22
1st....
THE CALENDAR FOR 1911
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
......6h. 48m.
5h. 35m.
15th............6h. 57m. 5h. 40m.
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
n.
Full Moon
6 10
52
A.M.
Last Quarter 13
1
46
A.M.
New Moon
20
11
40
P.M.
First Quarter 29
2
47
A.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 10 and 11
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Frid.
1
11
Sat.
2
12
Sun.
3
13
Mon.
4
14
Tues.
5
15
Six
Wed.
16
Thur.
7
17
Frid.
18
Sat.
19
Sun. 10
20
Mon. 11 Tues.
21
12
Wed. 13
23
Thur.
14
Frid.
15
Sat.
16
45 3
Sun. 17
22 * **GN
24
25
26
27
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
252
18
19
88
28
29
20
Thur.
21
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues. 26
22*** 886
2 3
2
3
23
24
25
6
Maximum....
Minimum
Mean
1909 1910
...68.9
65.1
....58.9 54.9
.63.6 59.7
BAROMETER, 1910
Mean......
.30.18
1909
RAINFALL
0.00 inches
1910 0.790 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
ADVENT. S. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.
First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841.
foreigners killed at Wang-chuh-ki, 1847. Soochow re-taken by the Imperialists under General Gordon, 1863. The Japanese warship "Unebi-kan" left Singapore and not heard of again, 1886.
Confucius died, B.C. 490.
European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.
Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1981. Consecration of new Pei-taug Cathedral
Peking, 1988.
IST IN ADVENT. Piracy on board the Douglas str. "Namoa," five hours after leaving Hongkong. Captain Pocock and three others murdered and several seriously wounded, 1800. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1991, Indemnity paid by Prince of Satsuma, 1863, Admiral Bell, U.S.N., drowned at
Osaka, 1867.
Imperial Decree stating that the Foreign Ministers at Peking are to be received in
audience every New Year, 1890.
French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832, Firet
Reception of foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1898.
All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838.
2ND IN ADVENT. The P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer "Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger, the cook,and 389 Chinese drowned, 1874. United States District Court for China opened at Shanghai 1906. Sir W. Des Voeux, formerly Governor of Hongkong, died, 1900. Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.
Arrival of Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales at Hongkong in the "Bacchante, 1881. Two cotton mills destroyed by fire at Osaka, 120 persons burnt to death, 1898,
Steam navigation first attempted, 1738
Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the movements of
Plenipotentiary Elliot. 1836.
Sir Henry May, of Hongkong, appointed governor of Fiji, 1910.
British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.
CHRISTMAS DAY. Great fire in Hongkong; 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction
of property, 1878.
Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 203 lives lost, 1897. The N. C. Company
steamer Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtsze, over 30 lives lost.
Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1805.
Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France,1857
Wed.
27
Thur.
28
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
7 2 282
CO
9
29
10
30
11
31
12
1ST AFTER CHRESTMAS.