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THE CALENDAR FOR 1907
d. h.
m.
Last Quarter New Moon
6
8
52
A.M.
13
1
43
A.M.
First Quarter 20 Full Moon
0
35
P.M.
28
2
23
P.M.
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
1st
Sunrise .....7h. 04m.
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
6h. 10m.
1905
1906
15th
..6h. 56m 6h. 19m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
.64.0
58.9
Minimum
..56.6
51.6
Mean
..60.4 55.3
Barometer, 1906
Mean....
.30.01
1905
RAINFALL
1906
2.250 inches
1.100 inches
Days of Days of
12 & 1
WRER
MONTH
MOONS
Frid.
1
19
Sat.
2
20
Sun.
3
21
Mon.
4
22
Tues. 5
Wed.
6
Thur. 7 25
2223
24
Frid. 8
26
Sat.
9
27
Sun. 10
28
Mon. 11
29 Tues. 12 30 Wed. 13 N.Y.
Thur. 14
Frid. 15
2
3
Sat.
16
4
Sun. 17
1ST. IN LENT
Mon. 18
6
Tues. 19
Wed. 20
Thur. 21
Frid. 22
9
10
Sat.
23
11
Sun. 24
12
Mon. 25
13
Tues.
26
14
Chronology of Remarkable EventO
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, 1807. The German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwei citadel captured by Japanese,
1895.
SEXAGESIMA.
Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement opening
West River signed, 1897.
Anti-foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889.
The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for the burning of the Spanish brig “Bilbaino,” 1840. 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, 1626. Hostilities between Russia and Japan begun by Russian gunboat off Chemulpo, 1904. Japanese made a successful torpedo attack at midnight on Russia's Port Arthur squadron, 1904.
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, 1000. Naval fight at Port Arthur between Japanese and Russian fleets with disastrous consequences to the latter, 1904. QUINQUAGESIMA
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by
the Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.
ASIL WEDNESDAY. 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 harbour, 1885. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,
founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.
The C.S. paddle man-of-war "* Ashuelot" wrecked on the Fast
Rock, near Swatow, 1883.
Lammock
Lord 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, 1875. Statue of Li Hung Chang unveiled at Shanghai 1906, The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years). Massacre of missionaries at
Nanchang, 1906
Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841.
"
Steamer " Queen captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867, 2nd. is Lest. 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.
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyermurdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1849. Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyedby Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong police chop
burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang Hsu, 1889.
Wed. 27
15
Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1876.
of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887
Evacuation
Thur. 28
16
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
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