THE CALENDAR FOR 1919
xiii
1st..
15th
JUNE-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
5h. 38m.
7h. 03m.
1917
1918
.....5h. 39m. 7h. 08m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
..86.6
83.6
Minimum
.78.4
76.5
Mean
...81.8
79.5
BAROMETER, 1918
Mean
29.76
1917
RAINFALL
1918
11.540 inches
24.795 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1878. New Opium Agreement between Hongkong and China came into force, 1887. Anti-foreign riot at Tanyang, 1891.
Canton Samshui Railway completed.
Death of Sir Arthur
Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871. Formal transfer of Formosa from
China to Japan, 1805. Revs. Norman and Robinson murdered, 1900. Earthquake at Manila, killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863.
Kennedy, 1883. Keelung taken possession of by Japanese, 1995. Treaty between France and Corea signed at Seoul, 1886. West River opened, 1897, Departure of the first O. & O. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875. Messrs. Argent and Green murdered in an anti-foreign riot at Wusueh, 1891. Communica- tion with Peking cut off, 1900. French str. R. Lebandy pirated on West River, 1913. Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroyed, and many lives lost,
1864. Death of Yuen Shih-kai, 1916.
d. h. m.
First Quarter
8
22
P.M.
Full Moon
14
V
28
A.M.
Last Quarter
21
1
33
P.M.
New Moon
28
4
43
A.M.
WEEK
DAYS OF DAYS OF MONTH
4 & 5 MOONS
Sun.
1
4
Mon.
5
Tues.
6
Wed.
Thuis.
I-00
Fri.
Satur.
7
10
.Sun.
Mou.
Tues.
10
Wed.
11
Thurs.
12
Fri.
13
000
#2 2 4 19 2
11
12
13
14
10
Satur.
14
17
Sun.
15
18
Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang, 1891. Hongkong-Canton steamer "Powan
wrecked, 1908. Tornado in Macao, 1913.
15
"Aden" wrecked off
Destruction of Mission premises at Wusieh by anti-foreign mob, 1891. Suspension of New Oriental Bank, 1892. The P. & O. steamer
Socotra, 78 lives lost, 1897.
Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876.
Peking, 1900,
Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.
15 Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872.
Mon.
16
Tues.
17
Wed.
18
Thurs.
19
Fri.
Şatur.
20
21
2 2 2* **
95 22 22
10
20
21
22
23
21
25
Sun.
Mon.
23
26
Tues.
24
27
Wed.
25
28
Thurs.
26
20
Fri.
27
30
Satur.
28
Sun,
29
Mon.
30
20
A
Admiral Seymour starts for
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.
Russo-Chinese Treaty, 1728. Battle of Telissu Russo-Japan War. Russians defe ted
with a loss of 7,000 men and 16 guns, 1904.
Tidal Wave, Japan, 28,000 lives lost, 1896. British barque "Cæsar" and Danish schooner "Carl” taken by pirates off Pedro Blanco, 1866. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen 1867. Russian squadron sank Japanese transport "Hitachi," badly injured "Sado," 1904. Hongkong Legislature passed Ordinances prohibiting circulation of foreign bank notes and foreign silver coins, 1914. Train fromí Canton to Hongkong held up," American mi-sionary killed, 1916.
Woosung taken, 1842.
First foreign-owned junk leaves Chungking, 1891. 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, 1862.
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 Hainan
city. 1891. Unprecedented floods in the West River, 1908. Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.
Canton blockaded by English forces,1840. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebration,1897. Coronation of King George, V., 1911. Inauguration of Tsan Ching Yuan, Chinese Administration Council, 1914.
Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1843. 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.
Lord Robert Cecil announced in the House of Commons that the Government had decid-
ed to prohibit trading with the enemy in China, 1915
Foundation stone of
Assassination of M. Carnot, President of the French Republic, 1894. Treaty of Nanking
exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862. new wing of Berlin Foundling House laid by Lady May, 1914. Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858.
between France and China signed at Peking, 1887.
Additional Convention
Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert
by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866,
Agreement effected 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, 1340. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and
Woosung Railway, 1876. Flooding of the Takasinia coal mines, 1891.