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THE CALENDAR FOR 1918
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th
....6h. 46m.
5h. 37m.
1916
1917
.6h. 55m.
5h. 41m.
Maximum
...67.9
€3.7
31st
..7h. 03m.
5h. 49m.
Minimum
.57.9
55.2
Mean
..62.8
59.2
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. m.
BAROMETER, 1917
New Moon
3 11
19
P.M.
Mean
...30.15
First Quarter
11
10 31
A.M.
Full Moon
18
3
18
A.M.
1916
RAINFALL
Last Quarter
25
2 31
P.M.
0.050 inches
1917 1.140 inches
WEEK
DAYS OF DAYS OF 10 & 11
ΜΟΝΤΗ ! MOONS
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Sun.
1
28
1ST IN ADVENT. Queen Alexandra born, 1844.
Mon.
2
29
Tues.
3
1
S. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.
Wed.
4
2
Thurs.
5
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
6
Mon,
9
Tucs.
10
Wed.
11
9
Thurs.
12
Fri.
13
23
10
11
00
23
222
25
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, 1886.
European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.
Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. Consecration of new Pei-tang Cathedral, Peking, 1888. Piratical attack on Portuguese str. American, near Macao, the captain being killed, 1913. Election of Hon. Mr. D. Landale as chairman of Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, 1915.
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. Confucius died, B.C. 400. Election of Mr. P. H. Holyoak to represent the Chamber of Commerce on the Hong- kong Legislative Council, 1915.
Indeninity 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.
First
French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832,
Reception of foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1898. President Yuan Shih-kai invited to ascend the Dragon Throne of China by a unanimous vote of the provincial delegates at Peking, 1915.
All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838. Hongkong Prize Court condemned German steamer “Tannenfels," seized as a Prize by the destroyer 66 Chelmer," 1914.
1915.
Memorial Stone of New Harbour of Refuge at Mongkoktsui laid by the H. E. Governor,
United States District Court for China opened at Shanghai, 1906. Sir W. Des Vœux,
formerly Governor of Hongkong, died, 1909.
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, 1893. Tuan Fane murdered, 1911.
Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.
Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with sccret orders to watch the movements of
Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.
Sir Henry May, of Hongkong, appointed Governor of Fiji, 1910. One million dollars worth of forged Chinese banknotes seized in Hougkong, 1912. President Yuan Shih-kai performed the Worship of Heaven, 1914.
British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.
CHRISTMAS DAY. Great fire in Hongkong, 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction
of property, 1878.
BANK HOLIDAY. ST. STEPHEN. Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 26- lives lost, 1897. The N. C. Co. steamer "Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtsze,. over 300 lives lost.
Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.
26 Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857.
Satur.
14
12
Sun.
15
13
Mon.
16
14
Tues.
17
15
Wed.
18
Thurs.
19
Fri.
20
222
16
17
18
Satur.
Sun.
22
19
20
Mon.
23
21
Tues.
24
22
Wed.
25
23
Thurs.
26
24
Fri Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
7228
29
27
30
28
Tues.
31
29
Dr. Sun Yat Sen elected Provisional President of the Republic of China, 1911