THE CALENDAR FOR 1911
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st...........5h. 52m.
Gh. 48m.
1909 1910
15th......5h. 4m.
Ch. 54m.
Maximum
..78.6
84.1
Minimum
.71.5
75.1
Mean
.74.8 78.9
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
111.
BAROMETER, 1910
First Quarter
5
9
14
P.M.
Mean.......
29.85
Full Moon
13
2
10
P.M.
Last Quarter
21
5
23
P.M.
New Moon
28
2
21
1909 6.700 inches
RAINFALL
1910
1.955 inches
P.M.
15.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 4 & 5
MONTH
WEEK
MOONS
Mon.
3
Tues. Wed.
2
3
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
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VO N
6
7
8
Mon.
10
Tues.
9
11
Wed.
10
12
Thur. } [
13
Frid. 12
14
Sat.
13
15
Sun.
14
168
Mon. 15
17
Tues. 16
18
Wed. 17
19
Thur. i 18
20
Frid. 19
Sat.
21
20
22
Sun. 21
Mon. 22 Tues. Wed. 24
23
23
24
2 X 258
26
Thur. 25
27
Frid. 26
28
Sat. 27
29
Sun.
28
Mon.
29
30
31
4
Tues.
Wed.
22
2
3
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
First number of "Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Ilongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Spanish fleet destroyed by U.S. fleet at Cavite, 1898. Empreor Kwang Hsu buried, 1909.
Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal & China, 1888.
Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1881.
Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874,
inaugurated, 1884. Aomori uevastated by fire, 1910.
British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1812. Imperial Government ordered steps to be taken
at Hongkong to close opiam divans, 1908.
King Edward VII died, 1910.
Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874.
3RD AFTER EASTER. Departure of Governor Sir William Des Voeux from Hongkong, 1891, II.M.S. “Terrible” arrived at Hongkong from South Africa, 1900.
New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890. Waglan Lighthouse opened, 1893 Hongkong declared infected with plague, 1894. Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864. Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1885. Meeting of Chinese merchants at Shanghal instituted a boycott of American products as a protest against the Chinese Immigration Act, the movement eventually spreading extensively in China, 1905.
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Attempted assassination of the Tsarevitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan, 1891. Execution
of fificen pirates (including leader of Namoa" pirates) at Kowloon, 1891. East India Company's garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins, 1831.
A corporal of the British Legation murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking, 1864. Anti-
foreign riot at Wuhu, 1891.
4TH AFTER East R. Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way to
Peking to assume the functions of British Minister, 1886.
Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1881.
Anu-foreign riot in the lochow district, 1891. Kowloon walled city occupied, 1899. Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer “Izere,
Shanghai, 1879.
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Arrival of General Grant in
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891, Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant Riviere and death
of the latter, 1883. “Hongkong Daily Press” enlarged, 1900. ASCENSION DAY. Forts at mouth of leiho captured by British and French forces, 1858.
The Canton Mint commenced striking silver coins, 1890.
ROGATION DAY. Loss of M. M. str. "Monzaleh" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887. Imperial Edict respecting anti-Christian literature, 1899. Ministers, Joint Note to Chinese Government on the Boxer agitation, 1900.
Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841,
U.S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
EMPIRE DAY. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for Macao, 1839.
British flag hoisted at Weihaiwei, 1898.
ASCENSION DAY. The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot
at Nanking, 189). Formosa Republic declared, 1895. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841. Boxers burn station on Lu-Han line, 1900. Battle of Kinchau (Russo-Japan War); Japanese stormed Nanshan and captured 78 guns, 1904, Battle of the Japan Sea, Admiral Togo practically annihilates Admiral Roshdes- vensky's fleet, 1905.
1ST AFTER ASCENSION. Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1896. Great rain storm
in Hongkong, serious damage, 1889. Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895.
II. B. M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue re- mainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888
Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao 1874.