THE CALENDAR FOR 1897
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
.5h. 29m.
6h. 25m.
1895
1896
15th
..5h. 21m.
6h. 31m.
Maximum
....89
90
MOON'S PHASES
Minimum
69
67
d.
h.
m.
sec.
New Moon
2
4
22
43 A.M.
First Quarter 10 5
12
48
A.M.
Full Moon
16
9
30
BAROMETER, 1896
45
P.M.
Last Quarter 23
5
10 45
P.M.
Mean....
29.88
New Moon
31
8
1 46 P.M.
APOGEE, 2 days, 3 hours, P.M.
PERIGEE, 16 days,
3 hours, P.M.
APOGEE, 29 days,
7 hours, P.M.
1895
5.64 inches
RAINFALL
1896
1.15 inches
Sat.
30
Sun. Mon.
1
3
2
Tues.
4
3
Wed. 5
Thur. 6
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
පය
7
6
9
DAYS OF DAYS OF 3, 4 and 5)
WEEK
ΜΟΝΤΗ MOONS
-
201
45G7A
1890.
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLR EVENTS
St. Philip and St. James's day. First number of " Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines,
2ND AFTER EASTER. Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1888. Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1884.
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking
inaugurated, 1884.
British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842.
Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874.
Departure of Governor Sir William Des Vœux from Hongkong, 1891.
Mon.
10
C
Tues.
10
Wed. 12
11
Thur. 13
12
Frid. 14
13
Sat.
15
14
Sun. 16
15
4TH AFTER EASTER.
Mon. 17
16
Tues. 18
17
Wed.
19
18
Thur. 20
Frid.
21
Sat.
22
Sun.
23
Mon.
Tues.
24
25
Wed. 26
Thur. 27
Frid. 28
Sat. 29
Sun.
30
27237 **** 3
27 28** ** ** 8
19
20
24
Prince Kung's honours restored, 1805.
3rd after EastER. New Town Hallat Tientsin opened, 1890. Waglan Lighthouseopened,
1893.
Hongkong declared infected with plague, 1894.
Colonel Gordon with
the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864. Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1885.
Attempted assassination of the Czarewitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan, 1891. Execution
of fifteen pirates (including leader of “Namoa" pirates) at Kowloon, 1891.
East India Co.'s garden at Canton detroyed by the Mandarins, 1831.
A corporal of the British Legation murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking, 1864. Anti-
Foreigu riot at Wuhu, 1891.
Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Eart., in Hongkong, on his way to Peking to assume the
functions of British Minister, 1886.
Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1881. Anti-
foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer “Izere,
Shanghai, 1879.
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842.
Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led
of the latter, 1883.
Forts at mouth of leiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. The Canton Mint
commenced striking silver coins, 1890.
Loss of M. M. str. "Menzaleh" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887.
Imperial Edict respecting anti-Christian literature, 182.
21 Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.
ROGATION Sunday. U. S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
Queen Victoria born, 1819. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for
Macao, 1839.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891.
Formosa Republic declared, 1895.
19
1860. Arrival of General Grant in
Anti-foreign riot at Ngankin, 1891.
by Commandant Rivierc, and death
25
Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
26
ASCENSION DAY. Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841.
27
28
Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1896. Great rain storm in Hongkong, serious
damage, 1889. Anti-Foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895.
Mon.
31
1
29
AFTER ASCENSION. HI.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888. Arrival of the King of Siam in Singapore, 1990.
Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the “Poyang," with 100 lives, near MaEBRO,
1875
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