THE CALENDAR FOR 1902
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
.....6h.
15th..
6m. 6h. 14m.
5h. 22m.
1900 1901
5h. 16m.
Maximum
....81.9 82.2
Minimum
Mean
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. 111.
First Quarter 8
8
7
A.M.
Full Moon
15
0
43
P.M.
Last Quarter 22 New Moon
3
24
A.M.
29
9
41
P.M.
...51.6 59.6
....68.8 69.5
BAROMETER, 1900
Mean.....
...30.05
1900
RAINFALL
1901
5.785 inches
0.770
xxi
DAYS OF DAYS of 10 and 11∙
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Sat.
Sun.
~
3
Mon.
3
4
Tues.
5
Wed. 5
6
Thur.
6
Frid.
Sat.
9
Sun.
9
10
Tues.
Wed. 12
Mon. 10
11
11
12
13
L
Thur.! 13
14
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Frid. 14
15
Sat.
15
16
Sun. 16
17
Mon.
17
18
Tues. 18
19
Wed. 19
20
Thur. | 20
21
Fri.
21
1
22
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1976. Death of Alexander III,
Czar of Russia, 1594. 23rd after TRINITY, Wreck of the U.S. cruiser "Charleston" off North Luzon.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the Naval action of Chuen-pec,
1839.
Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860.
English and French Treaties promulgated in the "Peking Gazette," 1860.
Death of Li Hung-chang, 1901.
24TH AFTER TRINITY. Prince of Wales born, 1841. The French repulsed in Croa, 1968.
Celebration of the Queen's Jubilee in Hongkong, 1887. Typhoon at Hongkong, 100) H.M.S. "Sandpiper" and ** Canton City " sunk.
Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887.
Typhoon in Hongkong, 198090,
*
H.M.S. Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo in 1904. Death of M. Paul Bert, Resident
General of Annam and Tonkin, 1886. New Chinese Tariff came into force, 19 1.
Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1964.
the Palice, Peking, 1894.
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
The Foreign Ministers had audience within
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1960, Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee,
1893. Germans took possession of Kinochau Bay, 1897,
H.M. gunboat "Gnat " löst on the Palawan, 1964. Destruction of the str. "Wah Yeung "
by fire in the Canton river; upwards of 400 lives lost, 1997. 2510 AFTER TRINITY.
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1513. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1593. Great Fire in Hongkong, 1987.
Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy; upwards of 800 houses destroyed and
several hundred lives lost, 1887.
Portuguese Custom House at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin died, 1863.
Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of II.M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in Japan, 1864. Port
Arthur taken by the Japanese, 1894.
Sat.
22
23
Terrible boiler explosion on board the steamor
lost, 1877.
"Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 80 lives
Sun.
23
24
26TH AFTER TRINITY.
最咯
Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the
· Bacchante" at Woosung, 1881.
Mon. 24
25
Tues. 25
26
Wed. 26
27
Thur.
27
28
Fridl.
28
29
Sat.
29
30
Sun.
30
I
Capture of Anping. Formosa, 1963. Treaty between Portugal and Cina 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, 1830. M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder
of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1870), 1871.
Blake Pier, Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1850.
Hongkong, opened 1900,
**
near Ku-lan, 1969. Murder of captain and four men of the British barque “Crofton,'
Opening of the Japanese Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in person, 1890. ADVENT SUNDAY,
St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consperated, St. Andrew's Day.
sunk in collision with the P. & 0. 1972. The Japanese cruiser "Chishina Kan steamer Ravenna" in the Inland Sea, 61 lives lost, 1592.
Digitized by
Great fire in Hongkong, 1967.