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THE CALENDAR FOR 1899

FEBRUARY-28 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st 15th

......6h. 41m.

5h. 47m.

.6h. 33m. 5h. 56m.

Maximum

Minimum

1897

1898

..77

77

.41

50

MOON'S PHASES

d. h. m.

sec.

Last Quarter 4 1 0 New Moon First Quarter 17 Full Moon

44

A.M.

Barometer, 1898

10

5 7

47

P.M.

4 28

40

Mean.....

.30.16

P.M.

25

9

51 49 P.M.

PERIGEE, 9 day, APOGEE, 22 days,

12 & 1 Mooks

9.42 hours, P.M.

8.40 hours, A.M.

1897

RAINFALL

1898

1.82 inches

2.52 inches

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CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887. Mrs. Carew sentenced to death at Yoko- hama for the murder of her husband; sentence commuted to penal servitude, 1897.

Weihaiwei citadel captured by The new German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872.

Japanese, 1895

Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement opening

West River signed, 1897

Sexagesima SUNDAY. Anti-Foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted,

1889.

The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for

the burning of the Spanish brig “Bilbaino," 1840.

The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the

purpose of taking Formosa, 1626.

The "Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain,

crew, and 250 coolies missing, 1857.

The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the

Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.

QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY.

Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Liukungtau Island forts

and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1896

Shrove TuesdAY. St. Valentine's day. Tung Wah Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir

R. G. MacDonnell, 1872.

Days of Days of WEEK MONTH

Wed.

1

21

·

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

22 - 10

3

4

5

2***

22

23

24

25

Mon. 6

26

Tues.

7

27

Wed. 8

28

Thur. 9

Frid. 10 NY.1

29

Sat.

11

2

Sun.

12

3

Mon. 13

4

Tues.

14

5

Wed. 15

6

Thur. 16

7

Frid 17

8

Sat. 18

9

Sun

19

Mon. 20 Tues. 21

Weri.

Thur,

* 22 * *

10

11

12

22

13

23

14

Frid. 24

15

Sat.

25

16

Sren.

26

17

Mon, 27

18

Tues. 28

19

Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.

16

Ash Wednesday. Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate

Yu-yuen" and corvette **Chin-cheng" sunk by the French in Shelpoo harbour, 1885. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hong-

kong, founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.

The U.S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot "wrecked on the East Lammock Rook, near

Swatow, 1883.

1ST IN LENT. Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, was shipwrecked in the

Java Sea, 1817.

Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan,

by Chinese, 1875.

The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).

Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer “Queen" captured

and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong C ityHall laid, 1887.

Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. “Yotaal” between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.

Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong,

1849.

2nd 1x Lext. Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong

police chop burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang-su, 1889.

Treaty of peace between Japan and Korea signed at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation

of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.

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