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THE CALENDAR FOR 1927
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st 15th
7b. 03m.
SUNSET 6h. 12m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1925
1926
6h. 56m.
6h. 20m.
Maximum
60.4
63.9,
Minimum
52.5
57.3
Mean
€ 6.0 60.0
...
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1926, at SEA LEVEL
New Moon
2
4
5+
P.M.
Mean
...
30.17 inches:
...
...
First Quarter...
9
7
54
A.M.
Full Moon
17
18
A.M.
1925
RAINFALL
...
Last Quarter ...
25
4
42
A.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 12 & 1
0.385 inch s
CHRONOLOOY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
1926 2.400 inches
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Tues.
1
29
Wed.
2
N.Y
Thurs. Fri.
3
4
W 19
Satur.
5
Sun.
6
5
Mon. Tues.
00 ~
Wed.
9
7
00
8
Thurs. Fri.
10
11
50
9
10
Satur. Sun.
· 12
11
13
12
12
Mon.
14
1,3
Tues.
15
14
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
* + ** 22
16
15
17
16
18
17
19
18
20
19
21
20
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
***
22
21
23
22
24
23
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 "Daijiu Maru," in the China Sea, 160 lives lost, 1916. Opening of Tytam Tuk Reservoir by Sir Henry May, 1918.
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 Yunnan border, 1900. Naval fight at Port Arthur between Japanese and Russian fleets with disastrous consequences to the latter, 1904.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the
Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889, China's New Currency Laws published, 1914.
SEPTUAGESIMA.
Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Liukungtao 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 Hong- kong 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 Sheipo oharbour, 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.
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.
SEXAOESIMA. China's Provincial Assemblies suppressed, 1914.
Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.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 to Yamchow (Kwangtung), 1914.
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 Hongkong Racecourse; matsheds collapse and destroyed by fire over 600 bodies re- covered, 1918.
Fri.
25
24
Satur.
26
25
Sun.
Mon.
2288
27
26
27
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
QUINQUAOESIMA. Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1876.
Evacuation of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.