Arrival of Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales at Hongkong in
the **
Bacchante," 1881. Two cotton mills destroyed by fire at Osaka, 120 persons burnt- to death, 1803.
Steam navigation first attempted, 1730.
Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the movements of
Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1936.
British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.
CHRISTMAS DAY. Great Fire in Hongkong; 363 houses destroyed, inmense destruction.
of property, 1878.
Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 233 lives lost, 1879. The C. N. Co.'s steamer
"Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtsze, over 300 lives lost. 18T AFTER CHRISTMAS. Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.
Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857.
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25
30
26
31
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