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THE CALENDAR FOR 1898

FEBRUARY-28 DAYS

1st

15th

SUNRISE ......6h. 41m. 5h. 47m. ...6h. 33m. 5h. 56m.

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1896

1897

Maximum

.69

77

Minimum

.43

41

Chronology of Remarkable ĥvenTS

Full Moon

MOON'S PHASES

Last Quarter 14 New Moon First Quarter 28 6

APOGEE, 1 day, PERIGEE, 17 days,

d. h. II).

sec.

7 2

0

42 A.M.

Barometer, 1896

8

21 3

10 47 A.M. 16 46

A.M. 49 43 P.M.

Mean.....

....30.16

3.44 hours, P.M.

2.40 hours, P.M.

1896

RAINFALL

7.94 inches

1897

1.82 inches

Days of DAYS OF

WEEK

MONTH

1 & 2 | MOONS

Tues.

1

11

Wed.

2

Thur.

3

13

Frid.

14

Sat.

ся

5

15

Sun.

6

16

17

t

Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article ► Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887. Mrs. Carew sentenced to death at Yoko hama for the murder of her husband; sentence commuted to penal servitude, 1897, The new German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. 12

Weihaiwei oitadel captured by Japanese, 1895

Mon. 7 Tues. 8 18

Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement opening.

West River signed, 1807

Anti-Foreign riót at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889.

SEPTUAGENIMA SUNDAY. The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfac-

tion from the Chiness for the burning of the Spanish brig “* Bilbaino,” 1840.

The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the

purpose of taking Formosa, 1626.

The Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain,

crew, and 250 coolies missing, 1867.

The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by

Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.

SRIAGESIMA SUNDAY. Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Burrender of lsland

forts and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895

St. Valentine's day. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell,

1872.

Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate "Yu-yuen" and

corvette "Chin-cheng" sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hong-

kong, founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.

Wed. 9

19

Thur. 10

20

Frid. 11

21

Sat.

12

22

Sun. 13

23

Mon. 14

24

Tues. 15

25

Wed. 16

26

Thur. 17

27

Frid. 18

28

The U.S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot "wrecked on the East Lammock Rock,

Swatow, 1883.

Bear

Sat.

19

29

1817

Sun.

20

30

Mon. 21

I

Tues. 22

Wed.

Ash WedneSDAY.

23

3

Thur.

24

4

Frid.

25

5

Sat.

26

6

Sun.

27

7

Mon.

8

Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the Java 80a,

QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY,

Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan

by Chinese, 1875.

Shrove TuesdAY. The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).

14

Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer "Queen" captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hal laid, 1867.

Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. “Yotani " between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.

Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong,

1849.

Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong pollos abop

burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang-su, 1880.

1ST IN LEXT. Treaty of peace between Japan and Korea signed at Kohwa, 1876-

Evacuation of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.

Capture of the Bulu ospital by the Spaniards, 1976,

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