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THE CALENDAR FOR 1924
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
...6h. 47m.
5h. 38m.
15th
...6h. 55m.
5h. 41m.
31st
...7h. 03m.
5h. 49m.
Maximum Minimum
...
Mean
1922
1923
...66.8
68.8
...57.4
60.6
1
...
...61.7 64.3
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1923
First Quarter
3
5
10
P.M.
Full Moon
11
3
3
P.M.
Last Quarter
19
6 11
P.M.
Mean
...
1922
New Moon
26
11
46
A.M.
30.19
RAINFALL
1923 0.315 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 11 & 12
WEEK MONTH
:
1
Mon.
Tues.
A
MOONS
LO
Wed. Thurs.
3
00 -J
7
8
Fri.
5
Satur.
Co
6
10
Sun.
7
11
Mon.
00
12
Tues.
9
13
Wed.
10
14
Thurs.
11
15
Fri.
12
16
Satur.
13
17
0.740 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Queen Alexandra born, 1844.
Large public meeting at City Hall, Hongkong, approves of new Club for joint use of civilans, and services under Y.M.C.A. nanagement, as the main War Memorial of the Colony, 1920. Scheme dropped later.
S. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.
First censu- of Hongkong taken, ponulation 15,000, 1841.
Six foreigners killed at Wang-chuh-ki, 1847. Soochow re-taken by the Iniperialists under General Gordon, 1863. The Japanese warship “Unebi-kan” left Singapore and not heard of again, 1886.
2ND IN ADVent.
European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842. Foundation- stone of new Portuguese Club in Duddell Street, Hongkong, laid by H.E. The Governor of Macao, 1920.
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.
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. Formal transfer of adininistration of former leased terntory of Kiaochow by Japan to China, 1922. Indemnity paid by Prince of Satsuina, 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 cvery New Year, 1890.
French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832. First reception of forcign 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.
3RD IN ADVENT.
All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838. Hongkong Prize Court condemned German steamer "Tannenfels," seized as a prize by the destroyer
Chelmer," 1914.
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Memorial Stone of New Harbour of Refuge at Mongkoktsui laid by H.E. Sir Henry
May, 1915.
United States District Court for China opened at Shanghai, 1906. Sir W. Des Vœux, formerly Governor of Hongkong, died, 1909. H.E. Sir R. E. Stubbs inspects Hong- kong Defence Corps on its last parade, 1919. Coastal shipping strike at Hongkong,
1919.
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.
4TH IN ADVENT, Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.
Two Mandarins arrived at Macao witlı secret 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 Hongkong, 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.
Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.
แ
1ST AFTER CHRISTMAS. Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857. SS. Hydrangea" pirated by passengers in Bias Bay on her way from Hong- kong to Swatow, 1923,
Sun.
14
13
Mon.
15
19
Tucs.
16
Wed.
17
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20
21
Thurs. Fri.
19
Satur.
858
18
22
23
23
20
24
Sun.
Mon.
72
21
25
22
26
Tucs.
23
27
Wed.
24
28
Thurs.
25
29
Fri.
26
Satur. Sun.
27
28
Mon.
29
Tues. Wed.
30
31
Dr. Sun Yat Sen elected Provisional President of the Republic of China, 1011