THE CALENDAR FOR 1897
XV
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG Temperature
1st 15th
.....5h. 53m.
5h. 47m.
1895
1896
....5h. 58m.
5h. 34m.
Maximum
.84
91
MOON'S PHASES
Minimum
.63
65
d. h. m.
sec.
First Quarter 3
1 7
45
P.M.
Full Moon
11
0
17
49
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1896
Last Quarter 19 New Moon
4
44 48
A.M.
26
7
4 40
A.M.
Mean......
.29.96
6 hours, A.M. 11 hours, A.M.
APOGEE, 15 days, PERIGEE, 27 days,
DAYS OF Days of [9 and 10
WEEK MONTH MOONS
The "Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Ting-hai captured by the English, 1841. French landed at Ketung, 1884. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892.
Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884.
16TH AFTER TRINITY. Serious riot at Hongkong, 1984. Treaty between France and
Siam signed at Bangkok, 1893.
1895 RAINFALL
1896
0.50 inches
7.90 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Frid.
1
6
Sat.
2
7
Sun.
3
8
Mon.
4
9
Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.
Tues.
5
10
Typhoon at Hongkong, 1804.
Wed.
6
a
11
Thur. 7
12
Frid.
8
13
Sat.
9
14
Sun.
10
15
Mon. 11
16
Tues.
Wed. 13
Thur. 14
Frid.
Sat.
16 Sun. 17
Mon.
Tues. 19
Wed. 20
Thur.
Frid. 22
Sat.
Sun. 24
Mon. 25
Frid. 29
Sat.
Sun.
30
31
29
30
10 2878 * **** 82 8
6
*****N* 28 =
Tues.
26
1
Wed. 27 Thur.
2
28
3
12
17
French expedition left Chefoo for Korea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887.
Great
H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited l'eking, but not received by the Emperor, 1869.
public meeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1878. Supplementary treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui
repulsed, 1884. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of Hongkong, 1894. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Fire at Canton, property destroyed worth 84,000,000, 1851. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1888. Wreck off the l'escadores of the Norwegian str. "Normand," with loss of all on board except two, 1592, 17th after TrINITY. Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the
P. & 0. str." Bokhara,” with loss of 125 lives, 1802.
The first Chinese merchant steamer (the "Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with
passengers to establish a Chinese firin there, 1881. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
18
Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841.
Mikado, 1872.
First railway in Japan officially opened by the
19
15
20
21
22
"Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859.
Explosion on the Chinese trooper “Kungpai,” loss of 500 lives, 1895
Khanghoa, in Korea, taken by the French, 1866.
18TH AFTER TRINITY. St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy
on board the British str. **Greyhound," 1885."
18
23
At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China a scheme
of reconstruction was approved, 1892.
24
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861.
25
Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property,
1882.
21
26
27
23
The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.
H.R.II. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875.
Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887.
58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships
and "Fury," 1849.
19TH AFTER TRINITY. The Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
Columbine"
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1944 Kahding recaptured by
the Allies, 1802.
In Canton 1,200 houses and 3 factories burnt, 1843. Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japa-
nese, 1804.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurrection
at Canton, 1895
Portuguese frigate “* D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894.
20TH AFTER TRINITY. H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869, Ta-lien-wan
and Kinchow taken by the Japanese, 1894.
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