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THE CALENDAR FOR 1905

NOVEMBER-30 DAYS

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

SUNRISE

SUNSET

1st.......6h. 29m.

5h. 45m.

Maximum

15th............6h. 37m.

5h. 39m.

Minimum

Mean

MOON'S PHASES

1903 1904

.73.8 74.0

.62.1 64.6

.67.2

68.8

d. h.

m.

Barometer, 1904

First Quarter

4 9

39

Mean........

..30.15

A.M.

Full Moon

12

1

11

P.M.

Last Quarter

20

9 34

A.M.

New Moon

27

0

47

1903 1,090 inches

RAINFALL

1904 0.215 inches

A.M.

WEEK

MONTH

MOONS

Wed.

1

5

"Thur.

2

в

Frid.

3

7

:Sat.

4

8

.Sun.

5

9

Mon.

6

10

Tues. 7

11

Wed.

8

12

'Thur.

9

13

Frid. 10

14

.Sat.

11

15

.Sun.

12

16

Mon.

13

17

*Tues. 14

18

Wed. 15

19

Thur. 16

20

Fri.

17

21

.Sat.

18

22

Sun.

19

23

Mon.

20

24

*Tues. 21

25

Wed. 22

26

Thur. 23

27

Fricl.

24

28

Sat.

25

29

DAYS OF Days of 9 and 10

22 2*

CHRONOLOGY of RemarkABLE EVENTS

The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Death of Alexander III,

Czar of Russia, 1894.

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Wreck of the U.S. cruiser "Charleston off North Luzon.

Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the Naval action of Chuen-pos

1839.

Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.

23RD AFTER TRINITY. Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1884. Peking evacuated by

the Allies, 1880.

English and French Treaties promulgated in the “Peking Gazette," 1860.

Death of Li Hung-chang, 1901.

The French repulsed in Corea, 1868. Celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee in Hongkong,

1887. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1900, H.M.S. "Sandpiper" and "Canton City" sunk. Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887.

H.M.8. "Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo in 1864. Death of M. Paul Bert, Resident

General of Annam and Tonkin, 1826. New Chinese Tarifi came into force, 1901. 21st after TRINITY. Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864. The Foreign Ministers

had audience within the Palace, Peking, 1894..

Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.

Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee,

1893. Germans took possession of Kiaochau Bay, 1897.

H. M. gunboat "Gnat” lost on the Palawan, 1808. Destruction of the str. "Wah Yeung" by fire in the Canton river; upwards of 400 lives lost, 1887. Opening of Canton-Fatshan Railway, 1903.

Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1898.

Great fire in Hongkong, 1867.

22ND AFTER TRINITY. Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy; upwards of 800

houses destroyed and several hundred lives lost, 1887.

Portuguese Custom House at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin died, 1863.

Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird, of H.M.'s 20th Regt., murdered in Japan, 1864. Port Arthur taken by the Japanese, 1804. Departure of Governor Sir Henry Blake from Hongkong, 1903; acting appointment of Hon. F. H. May.

Terrible boiler explosion on board the steamer "Yesso" in Hongkong harbour, 86

lives lost, 1877.

Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the

Woosung, 1881.

"Bacchante"

Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1888. Treaty between Portugal and China signed, 1887,

Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890.

Sun.

26

31

23RD AFTER TRINITY. Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British

ships, 1839.

Mon. 27

1

M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder

of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1870), 1871.

Tues. 28

2

Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867. Blake Pier

Hongkong, opened 190.

Wed. 29

3

Murder of captain and four men of the British_barque "Crofton, near Ku-lan, 1869.

Opening of the Japanese Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in person, 1890.

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'Thur. 30

4

8. Andrew's Day. 8. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated 1872. The Japanese

cruiser "Chishima Kan" sunk in collision with the P. & O. steamer in the Inland Sea, 61 lives lost, 1892.

“Ravenna'

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