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THE CALENDAR FOR 1905
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st............5h. 52m.
6h. 48m.
1903 1904
15th............5h. 44m. 6h. 54m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
.79.5
80.8
Minimum
.72.2 71.8
Mean
.75.4 75.6
d. h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1904
New Moon
4 11
50
P.M.
Mean........
.29.88
First Quarter 12
2
46
A.M.
Full Moon
19
5
36
A.M.
Last Quarter
26
10
50
A.M.
1903 13.960 inches
RAINFALL
1904 7.705 inches
WEEK MONTH
MOONS
Mon.
1
27
Tues.
2
28
Wed.
29
Thur.
1
Frid.
Sat.
Sun,
7
Mon.
Tues.
9
Wed. 10
Thur. 11
8
Frid. Sat.
12
9
13
10
Sun. 14
11
Mon. 15
12
Tues. 16
13
Wed. 17
14
Thur. 18
15
Frid. 19
16
Sat.
20
17
Sun.
21
18
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur. 25
Frid.
Sat.
Sun. 28
* 22 ******
*** * *** 28
25
Mon
29
26
Tues. 30
27
Wed.
31
28
22
19
DATE OF DAYS or 8 and 4
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CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable Évesta
First number of " 'Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Spanish fleet destroyed by U.8. fleet at Cavite, 1898.
Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1888.
Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1884.
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking
Inaugurated, 1884.
British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842.
Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874.
2Nd after EastTER. Departure of Governor Sir William Des Vœux from Hongkong 1891. H.M.S. "Terrible" arrived at Hongkong from South Africa, 1900.
New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890. Waglan Lighthouse opened, 1898.
Hongkong declared infected with plague, 1894. Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1884. Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1885.
Attempted assassination of the Tsarevitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan, 1891. Execution
of fifteen pirates (including leader of “Namoa" pirates) at Kowloon, 1891. East India Company's garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins, 1881.
A corporal of the British Legation murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking, 1864. Anti
foreign riot at Wuhu, 1891.
3RD AFTER EASTER. Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way
to Peking to assume the functions of British Minister, 1886.
Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1881.
Anti-foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891. Kowloon walled city occupied, 1899.
"Izere,
"
1860. Arrival of General Grant.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer
in Shanghai, 1879. The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891.
Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant Riviere and death
of the latter, 1883.
葡萄
Hongkong Daily Press" enlarged, 1900.
Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. The Canton Mint
commenced striking silver coins, 1890.
Minis-
4TH AFTER EASTER. Loss of M. M. str. "Menzaleh” while on her passage from Hongkong
to Yokohama, 1887. Imperial Edict respecting anti-Christian literature, 1892. ters' Joint Note to Chinese Government on the Boxer agitation, 1900.
Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.
23
20
U.S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
24
21
22
EMPIRE DAY, Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for Macao, 1389 -
British flaghoisted at Weihaiwei, 1898.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891
Formosa Republic declared, 1895.
26
23
Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
27
24
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841. Boxers burn station on Lu-Han line, 1900.
ROGATION SUNDAY. Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1806. Great rain storm in
Hougkong, serious damage, 1889. Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895.
H.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard” lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder
of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888, Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the Poyang," with 100 livesnear, Macno1875.
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