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THE CALENDAR FOR 1909
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
.Th. 04m.
6h. 10m.
1908
1909
15th
....6h. 56m
6h. 19m.
Maximum
....61.8
62.3
Minimum
..55.2
54.9
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
.58.7
58.3
d. h. m.
BAROMETER, 1908
Full Moon
5
4
25
P.M.
Mean......
.30.12
Last Quarter 13
8
47
P.M.
New Moon
20
6
52
P.M.
1907
RAINFALL
1908
First Quarter 27
10
49
A.M.
0.165 inches
2.820 inches
DAYS OF | DAYS OF WEEK MONTH
1 & 2 MOONS
Mon.
1
11
Tues. 2
12
Wed.
13
CO 20
Thur. 4
14
Frid.
Sat.
56
15
6
16
66
Iα
Sun. Mon.
78
17
18
Tues. 9
19
Wed. 10
20
Thur. 11
21
Frid.
12
22
Sat.
13
23
Sun.
14
24
27 2* * * * ** 2
25
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 Yokohama for the murder of her husband; sentence commuted to penal servitude, 1897. The German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwel citadel captured by Japanese,
1895.
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, 1880.
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. Japanese str. Tatau Mūru seized by Chinese gunɓoats near Macao for alleged sinuggling arms, 1908
SEPTUAGESIMA. Suez Canal adopted as the regular route for the Eastern Mails, 1888. 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 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, 1900. Naval fight at Port Arthur between Japanese and Russian fleets with disastrous consequences to the latter, 1904.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by
the Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.
Accession of the Emperor of Japan, 1867. Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender fo Liukangtao Island forts and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895,
SEXAGESIMA. S. 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.
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U.S. paddle man-of-war
Rock, near Swatow, 1883.
"Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Lammock
Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, shipwrecked in the Java Sea
1817.
QUINQUAGESIMA Mr. A. R. Margary, of H. B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Man. wyne, Yunnan, 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
"Queen
Mon. 15
Tues.
Wed.
Thur. 18
Frid. 19
16
26
17
27
28
The
29
Sat. 20 Sun. 21
1
2
Mon. 22
3
Tues. 23
Wed. 24
5
Thur. 25
Frid.
Sat
27
8
Treaty of peace between Japan and Cores signed at Kokwa, 1876.
of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887
Evacuation
Sun.
28
9
FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer
captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1887,
ASH WEDNESDAY. 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. 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, 1889.
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