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THE CALENDAR FOR 1904

AUGUST-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st

........5h. 33m.

6h. 39m.

1902 1903

15th ....

...5h. 38m.

6h. 30m.

Maximum

.90.6 85.8

Minimum Mean

.74.2 77.1

MOON'S PHASES

...81.8

80.9

d.

h. m.

BAROMETER, 1903

Last Quarter

4

10 03

P.M.

Mean.....

........29.77

New Moon

11

8 58

P.M.

First Quarter

18

0 27

P.M.

1902

RAINFALL

Full Moon

26

9

02

A.M.

26.505 inches

1903 14.970 inches

Days of Days or

6 and 7

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARrkable EveNTS

WEEK

MONTH

MOONS

Mon.

20

Both China and Japan declare war, 1894. Kucheng massacre, 1896.

Tues.

21

Wed.

3

22

Victims of massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.

Thur. 4

23

Frid.

24

Sat.

6

25

Sun.

7

26

Mon.

27

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

Tues. 9

28

Wed. 10

29

Thur. 11

1

Frid.

12

2

Sat.

13

3

Sun. 14

4

Mon. 15

5

Tues. 16

Wed. 17

Thur. 18

Frid. 19

9

Sat. 20

10

Sun. 21

11

Mon. 22

12

Tues.

23

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun. 28

Mon.

Tues.

Wed.

*** *** 285

13

24

14

25

15

British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.

Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796. Bombardment of Kelung by French, 1884.

Allied march on Peking starts, 1900. Li Hung Chang visited Queen Victoria, 1896. Serious flood at Tientsin, 1871.

10TH AFTER TRINITY. British Squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.

British troops landed at Nanking, 1842. King Edward VII's Coronation celebrated

at Hongkong, 1902.

Sir H. Pottinger arrived at Hongkong, 1841. Destructive typhoon at Foochow, 1888.

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, 1842. Manila occupied by U.S. Troops,

1898.

11TH AFTER TRINITY. Tong-ur-ku- taken, 1860. House collapse, causing 48 deaths, in

Cochrane Street, Hongkong, 1901.

Great fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tis. 1,500,000, 1879. Total loss of the E. & Á. steamer "Catterthun" near Sydney, 1895. Peking Legations rescued, 1900. Murder of Messrs. Bruce and Lowis at Chengohow, Hunan, 1902,

British trade at Canton stopped by Hong merchants, 1834. French Treaty with Blam

signed, 1856.

Empress of India sinks Chinese cruiser Wong Tai in collision near Swatow, 1903.

Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Great fire in Hongkong,

1888. Indian troops landed in Shanghai, 1900.

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

a Nanking, 1942. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860. 12TH AFTER TRINITY. Emperor Hien Fung died, 1881. 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, 1884. Chinese

fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884.

Wreck of the C. N. Co's. str. "Tientsin” near Swatow, 1897. Disturbanocs at Amoy ;

Japanese landed marines, 1900.

British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834 Treaty between Great Britain

and Japan signed, 1858.

26

16

British left Macao, 1839.

27

17

Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.

18

13TH AFTER TRINITY.

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

Slavery

abolished in British possessions, 1833. Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1884.

29

19

Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.

30

20

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

31

21

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

at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848,