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THE CALENDAR FOR 1898

JULY-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st

.5h. 20m.

6h. 47m.

1896

1897

15th ....... ..5h. 25m.

6h. 45m.

Maximum

.94

90

Minimum

.75

75

MOON'S PHASES

d. h. m.

sec.

Full Moon

4

4

48

42

A.M.

BAROMETER, 1896

Last Quarter 11

0

18

48

A.M.

New Moon

19

3

23 41

A.M.

Mean.....

..29.78

First Quarter 26

9

16 40 P.M.

13

Dyrs or bars or 5 and 6

WIFE

MONTH · MOONS

Frid

I

13

➤at.

14

3

15

Mon

16

Tues.

I 5

17

PERIGEE, 3 days, 9.40 hours, P.M. APOBE, 17 days, 0.42 hours, A.M.

1896

12.42 inches

RAINFALL

1897

5.57 inches

CHRONOLOGy of RemaRKABLE EVENTS

Hakodate, Kanagawa, and Nagasaki (Japan) opened to trade, 1857. Two Swedish

missionaries murdered at Sungpu, 18983,

Amoy forts and many junks destroyed by H.M.S.

from the Hoongkiang arrived in Hongkong, 1873.

Blonde, 1840. French Expedition

4TH AFTER TRINITY. Steainer" Don Juan" burnt at sea near Philippines; 145 persons

perished, 1593.

Telegraph cable laid between Hongkong and Macao, 1884.

Tinghai first taken, 1840. Attack on British Embassy at Tokyo, 1881.

Wed

6

18

Thur.

19

Order of nobility instituted in Japan, 1884.

Frid.

20

Canton factories attacked by Chinesc, 1840.

Sat.

9

21

First Dutch embassy arrived at Tientsin, 1656.

Sun. 10

i

Mon. 11

23

Tues. 19

21

Wed. 13

25

Thur. 14 Frid.

26

15

27

1

Nat.

I

16 1 28

Sun.

17 29

Mon. 18

30

Tues.

19

Wed. 20

2

Thor. 21

267 2* * 2

Frid. 92

Sum

Mon.

Tuts.

Wed.

Thur.

24

25

26

7

5TH AFTER TRINITY. Portuguese fleet, left Malacca for China, 1522. The Yangtze

blockaded by British fleet, 1840,

Engagement between the American Naval Forces and the Coreans; the Expedition

leave to await instructions, 1871, Amherst's embassy arrived in China, 1816.

Foreign Inspectorate of Chistoms established in Shanghai, 1854. Suspension of Hongkong

Police Officers for accepting bribes, 1897.

First English ship reached China, 1635. French gunboats fired on by Siamese at

Paknam, 1893.

Statue of Paul Bert unveiled at Hanoi, 1800.

Shimonoseki forts bombarded by the English, French, and American squadron, 1872

Eruption of Bandai-san volcano, Japan ; 500 persons killed, 1888.

British trade with China re-opened, 1842. The King of Cambodia arrived on a visit to

Hongkong, 1872.

6TH AFTER TRINITY. Dutch envoy Goyer, as bearer of tribute, received in Peking, 1656

Terrible earthquake at Manila, 1880. Additional Article to Chefoo Convention signed in London, 1885.

Nanking captured by the Imperialists, 1803.

Wreck of the C. M. 8. N. Co.'s str. ** Pautah" on Shantung Promontory, 1887.

Yellow River burst its banks at Chang-kiu, Shantung; great inundation, 1899. Armed attack on Japanese Legation at Seoul, Corea, and eight inmates killed, 1882.

TIL AFTER TRINITY. British trade prohibited at Canton, 1834. Anglo-Chinese Burma}{

Convention signed at Peking, 1886.

"Kowshing." British steamer carrying Chinese troops, sunk by Japanese, with loss of about 1,000 lives, 1894. Defeat of British forces at Taku, Admiral Hope wounded, 1850. New Hongkong Club opened, 1897.

27

9

28

10

Nanking re-taken by Imperialists, 1864.

Canton opened to British trade, 1943. Terrific typhoon at Canton, Macao, Hongkong, and

Whampoa ; loss of life estimated at 40,000 persons, 1862.

11

* *

Frid

Sat.

30

Nic

Be

12

31

13

23

German Gunboat Iltis wrecked off Shantung Promontory; all but cleven of the crow perished. 1996. Outbreak of rebellion at Manila, 1896. Typhoon at Hongkong and Mac+0, 1881. Great earthquake at Kumamoto, Japan, 1989. Defeat of the Chinese by the Japanese at Yashan, 180M.

Severe typhoon at Macao, 1836.

8TH AFTRE TEINITY

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