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THE CALENDAR FOR 1900

FEBRUARY-28 DAYS

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

SUNRISE

SUNSET

1st 15th ....

.......6h. 41m. ..........6h. 33m,

5h. 47m.

5h. 56m.

MOON'S PHASES d. II. m.

Maximum Minimum Mean

+

1898

1899

.77.2

72.8

....50.1

47.6

.62.7

59.6

sec,

First Quarter 6 Full Moon 14 Last Quarter 23

PERIGEE, 1 day, APOGEE, 16 days,

11 59

41

P.M.

9 26

43

P.M.

0 20

42

A.M.

Days of DAYS OF 1 & 2 WERK MONTH MOONS

Thur.

1

2

Frid.

3

Sat.

234 5

Sun.

Mon.

6

Tues.

6

7

Wed.

7

8

Thur. 8

9

Frid. 9

10

Bat.

10

11

Sun. 11

12

Mon. 12

13

Tues. 13

14

Wed. 14

Thur. 15

15

16

Frid. 16

17

Sat. 17

18

Sun.

18

19

Mon.

19

20

Tues.

20

21

Wed.

21

22

Thur. 22

23

Frid.

23

24

Sat.

24

25

Sun. 25

26

Mon. 26

27

Tues. 27

Wed.

28

28

29

2 22 2 *

7.39 hours, P.M. 8.37 hours, A.M.

BAROMETER, 1899

Mean.....

.30.10 ·

1898

RAINFALL

1899

2.520 inches

2.205 inches

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

Japanese, 1895,

5TH AFTER EPIPHANY. 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.

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.

SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY, The Japanese constitution granting representative government

proclaimed by the Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.

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

forts and remainder of the Chipese fleet to the Japanese, 1895.

St. Valentine's Day. Tung Wah 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. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hong.

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

SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. The U.S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot" wrecked on the East

Lammock Rock, near Swatow, 1883.

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 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 thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.

QUINQUAGESIM SUNDAY. Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma.

kok, in Hongkong, 1849.

Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong police chop

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

1876.

SHROVE TUESDAY. Treaty of peace between Japan and Korea signed at Kokwa.

Evacuation of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887. ASH WEDNESDAY. Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.