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THE CALENDAR FOR 1902
AUGUST-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st...........5h. 33m.
6h. 39m.
15th....
...........5h. 38m.
6h. 31m.
Maximum
Minimum
Mean
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m.
New Moon
3
3
54
P.M.
First Quarter 11
0
1
A.M.
Full Moon
19
1
40
A.M.
Last Quarter
26
6
41
A.M.
1900 1901
.97.0 92.7
.75.4
73.0
..83.1
80.6
BAROMETER, 1901
Mean............
..29.70
1900
RAINFALL
1901
6.690 inches
14.000 inches
Days of Days of
6 and 7
Chronology of Remarkable Events
WERK
MONTH
MOONS
Frid.
1
28
Both China and Japan declare war, 1894. Kucheng massacre, 1895.
Sat.
29
Sun.
3
30
10TH AFTER TRINITY. Victims of Massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.
Mon.
4
1
British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.
Tues.
5
2
Wed.
C
3
Serious Flood at Tientsin, 1871.
Thur.
7
Frid.
8
5
Sat. |
9
6
Sun.
10
7
Mon.
11
8
Tues. 12 Wed. 13
9
10
Thur. 14
Frid. 15
11
12
Sat.
16
13
Sun.
17
14
Mon.
18
15
Tues. 19
16
1
Wed. 20
17
Thur.
21
18
སྶ
19
Frid. 22
Sat.
Sun. I
Mon.
Tues.'
Wed.i
Thur.
Frid. 29
Sat.
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23
20
24
21
23
22
Wreck of the C. N. Co's. xtr. "Tientsin near Swatow, 1887. Disturbances at Amoy ; Japanese landed marities, 1900, British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834
and Japan signed, 1858,
Treaty between Great Britain
26
23
British left Macao, 1839.
27
25
25
Amoy taken by the English, 2005 guns captured, 1841. Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1916.
possessions, 1333, Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1984.
Slavery abolished in British
26
Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.
30
27
Wreck of ** Futami Maru" off Cape Calavite, 1900.
Sun.
31
29
14TH AFTER TRINITY. Severe typhoon on coast of China, many lives lost, and much
damage done shipping to at Hengkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848.
Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796. Bombardment of Kelungby French, 1884
Allied March on Peking starts, 1900.
British Squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840).
Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul, at Hakodate, 1874.
British troops landed at Nanking, 1842.
11th after Trinity. Sir H. Pottinger arrived at Hongkong, 1841. Destructive typhoon
at Fonchow, 1988.
First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who suggest-
ed the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.
174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1942. Manila occupied by U.8. Troops,
1898. Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860. House collapse, causing 43 deaths, in Cockrane Street, Hong-
kong, 1901.
Great Fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tis. 1,500,NON, 1879. Total loss of the E. & A. steamer **Catferthun” near Sydney, 1895. Peking Legations rescued, 1900,
British trade at Canton stopped by Hong merchants, 1834. French Treaty with Sian
signel, 1945}.
12TH AFTER TRINITY.
Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Great fire in Hongkong,
1962. Indian troops landed in Shanghai, 1900.
First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the "Cornwallis,"
at Nanking, 1842. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1880.
Emperor Hien Fung died, 1861. 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, 1804. Chinese
fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1984. 13TH AFTER TRINITY.
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