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THE CALENDAR FOR 1904

Chronology of Remarkable EvenTS

FEBRUARY-29 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st 15th....

......6h. 41m.

5h. 47m.

1902

1903

...6h. 33m

5h. 56m.

Maximum

.75.3

62.7

Minimum

...40.5

55.1

MOON'S PHASES

Mean

...59.5 58.4

d. h.

m.

Full Moon

2

0

33

A.M.

Barometer, 1903

Mean........

.30.27

Last Quarter

8 5

56

P.M.

New Moon

First Quarter 24

16

7

05

P.M.

1902

RAINFALL

1903

7

09

P.M.

0.020 inches

0.210 inches

DAYS OF Days of WEEK MONTH

12 & 1 MOONA

Mon. 1

16

Tues. 2

17

Wed. 3

Thur. 4

18 19

Frid. 5

20

Sat.

6

21

Sun.

7

22

Mon.

8

Tues. 9

Wed.

10

Thur. 11

Frid. 12 Sat. 13

** *** 2

23

24

25

26

27

28

Sun. 14

Mon. 15

29

30

Tues. 16 N.Y. Wed.

17 Thur. 18

2

3

Frid.

19

4

Sat.

20

5

Sun. 21

6

22 ** *

Mon. 22 Tues. 23

Wed.

78

24

9

Thur. 25

10

Frid. 26

11

Sat.

27

12

Sun.

28

13

Mon. 29

14

Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887. Mrs. Carew sentenced to death at Yokohama 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.

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.

SEXAGESIMA Šunday.

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. Murder of Messrs. Kiddle and Sutherland at Mengka on Yunnan border, 1900.

The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the

Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.

Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Liukangtao Island

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

QUINQUAGESIMA Sunday. 8. Valentine's Day. Tung Wa 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 Shelpoo narbour, 1885. SHROVE TUESDAY. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong, founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887. Asii WEDNESDAY.

The U.S. paddle man-of-war “Ashuelot” wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near

Swatow, 1883.

Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, shipwrecked in the Java Sem,

1817.

1st IN LENT, 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 Halllaid,

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.

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 Hsu, 1880.

Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation

of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.

2ND IN LENT. Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.