THE CALENDAR FOR 1909
xxi
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1907 1908
1st.......
................................6h. 29m.
5h. 45m.
Maximum
15th............6h. 37m. 5h. 39m.
MOON'S PHASES
.76.0 75.8
Minimum
..67.5 65.6
Mean
...71.5
70.2
d. h.
m.
Last Quarter
5
5
38
A.M.
New Moon
13
10
18
A.M.
First Quarter
21
1
29
A.M.
Full Moon
27
4
52
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1907
Mean......
.30.09
1907
RAINFALL
1.265 inches
1908 0.145 inches
Days of Days or | 9 and 10 |
23 40
MONTH MOONS
Mon.
1
19
Tues. Wed.
20
Thur.
22
Frid.
5
23
Sat.
в
24
Sun.
7
25
Mon.
8
26
Tues.
27
Wed.
10
28
Tl.nr. 11
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Chronology of RemarkABLE EVENTS
20TH AFTER TRINITY. The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Death of Alexander II Czar of Russia, 1894. Riotous disturbances at Hongkong connected with the boycott of Japanese goods, 1903.
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.
Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1831. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860.
English and French Treaties promulgated in the “Peking Gazette,” 1860.
22ND AFTER TRINITY. Death of Li Hung-chang, 1901.
The French repulsed in Corea, 1866. Celebration of Queen Victoria'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 1804. Death of M. Paul Bert Resident General
of Annam and Tonkin, 1886. New Chinese Tariff came into force, 1901.
Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864, The Foreign Ministers had audience within
the Palace, Peking, 1894.
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
23rd after TRINITY. Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860, Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1893. Germans took possession of Kiaochau Bay, 1897. Derth of the Chinese Emperor Kwang Hsu, 1908.
17
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H. M. gunboat "Gnat lost on the Palawan, 1888. Destruction of the str. “Wah Yeung by fire in the Canton river; upwards of 400 lives lost, 1887. Opening of Canton-Fatshan Railway, 1903. Death of the Chinese Empress Dowager Tze Au, 1908. Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1893.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1887. First section Shanghai-Nanking railway to Naziang opened, 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.
24th after TRINITY. Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in Japan, 1861. PortArthur taken by the Japanese, 1894. Departure of Governor Sir Henry Blake from Hongkong, 1903; acting appointment of Hon. F. H. May. Terrible boiler explosion on board the steamer Yesso in Hongkong harbour,
86 lives lost, 1877.
Fri.
12
30
Sat.
13
1
Sun 14
2
Mon.
15
Tues.
16
Wed. 17
Thur. 18 Frid. 19 Sat.
6
20
Sun.
21
9
Mon
22
10
Tues. 93
11
Wed. 24
12
Thar. 25
13
Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1863. Treaty between Portugal and China signed, 1871,
Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890.
Frid. 26
14
Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839,
Sat.
27
15
M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder
of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1870), 1871.
Sun.
28
16
1ST IN ADVENT. Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1858. Great fire in Hongkong, 1887.
Blake Pier Hongkong, opened 1900.
Mon.
17
Tues.
30
18
Murder of captain and four men of the British barque “Crofton, near 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
crniser **Chishima Kan” sunk in collision with the P. & O. steamer in the Inland Sea, 61 lives lost, 1802
n
“ Raavenna
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Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the “Baochante” at
Woosung, 1881.