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THE CALENDAR FOR 1921
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st...
5h. 51m.
6l. 50m.
1919
1920
15th
5h. 43m.
6h. 57m.
Maximum
...80.6
80.1
...
MOON'S PHASES
Minimum
...73.6
73.1
...
...
d.
h.
in.
Mean
76.6 76.1
...
...
...
New Moon
8
5
1
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1920
First Quarter
14
11
25
P.M.
Mean
...
...29.80
Full Moon
22
4
15
A.M.
1919
RAINFALL
Last Quarter
30
5
45
A.M.
6.950 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF
3 & 4
WEEK MONTH
MOONS
Sun.
1
24
Mon.
2
25
·
Tues. Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun. Mon.
Tues.
3
ம்
~a
25
26
27
CE NO NO NO
28
29
30
12
00 d
8
9
10
10
3
Wed.
11
00
Thurs.
12
Fri.
13
6
Satur.
14
Sun.
15
Mon.
16
Tues.
17
Wed.
18
Thurs.
19
Fri.
20
Satur.
21
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97
10
11
12
13
14
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
22
2 22 2
15
23
16
24
17
25
18
25
26
19
27
20
228
Satur.
28
21
Sun.
29
22
Mon.
30
23
Tues.
31
24
CHRONOLOGy of RemarkABLE EVENTS
1920 18.155 inches
First number of "Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Spanish fleet destroyed by U.S. fleet at Cavite, 1898. Emperor Kwang Hsu buried, 1909.
Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1888. United States formally recognised Republic of China, 1913. Presentation of Chinese Note in reply to Japan's revised demands, 1915.
Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1884.
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking
inaugurated, 1884. Aomori devastated by fire, 1910.
ASCENSION DAY. British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. Imperial Government ordered
steps to be taken at Hongkong to close opium divans, 1908.
King Edward V1I. died, 1910. Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874. Departure of Governor Sir William Des Voeux from Hongkong, 1891. Japan presents
ultimatum to China, 1915
SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION,
New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890. Waglan Lighthouse opened, 1893. Chinese
Government submits to Japan's revised demands, 1915.
Hongkong declared infected with plague, 1894. Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864. Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1885. Meeting of Chinese merchants at Shanghai instituted a boycott of American products as a protest against the Chinese Immigration Act, the movement eventually spreading extensively in China, 1905.
Attempted assassination of the Tsarevitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan, 1891. Execution of fifteen pirates, including leader of "Namoa" pirates, at Kowloon, 1891. Portuguese cruiser Adumastor struck rock near Hongkong, 1913.
East India Co.'s garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins, 1831. Swedish str. Nippon
wrecked on Scarborough Reef, 1913.
A corporal of the British Legation murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking,1864. Anti-foreign
riot at Wuhu, 1891. Bill for ainending the Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914, read a third time and passed by the Hongkong Legislative Council, 1915,
Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way to Peking to assume
the functions of British Minister, 1886.
WHIT SUNDAY, Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China,
1881. Anti-foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer " lzere," 1860. Arrival of General Grant in
Shanghai, 1879. Kowloon walled city occupied, 1899.
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891. Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant Riviere and*
death of the latter, 1883. Hongkong Daily Press" enlarged, 1900.
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Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. The Canton Mint
commenced striking silver coins, 1890.
Loss of M.M. str. "Menzaleh" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887. Imperial Edict respecting anti-Christian literature, 1892. Ministers' Joint Note to Chinese Government on the Boxer agitation, 1900. Mandate issued cancelling arrange- ments for Chinese monarchy, 1916.
TRINITY SUNDAY. Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841. Opening of new Medical School of Hongkong University by H. E. the Officer Administering the Government, 1919. U.S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
EMPIRE DAY. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for Macao, 1839.
British flag hoisted at Weihaiwei, 1898.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891. Forniosa Republic declared, 1895. Sino-Japanese Treaty signed at Peking, 1915. British Chamber of Commerce inaugurated at Shanghai, 1915.
Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000,1841. Boxers burn station on Lu-Han line, 1900. Battle of
Kinchau, Russo-Japan War; Japanese stormed Nanshan and captured 78 guns, 1904. Battle of the Japan Sea; Admiral Togo practically annihilates Admiral Roshdesvensky's fleet, 1905. A Bill to provide for the levy of Estate Duty passed by the Hongkong Legislative Council after considerable opposition from the Unofficial members, 1915. Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1896. Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895. H. M.
Queen Mother of Siam visited Hongkong, 1911.
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Empress of Ireland" sunk and 600 lives lost, including several prominent Far Eastern residents, in the St. Lawrence River, 1914. H.B.M. screw sloop Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "Velocipede,' 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888. Chinese Postal Service transferred to Board of Communications, 1911. Conscription Bill introduce in Hongkong, 1918.
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Typhoon at 11ongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao, 1874.