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THE CALENDAR FOR 1901
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st......... .6h. 25m.
5h. 13m.
15th............6h. 34m.
5h. 17m.
Maximum......
Minimum
Mean
1899
1900
..79.7 7.87
.51.3
54.0
...62.1 66.2
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
m.
Last Quarter
3 5
26
A.M.
New Moon 11
10
30
A.M.
First Quarter 19
4
12
A.M.
Full Moon
25
7
53
P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 10 and 11
BAROMETER, 1900
Mean......
..30.10
1899 0.025 inches
RAINFALL
1900 1.790 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
F
WEEK
Sun. Mon.
Tues. Wed.
4
Thur.
5
MONTH
MOONS
1
CAD 10 -
21
ADVENT SUNDAY,
12 225
22
St. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.
23 24
Frid.
Sat.
67
26
27
Sun.
8
28
Mon.
9
29
Tues. 10
30
Wed.
11
1
Thur. 12
2
61
Frid.
13
3
Sat.
14
Sun.
15
5
Mon.
16
6
Tues.
17
Wed.
18
Thur.
Frid.
ཤྰརྒྱཚབ
7
8
19
9
20
10
Sat.
21
Sun.
22
Mon.
23
Tues.
24
Wed.
25
Thur. 26
Frid.
Sat. 28
Sun.
Mon. 30 Tues. 31
***** & * & * =
11
12
13
14
15
16
27
17
18
First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841.
Six foreigners killed at Wang-chuh-ki, 1847. Soochow re-taken by the Imperialists under General Gordon, 1863. The Japanese warship "Unebi-kau" left Singapore and not heard of again, 1886.
Confucius died, B.C. 490.
European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.
2ND IN ADVENT.
Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. Consecration of new Pei-tang Cathedral, Peking,
1888.
Piracy on board the Douglas str. "Namoa," five hours after leaving Hongkong; Captain Pocock and three others murdered and several seriously wounded, 1890. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1891.
Indemnity paid by Prince Satsuma, 1863. Admiral Bell, U.S.N., drowned at Osaka,
1867.
Imperial Decree stating that the Foreign Ministers at Peking are to be received in
audience every New Year, 1890.
French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832. Reception of
Foreign ladics by the Empress Dowager of China, 1898.
3RD IN ADVENT. All Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838.
The P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer "Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger, the cook, and 389
Chinese drowned, 1874,
Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.
Arrival of Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales at Hongkong in the "Bacchante," 1881. Two cotton mills destroyed by fire at Osaka, 120 persons burnt to death, 1893,
Steam navigation first attempted, 1730,
4TH IN ADVENT. Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the
movements of Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.
British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.
CHRISTMAS DAY. Great Fire in Hongkong; 369 houses destroyed, immense destruction
of property, 1878.
Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 263 lives lost, 1897. The C. N. Company's
steamer Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtze, over 300 lives lost.
44
Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.
Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857.
29
19
1ST AFTER CHRISTMAS.
20
21
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