THE CALENDAR FOR 1923
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
vii
SUNRISE
1st
7h. 03m.
SUNSET 6h. 12m.
1921
1922
...
15th
6h. 56m.
6h. 20m.
...
Maximum Minimum
...64.8
55.0
+4
...55.9
58.1
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
...59.7 61.3
***
d.
h.
11.
Full Moon
1
11 55
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1922
Last Quarter
8
5
16
Mean
P.M.
...
...30.04
New Moon
16
3
7
A.M.
First Quarter
24
6
A.M.
1921 1.040 inches
RAINFALL
DAYS OF DAYS OF 12 & 1
WEEK MONTH
Mooxs
Thurs.
1
16
Fri.
N
17
Satur. Sun.
18
4
19
Mon.
Tues.
LO
20
21
Wed. Thurs.
Fri.
00-
❤
22
23
23
24
Satur.
10
25
Sun.
11
26
Mon.
12
Tues.
13
**
27
28
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
1922 5.490 inches
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887. First meeting of International Commission on Opium at Shanghai, 1909.
The German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwei citadel captured by Japanese, 1895. Loss of Daijin Maru, in the China Sea, 160 lives lost, 1916. Opening of Tytam Tuk Reservoir by Sir Henry May, 1918.
SEXAGESIMA. Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement
opening West River signed, 1897.
Anti-foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889. Local Ad-
ministrative bodies in China suppressed, 1914.
The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1840. Japan broke off diplomatic relations with Russia, 1904. Japanese str. "Tatsu Maru" seized by Chinese gunboats near Macao for alleged smuggling arms, 1908, Sir George Phillippo, a former Chief Justice of Hong. kong, died at Geneva, 1914.
Suez Canal adopted as the regular route for the Eastern Mails, 1888.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the purpose of taking Formosa, 1626. Hostilities between Russia and Japan begun by Russian gunboat off Chemulpo, 1904. Japanese made a successful torpedo attack at midnight on Russia's Port Arthur squadron, 1904.
The "Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew and 250 coolies missing, 1857. Murder of Messrs. Kiddle and Sutherland at Mengka on Yuunan border, 1900. Naval fight at Port Arthur between Japanese and Russian fleets with disastrous consequences to the latter, 1904.
QUINQUAGESIMA. The Japanese constitution granting representative government pro-
claimed by the Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889. China's New Currency Laws published, 1914.
SHROVE TUESDAY. Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Liu- kungtao Island forts and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895. Manchu Rulers of China announce their abdication, 1912. Sir Robert Ho Tung gives $50,000 to Hongkong University, 1915. Earthquake shock felt in Hongkong; serious damage and loss of life caused in Swatow, 1918, Mr. Robt. Johnson, an American aviator, flies from Hongkong to Macao in 23 minutes on a Curtiss seaplane, 1920. Tung Wa Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell, 1872. Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate "Yu-yuen
and corvette "Chin-cheng "sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885. Mutiny of Indian troops at Singapore, involving the loss of a number of lives, 1915. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,
founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.
Wed.
14
Thurs
15
95
29
30
Fri.
16
N.Y.
Satur.
17
2
Sun.
18
3
1ST IN LENT,
Mon.
19
21
&a
20
LÀ Đ
5
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
22
23
22 2
100
=
Sun.
25
10
Mon.
26
11
Tues.
27
12
A
Wed.
28
13
*
The U. S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near
Swatow, 1883.
Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, shipwrecked in the Java Sea, 1817.
China's Provincial Assemblies suppressed, 1914.
Mr. A. R. Margary, of II.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875. Statue of Li Hung Chang unveiled at Shanghai, 1906, Consort of the Emperor Kwangsu died, 1913. Hongkong A.D.C. Centenary Production, 1914. Massacre of missionaries at Nanchang, 1906.
Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer "Queen" captured
and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867, Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotsai" between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and 13 Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884. Preliminary agreement signed by the Govt. of China for the loan of £4,000,000 from the Banque Industrielle de Chine to build a railway from Yunnan te Yanchow (Kwangtung), 1914.
2ND IN LENT. Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1849. Chinese Imperial Edict issued dismissing the Dalai Llama of Tibet,
1910.
Bogue Forts, Canton, destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Appalling disaster at Racecourse; matsheds colaapse and destroyed by fire; over 600 bodies recovered, 1918. Treaty of peace between Jopan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation of Port
Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.