Directory_and_Chronicle_1900 — Page 19

THE CALENDAR FOR 1900

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MARCH-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

1st............6h. 23m.

SUNSET 6h. 02m.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

15th ... .........6h. 10m. 6h. 08m.

1898

1899

MOON'S PHASES

Maximum ...............79.8 Minimum ...............53.2

80.1

52.8

d. h. m.

sec.

New Moon

Mean

......64.3 64.9

1 7 1

42

P.M.

First Quarter 8

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10

44

P.M.

Full Moon 16

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47

48

BAROMETER, 1899.

P.M.

Last Quarter 24 New Moon

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12

45

P.M.

Mean............

...30.08

31

PERIGEE, 1 day, APOGEE, 15 days, PERIGEE 30 days, DAYS OF DAYS Or | 2 and 3

WEEK

MOONS

Thur.

Frid.

MONTH

123

4 6 45 A.M.

7.37 hours, P.M. 8.39 hours, a.m. 6.40 hours, A.M.

Chronology of Remarkable Events

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

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

Po, 1891.

lor is LENT, Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1889.

Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.

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

1898

RAINFALL

1899

0.170 inches

0.315 inches

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

Thur. 8

8

Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1898.

Frid.

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9

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

Sat.

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Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo'ané

Chinhai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.

2nd in Lent. Governor Sir R. (). MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.

Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner, 1841.

Capture of Baeninh, 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. Now

Law Courts at Yokohama opened, 1890.

Governor Sir II. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1805. Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.

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

SED IN LENT. Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium In Canton, 1852.

Chungking declared open to foreign trade, 1891.

Mon. 19

19

Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.

Tues. 20

20

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

Wed.

21

21

British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.

Thur. 22

Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

26

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22

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

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23

Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1830.

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24

25

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

Hung hang at Shimono ehi, 1895.

4TH IN LENT. Captain Elliot demanly passports for himself and all the British subjects

imprisoned in Canton, 1830.

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Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.

Tues.

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27

Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1875. Protocol of Convention between

China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.

Wed.

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28

20,289 chests of opium burned by Lin, 1839,

Thur.

Frid.

30

88

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Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1886.

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Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G. C.M.G., in Hongkong, 1683.

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21

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Abolition of the coolie trade at Macao, 1874. Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of

Connaught in Hongkong, 1890.