THE CALENDAR FOR 1905
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
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SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
.7h. 04m.
6h. 10m.
1903 1904
15th
..6h. 56m
6h. 19m.
Maximum
.62.7
68.1
Minimum
....55.1
58.5
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
.58.4
62.6
d. h.
m.
Barometer, 1904
New Moon
7
06
P.M.
Mean.......
...30.12
First Quarter 13
U
20
A.M.
Full Moon
20
2 52
A.M.
Last Quarter 26
6
04
P.M.
1903 0.210 inches
RAINFALL
1904 0.200 inches
Days of Days of 12 & 1
WEEK
MONTH
Mooxs
Wed.
1
27
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Я
28
29
N.Y.
2
1805.
Mon. Tues. Wed.
678
9
10
- 2 = 23 4 2 2 1o 282 2N
3
346
8
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
11
Sun.
12
9
Mon. 13
10
Tues. 14
Wed 15
11
12
Thur.
16
13
Frid. 17
14
Sat.
18
15
Sun
19
16
Mon. 20
17
Tues.
21
18
Wed.
22
19
Thur.
23
20
Frid. 24
21
Sat.
Sun 26
Mon.
Tues.
27
28
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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 Yokohama for the murder of her husband; sentence commuted to penal servitude, 1897. The German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwei citadel captured by Japanese,
Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement opening
West River signed, 1897.
5tit after EpipиANY. 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. Japan broke off diplomatic relations with Russia, 1904.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the purpose of taking Formosa, 1626. Hostilities between Russia and Japan begun by Russian gunboat off Chemulpo, 1904. Japanese made a successful torpedo attack at midnight on Russia's Port Arthur squadron.
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. Naval fight at Port Arthur between Japanese and Rusian fleets with disastrous consequences to the latter.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the
Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.
ØTH AFTER Eriphany,
Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Liukungtao Island
forts and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895.
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 00
'Yu-yuen" and corvette "Chin-cheng" sunk by the French in Sheipoo narbour, 1885. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,
founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887. ASH WEDNESDAY,
The C.8. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot” wrecked on the East Lammock Rock, near
Swatow, 1883.
SEPTUAGESIMA. Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, shipwrecked in
the Java Sea, 1817.
Mr. A. B. Margary, of H.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yun-
nan, by Chinese, 1875.
The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years).
Steamer " Queen
Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841.
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captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867.
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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 vesse destroyed, 1884,
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-na-kok, in Hongkong, 1849. BEXAGESIMA. Bogue Forts (Canton) destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong
police shop burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang Hsu, 1889,
Treaty of peace between
Japan and Cores signed at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation of Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
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