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THE CALENDAR FOR 1901

AUGUST-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st ............5h. 33m.

6h. 39m.

1899

1900

15th

...........5h. 38m.

6h. 31m.

Maximum

.92.9

97.0

Minimum

.75.0

75.4

Mean

.80.9

83.1

MOON'S PHASES

d. h.

Ill.

Last Quarter 7 3

39

P.M.

New Moon

14

4

4

P.M.

First Quarter

22

3

29

P.M.

Full Moon

30

3

58

A.M.

DAYS OF DAYS OP

6 and 7

WEEK

MONTII

MOONS

BAROMETER, 1900

Mean......

.29.70

1899

RAINFALL

19.980 inches

1900 6.690 inches

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

1 2 3 4 5

18

19

20

21

Tues.

6

22

Wed.

77

23

Thur.

24

Frid.

9

25

Sat.

10

26

Sun. 11

27

Mon. 12

Tues. 13

28

29

Wed. 14

1

Thur. 15

2

Frid. 16

3

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

17 Both China and Japan declare war, 1891. Kucheng massacre, 1895.

Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

9TH AFTER TRINITY. British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.

Macartney's Embassy entered leiho, 1796. Bombardment of Kelungby French, 1884.

Allied March on Peking starts, 1900.

Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.

British Squadron arrived off the Peilo, 1840.

Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul, at Hakodate, 1874,

British troops landed at Nanking, 1842.

Sir II. Pottinger arrived at Hongkong, 1841. Destructive typhoon at Foochow, 1888. 10TH AFTER TRINITY. First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called

by Lord Napier, who suggested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.

174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842. Manila occupied by U.S. Troops,

1808.

Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860.

Great Fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tls. 1,500,000, 1879. Total loss of the E. & A. steamier "Catterthun" near Sydney, 1895. Peking Legations rescued, 1900.

British trade at Canton stopped by Hong merchants, 1831. French Treaty with Siam

signed, 1856.

Sat.

17

4

Sun. 18

5

11TH AFTER TRINITY, Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Great

fire in Hongkong, 1868. Indian troops landed in Shanghai, 1900.

Mon. 19

6

Tues. 20

7

Wed. 21

8

Thur

22

Frid. 23

Sat.

Sun. 25

Mon.

Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

2 ****** ***

9

10

24

11

12

First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the "Cornwallis,"

al Nanking, 1842. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1830.

Emperor Hien Fung died, 1801. Palace Revolution at Peking, Empress Dowager again

assumes the Regency, 1898.

Governor Amaral (Macao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer "Spark" by pirates between Canton and Macao, 1874. Telegraph line to Peking opened, 1884.

Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution, 1864. Chinese

fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884.

19

Wreck of the C. N. Co's. str. "Tientsin near Swatow, 1887. Disturbances at Amoy;

Japanese landed marines, 1900.

12TH AFTER TRINITY. British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 183+ Treaty

between Great Britain and Japan signed, 1858.

26

13

British left Macao, 1839.

27

14

Amoy taken by the English, 200 guns captured, 1841.

28

15

Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816.

possessions, 1833. Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1884.

Slavery abolished in British

29

16

Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.

30

17

Wreck of "Futami Maru" off Cape Calavite, 1900.

31

18

Severe typhoon on coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done shipping ta

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848.