THE CALENDAR FOR 1904
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th......
....6h. 6m.
5h. 22m.
1902 1903
.6h. 14m.
5h. 16m.
Maximum
.80.1 73.8
Minimum
..62.8 62.1
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
...71.5 67.2
d. h.
m.
Last Quarter 1
7
13
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1903
New Moon
7 11
37
P.M.
First Quarter
15
8
35
A.M.
Full Moon
23
11
12
A.M.
Last Quarter
30
3 38
P.M.
Mean.....
...........30.11
1902
RAINFALL
5.400 inches
1903
1.090 inches
lv
Date of Date of 9 and 10
NORTH | Mooxs
Tues.
1
24
Wed.
Thur.
W 3
2
25
26
Frid.
4
27
Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Sat.
28
Sun
29
Mon.
7
1
Tues
2
Wed.
3
Thur.
10
Frid. 11
Sat.
12
6
Srin
13
7
Mon.
14
8
Tues 15
9
Wed.
16
10
Thur. 17
11
Fri.
18
12
Sat.
19
13
Sun.
Mon.
8-
20
14
21
15
Tues.
22
Wed.
23
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
!
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16
17
CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable Évents
The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Death of Alexander III,
Czar of Russia, 1894.
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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.
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1880.
23rd after TRINITY. English and French Treaties promulgated in the “Peking Gazette,”
1860. Death of Li Hung-chang, 1001.
The French repulsed in Corea, 1888. Celebration of the Queen's Jubilee In Hongkong, 1887. Typhoon at Hongkong, 190, H.M.S. "Sandpiper" and "Canton City" sunk. Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887.
H.M.S. "Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo in 1864. Death of M. Paul Bert, Resident
General of Annam and Tonkin, 1886. New Chinese Tariff came into force, 1901. Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1884. The Foreign Ministers had audience within
the Palace, Peking, 1894.
24th AFTER TRINITY. Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1800. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee,
1803. Germans took possession of Kiaochau Bay, 1897.
H. M. gunboat "Gnat' lost on the Palawan, 1868. Destruction of the str. “Wah Yeung" by fire in the Canton river; upwards of 400 lives lost, 1887. Opening of Canton-Fatshan Railway, 1903.
Bhanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1848. Celebration of Shanghai Jubiles, 1898.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1887.
Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy; upwards of 800 houses destroyed and
several hundred lives lost, 1887.
25th after TrINITY. Portuguese Custom House at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin
died, 1883.
Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in Japan, 1864. Port Arthur taken by the Japanese, 1894. Departure of Governor Sir Henry Blake from Hongkong, 1903; acting appointment of Hon. F. H. May. Terrible boller explosion on board the steamer 'Yesso in Hongkong harbour, 86
84
lives lost, 1877. Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the "Bacchante” at
Woosung, 1881.
18
19
Capture of Anping, Formom, 1889. Treaty between Portugal and China signed, 1887,
and Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890.
21
27
21
22
30
24
Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839.
ADVENT SUNDAY. M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador,
for the murder of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1870), 1871. Foreign_factories burnt at Canton, 1856. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867. Blake Pier,
Hongkong, opened 1900,
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Murder of captain and four men of the British_barque “Crofton, nea Ku-lan, 1860.
Opening of the Japanese Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in person, 1890.
S. Andrew's Day. S. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated 1872. The Japanese cruiser "Chishima Kan" sunk in collision with the l'. & 0. steamer "'Ravenna” in the Inland Sea, 61 lives lost, 1892.