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

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

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Dr. Sun Yat Sen elected ovisional President of the Republic of China, 1911.

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