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THE CALENDAR FOR 1900
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st 15th
....6h. 25m.
5h. 13m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
d. h. m.
sec.
6 6
14 43
18
42
37
43
24 40 A.M.
Full Moon
.6h. 34m. 5h. 17m.
MOON'S PHASES
Last Quarter 14 6 New Moon 22
7 First Quarter 29 9
PERIGEE, 4 days, 2.45 hours, A.M. · APOGEE, 15 days, 8.41 hours, P.M. PERIGEE, 30 days,10.46 hours, P.M.
DAYS OF DATs or ₤10 and 11)
WEEK
MONTH MOONS
CHRONOLOGY OF Remarkabla Evanta
1897
1898
Maximum
..76.4
79.7
Minimum
.....47.9
51.3
Mean
.60.6
62.1
P.M.
A.M.
Barometer, 1898
A.M.
Mean............
...30.16
1897
0.480 inches
RAINFALL
1898
0.025 inches
Six foreigners killed at Wang-chuh-ki, 1847. Soochow re-taken by the Imperialiato
under General Gordon, 1863. The Japanese warship
" Unebi-kan” left Singapore and not heard of again, 1886.
Confucius died, B.C. 490,
European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.
2ND IN ADVENT. Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1881. Consecration of new Pei-tang
Cathedral, Peking, 1888.
Piracy on board the Douglas str. "Namoa," five hours after leaving Hongkong; Captain Pocock and three others murdered and several seriously wounded, 1890. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1891.
Sat.
1
10
Sun.
11
1ST IN ADVENT. St. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.
Mon.
12
Tues.
4
13
First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841.
Wed.
5
14
Thur.
Frid.
67
15
16
Sat.
8
17
Sun.
9
18
Mon. 10
19
Tues.
11
20
·
Wed.
12
Thur. 13
Frid. 14
Sat.
15
Sun. 16
Mon.
17
7 **** & N 8
22
23
24
25
3RD IN ADVENT,
26
Tues. 18 Wed.
19
Thur. 20
Frid.
Sat.
21
Indemnity paid by Prince Satsuma, 1863. Admiral Bell, U.S.N., drowned at Osaka
1967.
21 Imperial Decree stating that the Foreign Ministers at Peking are to be received in
audience every New Year, 1890.
27
28
29
30
22
1
2
Sun. 23 Mon. 24
Tues. 25
Wed. 26
* * * * * * N * 28 2
Thur. 27
Frid.
28
5
French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832. Reception of
Foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1898.
All Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838.
The P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer "Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger, the cook, and 389
Chinese drowned, 1874.
Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.
Arrival of Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales at Hongkong in the “Bacchante,” 1881. Two cotton mills destroyed by fire at Osaka, 120 persons burnt to death, 1893.
Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.
Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the movements of
Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.
4TH IN ADVENT. British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.
CHRISTMAS DAY. Great Fire in Hongkong; 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction
of property, 1878.
Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 263 lives lost, 1897. The C. N. Company's
Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtze, over 300 lives lost.
steamer "
Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1885.
Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857.
Sat.
29
8
Sun, 30
9
1st After Christmas.
Mon. 31
10