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THE CALENDAR FOR 1899

MARCH-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st

...6h. 23m.

6h. 02m.

1897

1898.

15th

...6h. 10m.

6h. 08m.

Maximum Minimum

.....82

80

.55

53

MOON'S PHASES

d. h. m. sec.

Last Quarter 5 11 New Moon 12 3 First Quarter 19 10 Full Moon

42

47 A.M.

BAROMETER, 1898.

1

28 48 A.M. 59 48 A.M. 54 45 P.M.

Mean.....

.30.01

20

Thur.

21

Frid.

22

Sat.

4

23

Sun.

5

24

Mon. 6

25

Tues.

7

26

27

PERIGEE, 10 days, APOGEE, 22 days,

Dats or Days OF| 1 and 2

WEEK

Wed.

MONTH MOONS

123

4.46 hours, a.m. 1.43 hours, A.M.

1897

0.82 inches

RAINFALL

1898

0.17 inches

CHRONOLOGy of Remarkable EvenTS

St. David's day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.

Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Tsz Kuang

Po, 1891.

Emperor kwang-su assumes the government, 1889.

3RD IN LENT. Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macão by Governor Amaral, 1849.

Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.

Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882.

Wedl.

27

Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1898.

Thur. 9

28

Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.

Frid. 10

29

Sat.

11

30

Sun.

12

1

Mon.

13

2

Tues. 14

Wed. 15

Thur. 16

5

Frid. 17

6

St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.

Sat.

18

7

Lin arrived in Canton, 1830. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and

Chinhai and were repuised with great slaughter, 1842.

Governor sir K. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.

4TH IN LENT. Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as

a prisoner, 1841. Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.

Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.

8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi, with great slaughter, 1842. New

Law Courts at Yokohama opened, 1880.

Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1885. Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 18886.

Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839. Chungking declared

open to fore.gn trade, 1891.

Sun.

19

8

5TH IN LEST. Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.

Wreck of the steamer “Nanzing,” near Hongkong, 1891.

Mon. 20

9

British ship **Sarah,” first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1884.

Tues.

21

10

Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885.

Wed.

Thur.

223

11

12

Frid.

24

13

Sat.

25

14

Sun.

26

15

PALM SUNDAY. Great Flood at Foochow,

1874.

Mon. 27

16

Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.

First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891. Attempted assassination of Li

Hung chang at Shimonoseki, 1896.

Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in

Canton, 1839.

Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1876. Protocol of Convention between

China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887a

Tues. 28

17

20,289 chests of Opium burned by Lin, 1889.

Wed. 29

18

Thur. 30

Frid.

31

19

20

Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.

Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1883. GOOD FRIDAY. Abolition of the coolie trade at Macao, 1874.

Duchess of Connaught in Hongkong, 1890,

Arrival of the Duke and