XVIII
THE CALENDAR FOR 1931
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
1st 15th
...
...
6h. 27m. 6h, 35m.
SUNSET 5h. 47m.
1929
1930
5h. 40m.
Mean Maximum
...
72.2
75.7
Mean Minimum
...
...
63.7
66.7
Mean
...
...
...
...
67.7
70.7
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
1.
Last Quarter...
3
3
17
P.M.
Mean
...
...
...
BAROMETER, 1930, at Sea Level
30.16 inches
New Moon
10
6
55
...
A.M.
First Quarter... 17
10
13
A.M.
1929
RAINFALL
Full Moon
25
3
10
P.M.
1930 0.035 inch
...
DAYS OF DAYS OF
9 & 10
WEEK MONTH
MOONS
Sun.
1
22
N
Mon.
2
23
Tues.
Wed. Thurs.
Fri
Satur.
Sun.
50 4 LO
3
24
25
26
Mon.
6780
27
28
29
228
30
Tues.
10
1
Wed.
11
Thurs.
12
3
Fri
13
Satur.
14
5
Sun.
15
6
Mon.
16
Tues.
17
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
19
ON * 9 27
78
18
9
10
20
11
21
12
Sun.
33
22
13
Mon.
23
14
Tues.
24
15
Wed.
25
16
Thurs.
26
17
Fri.
27
18
Satur.
28
19
Sun.
29
20
Mon.
30
21
AFTER TRINITY.
1.375 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE Events
ALL SAINTS DAY. The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Riotous disturbances at Hongkong connected with the boycott of Japan- ese goods, 1908. Mr. C. Clementi, New Governor, arrives in Hongkong, 1925. ́All rider mains in Hongkong disconnected, supply given through street fountains, 1928. Wreck of the U.S. cruiser "Charleston off North Luzon. Wireless telegraph service
opened between Macao and Hongkong, 1920.
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Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839. Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884. President Tsao Kun forced to resign, 1924. Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860.
President Yuan Shih Kai proclaimed Kuomintang a seditious organisation, 1913. Manchu Emperor evicted from Iniperial Palace and Abdication Agreement revised, 1924. English and French Treaties promulgated in the Peking Gazette, 1860. Fall of Tsingtao to Anglo-Japanese forces, 1914.
23RD AFTER TRINITY. Death of Li Hung-chang, 1901.
The French repulsed in Corea, 1866. Celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee in Hongkong, 1887. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1900. Independence of Kwangtung province announced. 1911. German cruiser "Einden" destroyed by H.M.A.S. "Sydney" at Cocos Island, 1914. Hon. Mrs. V. Bruce arrived in Hongkong on flight from England to Japan, 1930. Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887. Assas- sination of Admiral Tseng Ju-cheng at Shanghai, 1915. Coronation of Emperor Yoshihito of Japan, 1915. Coronation of Emperor Hirohito of Japan, 1928. H.M.S. "Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo in 1864. New Chinese Tariff came into force, 1901.
Armistice arranged in Great War. 1918.
Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864. The Foreign Ministers had audience within the
Palace, Peping, 1894.
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847. Macao Boundary Delimitation Conference at Hongkong interrupted, 1909. Attempted murder of Mr. T, Hamagiuçhi, Prime Minister of Japan, at Tokyo, 1930.
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1893. Germans took possession of Kiaochau Bay, 1897. Death of the Chinese Emperor Kwang Hsu, 1908. Armistice celebrations in Hongkong, 1918.
24TH AFTER TRINITY. H.M. gunboat "Gnat" lost on the Palawan, 1868. Opening of Canton-Fatshan Railway, 1903. Death of the Chinese Empress Dowager Tze Au, 1908. Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843. Piracy of the s.s. "Sunning," 1926. Great fire in Hongkong,1867. First section Shanghai-Nanking railway to Naziang opened.
General strike of printers commenced in Hongkong, 1911.
Important Harbour Improvement works at Macao announced, involving an expenditure
of over $10,000,000, 1920.
Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy, 1887. Jesuit fathers expelled from Macao, 1910.
"Sui An" pirated on her way from Macao to Hongkong, 1922.
Portuguese Custom House at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin died, 1863.
Port Arthur taken by the Japanese, 1894. Departure of Governor Sir Henry Blake from Hongkong, 1903. Rebels repulsed at Hankow, 1911. Marshall Li Tsai Hsin entertained at Government House, Hongkong, 1928.
25th After TRINITY. Boiler explosion on board the str. "Yesso" in H.K. harbour, 1877. Resignation en bloc of unofficial members of Hongkong Licensing Board as a protest against the action of the Executive in restoring the licences of the Peak and Grand Hotels, 1915.
Chinese commenced boycott of trams in Hongkong which lasted seven weeks, 1912. Mar-
shall Tuan Chi Jui assumes office as Chief Executive of China, 1924. Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1868. Treaty between Portugal and China signed, 1871, Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890. Terrible floods in Chihli; Hong- kong voted $100,000 towards relief of distress, 1916. British Warship, sunk in 1859 at Taku, discovered at mouth of Haiho, 1927.
Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839. League
of Nations Society formed in Hongkong, 1930.
M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1870), 1871. Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Hong- kong, opened, 1929.
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867. Blake Pier,
Hongkong, opened, 1900.
1ST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Opening of the Japanese Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in
person, 1890. Revolt of troops at Macao, 1910.
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ST. ANDREW'S DAY. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated, 1872. The Japanese cruiser "Chishima Kan sunk in collision with the P, & O. steamer" Ravenna” in the Inland Sea, 61 lives lost, 1892. Armistice arranged between Chinese Revolutionists and Imperialists, 1911. Manchu Emperor seeks sanctuary in Japanese Legation, 1924.