22
THE CALENDAR FOR 1914
d.
h.
111.
Full Moon
3 2
21 A.M.
Last Quarter 10
7
32
P.M.
New Moon
17
10
35
A.M.
First Quarter 24
4
25
P.M.
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st. 15th.....
......6h. 48m.
5h. 35m.
1912
1913
..6h. 57m.
sh. 40m.
Maximum...
.66.2
64.9
Minimum ....
.57.2
56.5
Mean
MOON'S PHASES
.64.1 61.0
BAROMETER, 1913
Mean......
.30.22
1912
RAINFALL
4.900 inches
1913 1.385 inches
DAYS OF DAYS or 10 and 11'
WEEK MONTH
MOONS
CHRONOLOGY oF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Tues. i
1
15
Wed.
16
Thur.
17
S. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1582.
Frid.
18
Sat.
19
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
CIXO
Ꮳ
20
21
22
CON
23
Thur.
10
Frid. 11
Sat.
12
Sun.
13 27
Mon. i Tues. 15
14
Wed. 16
Thur.
17
བ ་བཆཝཱནྟི ནྟེ་
25
26
28
29
30
18
19
233
Frid.
Sat.
Sun. 20
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
21
23
Thur. 24 Frid. 25
292 22* ** * N * 287
24
9
Sat. 26 | 10
Sun.
27
Mon. 28
11
First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841.
Six 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, 1880.
25D IN ADVENT. Confucius died, B.C. 490,
European factories at Canton destroyed by a moh, 1842,
Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1961. Conserration of new Pei-tang Cathedral Peking, 1888, Piratical attick on Portuguese str, American, near Macao, the captain
being killed, 1913, Piracy on board the Douglas str. Namoa," five hours after leaving Hongkong, Captain Pocock and three others murdered and several seriously wounded, 1890, Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1891.
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.
3RD IN ADVENT. French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese,
1832.
First Reception of foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1899.
All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838.
Governor-General of Indo-China visited Hongkong, 1913.
M. Sarmat.
The P. M. S. S. Co,'s strainer Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger, the cook, and 389 Chinese drowned, 1874. United States District Court for China opened at Shanghai, 1908, Sir W. Des Vœux, formerly Governor of Hongkong, died, 1909. Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.
4TH IN ADVENT. 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, 1893. Tuan Fane murdered, 1911.
Steam navigation first attempted, 1738.
Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the movements o
Plenipotentiary Elliot. 1836.
Sir Henry May, of Hongkong, appointed Governor of Fiji, 1910. One million dollars
worth of forged Chinese banknotes seized in Hongkong, 19:2.
British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.
CHRISTMAS DAY. Great fire in Hongkong, 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction
of property, 1878.
ST.STEPHEN. Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 263 lives lost, 1897. The N.C.Co.
steamer 46
Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtsze, over 300 lives lost. 18T AFTER CHRISTMAS. Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.
12 Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857.
= 2 **2
Tues. 29
13
Wed.
30
14
Thur. 31
15
:
Dr. Sun Yat Sen elected ovisional President of the Republic of China, 1911.