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THE CALENDAR FOR 1906
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
...7h. 04m.
6h. 10m.
1904 1905
15th
.............................Ch.
....Ch. 56m
Ch. 19m.
Maximum ...........68.1 Minimum ............58.5
58.9
51.6
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
....62.6
55.3
1
d.
h.
m.
Barometer, 1905
First Quarter
1
8
31
P.M.
Mean.....
....30.14
Full Moon
B
3
46
P.M.
Last Quarter 16
0
၁၈
P.M.
New Moon
23
3
57
P.M.
1904 0.200 inches
RAINFALL
1903
1.100 inches
DAYS OF
WEEK
DAYS OF MOXTIL
1&2 MOONS
Thur. 1
8
Frid. 2
9
Sat.
3
10
Sun.
4
11
Mon.
5
12
Tues.
13
Wel.
Thur.
===
15
14
Frid. 9
16
Sat.
10
17
Sun. 11
18
Mon. 12
Tues.
13
2203
19
Wed. 14
21
Thur. 15
22
Frid.
16
CHRONOLOGy or 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 Yokohama for the murder of her husband; sentence commuted to penal servitude, 1897. The German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwei citadel captured by Japanese,
1895.
5th after EPIPHANY. Great robbery in the Central Bank,
Agreement opening West River signed, 1897. Anti-foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and footed, 1889.
The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for the burning of the Spanish brig “Bilbaino,” 1340. Japan broke off diplomatic relations with Russia, 1904. The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the purpose of taking Formosa, 1826. Hostilities between Russia and Japan begun by Russian gunboat off Chemulpo, 1904. Japanese made a successful torpédo attack at midnight on Russia's Port Arthur squadron.
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. Naval fight at Port Arthur between Japanese and Russian fleets with disastrous consequences to the latter. SEPTI AGESIMA.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.
Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Liukangtao Island
forts and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895.
8. Valentine's Day. Tung Wa Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell,
1872.
Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate "Yu-yuen'
and corvette "Chin-cheng" sunk by the French in Sheipoo narbour, 1885. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,
founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.
SEXAGESIMA. The U.S. paddle_man-of-war
Lammock Rock, near Swatow, 1883.
"Ashuelot" wrecked on the Fast-
Lordd Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, shipwrecked in the Java Sea 1817.
Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yun-
nan, by Chinese, 1873.
The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).
Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841.
Sat.
Sun. 18
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur. 22
Frid. 23
1 222 2*
17
19
20
21
* ** *** ¦
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
1
Sat.
Sun. 25
Mon.
Tues.
2227
24
คง
2
3
26
4
5
Wed.
28
G
ASI WEDNESDAY. Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1870.
1867.
Steamer "Queen
captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid,
Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. “Yotsai” between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.
QUINQUAGESIMA_Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in
Hongkong, 1849.
Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong police chop
burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang Hsu, 1989.
Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1870. Evacuation
of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887
Hongkong, discovered, 1865..
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