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THE CALENDAR FOR 1911
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
..7h. 04m.
6h. 10m.
1909
1910
15th ............6h. 56m
6h. 19m.
Maximum
.64.3
64.7
Minimum
.57.0
55.9
Mean
..60.4 60.0
MOON'S PHASES
Barometer, 1910
Mean.....
...30.09
1909 1.660 inches
RAINFALL
1910 0.405 inches
Chronology OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841.
d. h.
m.
First Quarter 6 11
28
P.M.
Full Moon 13 Last Quarter 21
6
37
P.M.
11
44
A.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF
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MONTHL
MOON
Wed.
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3
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3
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The Additional Article to
Chefoo Convention came into force, 1987. Mrs. Carew sentenced to death at Yokohama for the murder of her husband; sentence commuted to penal servitude, 1897. Firet meeting of International Commission on Opium at Shanghai, 1909.
The German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwei citadel captured by Japanese,
1895.
Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement opening
West River signed, 1897.
5TH AFTER EPIPHANY. Anti-foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and iooted,1589. 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. "Tatsu Maru" seized by Chinese gunboats near Macao for alleged smuggling arms, 1908
Suez Canal adopted as the regular route for the Eastern Mails, 1858.
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.
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. Navalfight at Port Arthur between Japanese and Russian fleets with disastrous consequences to the latter, 1904.
The Japanese constitution granting representative
the Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889. SEPTUAGESIMA,
government proclaimed by
Accession of the Emperor of Japan, 1867. Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Liukungtao Island forts and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895,
S. Valentine's Day. Tung Wa Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell,
1872.
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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, 1881. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.
C.S. paddle man-of-war **Ashuelot" wrecked 011 the Fast Rock, near Swatow, 1583.
Thur.
9
11
The
Frid.
10 !
12
Sat.
11
13
Sun. 12
14
Mon. 13
15
23 42
Tues. 14
16
Wed. 15
17
Thur. 16
18
Frid. 17
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues. 21
Wed.
Thur.
22
Frid. 24
Sun. 26 | 28
Mon.
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27
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20
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The
22
Sat
SEXAGESIMA,
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, 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
Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer
captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867, 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,
Chinese Imperial Euct issued dismissing the Dalai Liama of Tibet, 1910,
QUINQUAGESIMA. Bogue Forts, Canton, destroyed by Sit Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong
police chop burnt, 1894. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang Hsu, 1889.
Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation of
Port Haniilton by the British forces, 1887.
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.