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THE CALENDAR FOR 1901
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
Ist 15th
.6h. 41m.
5h. 47m.
..ch. 33m.
5h, 56m.
Maximum
Minimum
Mean
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. m.
Full Moon
3
11
6
P.M.
Last Quarter
12 1
49
A.M.
New Moon
19
10
22
A.M.
First Quarter 26
2
15
A.M.
1899
1900
..72.8
70.2
47.0
44.5
.59.6
56.9
BAROMETER, 1900
Mean....
.30.17
1899 2.205 inches
RAINFALL
1900
2.640 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 12 & 1
WEEK
MONTH
MOONE
Frid.
1
13
Sat.
2
14
Sun.
3
15
Mon.
16
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
507
17
18
19
Frid.
8
20
Sat.
9
21
Sun.
10
22
Mon. 11
23
Tues. 12 Wed.
24
13
Thur. 14
26
Frid. 15
27
Sat.
16
28
Sun. 17
29
Mon.
18
Tues.
19
Well.
20
Thur.
21
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
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N.Y.
2
Asu WEDNESDAY,
3
22
4
23
5
24
6
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CHRONOLOGY of REMARKABLE EVENTS
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887. Mrs. Carew sentenced to death at Yoko- hama for the murder of her husband; sentence commuted to penal servitude, 1897, The new German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwet citadel captured by
Japanese, 1895.
SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY.
Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement opening
West River signal, 1897.
Anti-Foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1829.
The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for
the burning of the Spanish brig “Bilbaino," 1840.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the
purpose of taking Formosa, 1626.
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The Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew, and 250 coolies missing, 1857. Murder of Messrs. Kiddle and Sutherland at Mengka on Yunnan border, 1900.
SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the
Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.
Surrender of Liuk:angtau Island Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. 25
forts and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895.
St. Valentine's Day. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell,
1872.
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Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai doclared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate "Yu-ynen” and
corvette Chin-cheng” sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885, Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hong-
kong, founded, 1881. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887. QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY,
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The U.S. paddle man-of-war 30
Swatow, 1882.
GIA
wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near
SHROVE TUESDAY. Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked
in the Java Sea, 1817.
Mr. A. R. Margary, of II.B, M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan,
by Chinese, 1875.
The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).
Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer **Queen" captured
and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall Jaid, 1807.
18 IN LENT. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotsai” between Hongkong and Maeno; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyal, 1881.
Mon. 25
7
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1849,
Tues. 20
Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong police chop
burnt, 1881. Marriage of the Emperor, Kwang-su, 1889.
Wed. 27
Treaty of peace between Japan and Korea signed at Kokwa, 1876.
of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.
Evacuation
Thur. 28
10
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876,