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THE CALENDAR FOR 1914
JUNE-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st............5h. 39m.
6l. 51m.
1912 1913
15th............5h. 39m.
6h. 07m.
Maximum
.85.4 85.6
Minimum
.78.6
77.6
Mean
...$1.6
$1.2
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1913
First Quarter
1 10
03
P.M.
Mean.....
.29.79
Full Moon
8
1
18
P.M.
Last Quarter
15
10
20
1912
P.M.
RAINFALL
1913
New Moon
23
11
33
P.M.
14.160 inches
16.035 inches
DAYS OF DAYS or 5 & 5 Int.]
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1978. New Opium Agree. ment between Hongkong and China came into forec, 1887. Anti-foreign riot at Tanyang, 1821. Cauton-Samshui Railway completed
Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1971. Formal transfer of Formosa from
China to Japan, 1895. Revs. Norman and Robinson murdered, 1900,
Earthquake at Manila, killing more than 2,000 persons, 1563. Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1883. Russell & Co. suspend payment, 1891. Keelung taken possession of by Japanese, 1895.
Treaty between France and Corea signed at Seoul, 1883. West River opened, 1897. Departure of the first O. & 0. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875, Messrs. Argent and Green murdered in an anti-foreign riot at Wusneh, 1891. Commumica- tion with Peking ent off, 1900. French str. 4. Lebandy pirated on West River, 1913. Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of 10,000 destroyed, and many
lives lost, 1864.
WEEK
MONTH
leass
Mon.
1
8
WHIT MONDAY,
Tues. 2
9
Wed.
3
10
Thur.
11
Fri.
12
Sat.
♡
13
Sun.
14
Mon.
8
15
Tues.
9
16
Wed. 10
17
Thur. 11
18
Frid. 12 Sat. 13
19
2)
Sun. 14
21
Mon. 15
22
Tues. 23
Tues. 16
Wed.
Thur.
18
Frid. 19
Sat.
Sun.
21
Mon.
Thur. 25
Frid. 26
Sat. 27
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
SEP 28 NAAR & XRA
23
17
20
22
5མ་ཕབ་ལ-
21
20
28
Wed.
24
28
G
29
30
8
TRINITY SUNDAY. Attempted anti-foreigu riot at Kiukiang, 1891, Hongkong-Canton
Steamer "Powan" wrecked, 1908, Tornado in Maran, 1913.
Destruction of Mission premises at Wu-ich by anti-foreign mob, 1891.
Suspension of New Oriental Bank, 1892. The P. & 0. steamer “Aden" wrecked off
Socotra, 78 lives lost, 1597
Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876. Admiral Seymour starts for
Peking, 1900.
Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1040.
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, Baron von Ketteler, German Minister, murdered in Peking, 1900,
1ST AFTER TRINITY. Russo-Chinese Treaty, 1728. Battle of Telissu (Russo-Japan War);
Russians defeated with a loss of 7,000 men and 16 guus, 1904.
Tidal Wave. Japan, 28,000 lives lost, 1896, British barque “ Casar” and Danish schooner **Carl” taken by pirates off Pedró Blanco, 1866, Hope Dook opened at Aberdeen 1867, Russian squadron sank Japanese transport “Hitachi,” bidly injured “Sado,” 1904. Hongkong Legislature passed Ordinances prohibiting cirrulation of foreign bank notes and foreign silver coins,
Woosung taken, 1842.
First foreign-owned junk leaves Chungking, 1591. Capture of Taku Forts by Allies, 1900.
Death of Sir Hormusjee Mody, 1911.
Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed and 10 wounded, 1802.
Disastrous inundation at Foochow, 2,000 lives lost, 1877.
Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.
Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793. Attack on mission premises at Haiman
city. 1891. Unprecedented floods in the West River, 1908.
2ND AFTER TRINITY, Massacre at Tientsia, 1870.
Cantonblockaded by English forces, 1840, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebration, 1897. Ki-ying visits Hongkong, t&B 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. Assassination of M. Carnot, President of the French Republic, 1894.
exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862. Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858.
between France and China signed at Peking, 1887.
Treaty of Nanking
Additional Convention
Treaty between France and China signed, 1868, Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert "
by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1865.
3RD AFTER TRINITY, Agreement cllected between Great Britain and the United States for
reciprocal protection of British and American Trade Marks in China, 1905.
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, 1840, Opening of a section of the Shanghai and
Woosung Railway, 1876. Flooding of the Takasi;na coal mines, 1891.