THE CALENDAR FOR 1900
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st
...6h. 6m.
5h. 22m.
15th..... ...6h. 14m.
5h. 16m.
Maximum
1898
....82.8 80.5
1899
MOON'S PHASES
Minimum
....50.6
50.7
d. h. m.
sec.
Mean
....69.4. 67.8
Full Moon
7 6 35
48 A.M.
Last Quarter 14 10
13
45
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1899
New Moon First Quarter 30
22
2
53
42
1
1] 41
P.M.
A.M.
Mean....
..30.11
1898 0.790 inches
RAINFALL
1899
16.40 inches
xxi
WEEK
MONTII
MOONS
Thur.
1
10
2
11
3
12
Sun.
4
13
21ST AFTAU TRINITY.
Mon.
5
14
Tues.
6
15
PERIGEE, 5 days, APOGEE, 18 days,
DAYS OF DAYS OF 9 and 10
Frid.
Sat.
IN M
11.40 hours, P.M. 1.43 hours, A.M.
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Death of Alexander III,
Czar of Russia, 1894.
Wreck of the U.S. cruiser “Charleston off North Luzon.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the Naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839.
Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Great fire at Macao, 300 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860.
English and French Treaties promulgated in the "Peking Gazette,” 1860.
Wed.
16
Thur.
17
Frid.
9
18
Prince of Wales born, 1841.. The French repulsed in Corea, 1860.
Queen's Jubilee in Hongkong, 1887.
Celebration of the
Sat.
10
19
Sun.
11
Mon. 12
21
Tues.
13
222
20
Wed. 14
23
Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887. 22ND AFTER TRINITY, H.M.S. "Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo, out of a crew of 1089
saved, 1864. Death of M. Paul Bert, Resident General of Annam and Tonkin, 1886. Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864. The Foreign Ministers had audienge within
the Palace, Peking, 1894,
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee,
1893. Germans took possession of Kiaochau Bay, 1897.
Thur. 15
24
Frid. 16
II.M. gunboat "Gnat" lost on the Palawan, 1863. Destruction of the str.
by fire in the Cantou river; upwards of 400 lives lost, 1887.
“Wah Yeung"
25
Sat.
17
26
Sun.
18
27
23RD AFTER TRINITY. Great Fire in Hongkong, 1807.
Mon.
19
28
Tues. 20
29
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1943. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1893.
Terrific gunpowder texplosion at Amoy; upwards of 800 houses destroyed and
several hundred lives lost, 1887.
Portuguese Custom House at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin died, 1863.
Wed.
21
30
Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H. M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in Japan, 1884.
Arthur taken by the Japanese, 1894.
Port
Thur.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
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22
1
23
2
24
3
25
4
26
5
27
6
28
7
29
8
30
9
Terrible boiler explosion on board the steamer "Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 86 lives
lost, 1877.
Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the "Bacchante" at Woosung
1881.
24TH AFTER TRINITY. Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1963, Treaty between Portugal
and China signed, 1887, and Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890. Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1339.
M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murde
of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1370), 1971.
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1356. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867. Murder of captain and four men of the British barque "Crofton, near Ku-lan, 1800.
Opening of the Japanese Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in person, 1890.
St. Andrew's Day, St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated, 1372. The Japanese
cruiser "Chishima Kan" sunk in collision with the P. & O. steamer the Inland Sea, 61 lives lost, 1892.
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