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THE CALENDAR FOR 1902
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
15th
.6h. 41m. .........6h. 33m
5h. 47m.
1900 1901
5h. 56m.
Maximum
70.2
68.3
Minimum
..44.5
38.4
Mean
56.9
54.8
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1901
Mean....
...30.25
New Moon
8
8
58
A.M.
First Quarter 15 Full Moon
10
33
A.M.
22
8 40
A.M.
1900 2.640 inches
RAINFALL
1901
0.765 inches
Days of Days or
WERK
MONTH
12 & 1 MOONS
Sat.
1
23
Sun.
2
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
199
Frid.
Sat.
1- 00
7
* ** N* 3
24
25
Sun.
9
Mou. 10 Tues. 11
26
27
28
29
N.Y.
2
LOGO
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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. SEXAGE<IMA SUNDAY. The new German Club at Hongkong opened, 1972. Weihaiwei
citadel captured by Japanese, 1895.
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, 1859.
The Spanish Envoy Haleen arrived at Maçao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for
the burning of the Spanish brig “Bilbaino,” 1849.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Covernor of Manila, for the
purpose of taking Formosa, 1626.
QUINQUAGESIMA ŠUNDAY. The Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew, and 250 coolies missing, 1867. Murder of Messrs. Kiddie and Sutherland at Mengka on Yunnan border, 1900.
SHROVE TUESDAY, The Japanese constitution granting representative government
proclaimed by the Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.
ASH WEDNESDAY,"
Outbreak of Convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Liukungtau Island
forts and remainder of the Chinese 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, issá.
19 IS LENT. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong, founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.
The C.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.
Wed.
12
Thur.
13
Frid. 14
7
Sat.
15
8
Sun.
16
9
Mon. 17
Tues. 18
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
21
Sat.
22
Sun.
Mon.
Tues. 25
1
Wed.
Thur. 27
Frid. 28 | 21
20 282 28 2 878
10
11
19
12
20
13
14
15
The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).
23
16
First stone of the Hongkong City Hall
24
17
Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841.
Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotsai'
18
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-na-kok, in Hongkong, 1849.
26
19
Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong police chop
burnt, 1881. Marriage of the Emperor, Kwang-su, 1889.
20
Treaty of peare between Japan and Korca signed at Kokwa, 1870.
of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.
Evacuation
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
Digitized by
2ND IN LENT. Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer
"Queen" captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. laid, 1967.
between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1894.
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