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THE CALENDAR FOR 1911
JUNE 30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
Ist............5h. 39m.
1909
1910
6h. 51m.
15th...........5h. 39m.
6h. 07m.
Maximum
...86.3
86.9
Minimum
.78.6
78.8
Mean
.81.8
82.3
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
111.
BAROMETER, 1910
First Quarter
4
6
04
A.M.
Mean.......
.29.81
Full Moon
12
5
51
A.M.
Last Quarter
20
+
51
A.M.
New Moon
26
9
20
P.M.
1909
7.385 inches
RAINFALL
1910
18.190 inches
DAYS OF DAYS oF | 5 and 6
WEEK MONTH Moons
00
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1978. New Opium Agreement between Hongkong and China came into force, 1987. Anti-foreign riot at Tanyang, 1891 Canton-Sanshui Railway completed
Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1971. Formal transfer of Formosa from
China to Japan, 1805. Revs. Norman and Robinson murdered, 1900.
Earthquake at Manila, killing more than 2,00 persons, 1863. Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1883. Russell & Co. suspend payment, 1891. Kelung taken possession of by Japanese, 1895.
WHIT SUNDAY. Treaty between France and Corea signed at Seoul, 1880. West River
opened, 1897
Departure of the first 0. & O. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875. Messrs. Argent and Green murdered in an anti-foreign riot at Wuhsueh, 1891. Communication with Peking cut off, 1900.
Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroyed, and many
lives lost, 1861.
Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang, 1501, Hongkong-Canton steamer “Powan "
wrecked, 1908.
Destruction of Mission premises at Wusieh by anti-foreign mob, 1891.
Suspension of New Oriental Bank, 1892. The P. & O. steamer "Aden" wrecked off
Socotra, 78 lives lost, 1897
Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876. Admiral Seymour starts for
Peking, 1900.
Thur.
1
5
Frid. 2
Sat.
7
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
6
10
Wed. 7
11
Thur. 8
12
Fri.
9
13
Sat.
10
14
Sun. 11
15
Mon. 12
16
Tues. 13
17
Wed. 14
18
Thur.
15
19
Frid. 16 Sat. 17
20
21
Sun.
18
22
Mon. 19 Tues.
23
Attack on mission premises at Hainan
Wed. 21
25
Thur.
22
26
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.
tion, 1897.
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebra-
ار
TRINITY. SUNDAY. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1840. Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872.
British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser, 1875. Imperial Edict condemning attacks on Foreigners, 1891. Baronvon Ketteler, German Minister, murdered in Peking, 1900.
Russo-Chinese Treaty, 1728: Battle of Telissu (Russo-Japan War) Russians defeated
with a loss of 7,000 men and 16 guns, 1904.
Tidal Wave, Japan, 28,000 lives lost, 1896. British barque "Cæsar" and Danish schooner "Carl" taken by pirates off Pedro Blanco, 1966. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen 1867. Russian squadron sank Japanese transport "Hitachi," badly injured “Saco,” 1904. Woosung taken, 1842.
First foreign-owned Junk leaves Chungking, 1891. Capture of Taku Forts by Allies, 1900. 1st After TRINITY. Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed and
10 wounded, 1862. Disastrous inundation at Foochow, 2,000 lives lost, 1877. Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.
Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793. 20❘ 24
A***** 5 *8
Frid. 23
27
Sat.
24
28
Sun.
25
29
Mon
26
Tues.
27
Wed.
28
W N
Thur.
29
Frid.
30
city, 1891. Unprecedented floods in the West River, 1908. Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.
Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1843 Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1874. French troops surprised by Chinese near Langson, 1884. Russian Baltic Fleet, after remaining six weeks in Tonkin waters, sailed from Kamranh Bay northward, 1905.
2ND AFTER TRINITY. Assassination of M. Carnot, President of the French Republic, 1894.
Treaty of Nanking, exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862. Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858. Additional Convention
between France and China signed at Peking, 1887.
Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert "
by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 186 i.
Agreement effected between Great Britain and the United States for reciprocal protection
of British and American Trade Marks in China, 1935.
The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873.
Indian Mints closed to silver, 1893.
British expedition to China arrived, 144). Opening of a section of the Shanghai and
Woosung Railway, 1876. Flooding of the Takasima coal mines, 1891.