THE CALENDAR FOR 1900
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th
.....5h. 29m. ........5h. 21m.
6h. 25m.
1898
1899
6h. 31m.
Maximum
.91.5 88.5
Minimum
...64.9
67.6
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
..78.4
77.6
d. h. m. sec.
First Quarter 6 9 Full Moon Last Quarter 22 4 New Moon
14 11
28
10
15
40 P.M. 12 46 P.M. 6 49 A.M. 25 48 P.M.
BAROMETER, 1899
Mean..
.29.86
Tues.
1
3
Wed. 2
Thur. 3
5
Frid.
4
6
Sat
7
Sun.
6
8
Mon. 7
9
APOGEE, 9 days, 9.40 hours, A.M. PERIGEE, 25 days, 1.37 hours, A.M.
Days of DaYS OP | 4 and 5
WIK MONTH
MOONS
** LO CO
1898
5.700 inches
RAINFALL
1899 7.165 inches
CHRONOLOGY of Ramarkable EventS
First number of "* Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Spanish fleet destroyed by U.S. fleet at Cavite, 1898.
Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1888.
Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1884.
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Poking
inaugurated, 1884.
British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842.
3RD AFTHE EASTE. Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874. Departure of Governor Sir William Des Vœux from Hongkong, 1891.
Tues. 8
10
Wed. 9
11
New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890, Waglan Lighthouse opened, 1893.
Thur. 10
12
Frid. 11
13
Sat.
12
14
Sun. 13
15
Mon.
14
16
Tues. 15
17
Wed.
Thur.
36
16
18
17
19
Frid. 18
20
Sat. 19
21
Sun. 20
22
Mon. 21
23
Tues. 22
24
Wed. 23
25
Thur. 24
26
Frid. 25. 27
Sat.
Hongkong declared infected with plague, 1894.
captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864. British Squadron, 1885.
Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troope Occupation of Port Hamilton by the
Attempted assassination of the Czarewitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan 1891. Execution
of fifteen pirates (including leader of “Namoa" pirates) at Kowloon, 1891. East India Company's garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins, 1831.
4TH AFTER EASTER. A corporal of the British Legation murdered by Chinese soldiers ab
Peking, 1864. Anti-Foreign riot at Wuhu, 1891.
Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way to Peking to assume
the functions of British Minister, 1886.
Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1881. Anti-
foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.
Kowloon walled city occupied, 1899.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer "*
Shanghai, 1879.
**
Izere, 1860. Arrival of General Grant in
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Ngankin, 1891. Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant Riviere and death
of the latter, 1883.
ROGATION SUNDAY. Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1868.
The Canton Mint commenced striking silver coins, 1890.
Loss of M.M. str. "Menzalch" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama,
1887. Imperial Edict respecting anti-Christian literature, 1892.
Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.
U.S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
Ascension Day. Queen Victoria born, 1819. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects
left Canton for Macao, 1839. British flag hoisted at Wei-hai-wei, 1898.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891.
Formosa Republic declared, 1895.
26
28
Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
Sum
27
29
AFTER ASCENSION, Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841.
Mon. 28
1
Tues. 29
2
Wed. 30
3
Thur.
31
Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1896. Great rain storin in Hongkong, serious
damage, 1889, Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895.
C
H.B.M. screw sloop Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder
of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888. Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives, near Macao,
1875.