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THE CALENDAR FOR 1905

DECEMBER–31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st

.........6h. 48m.

5h. 35m.

1903

1904

15th............Ch. 57m.

5h. 40m.

Maximum....

..66.9

66.1

Minimum

.56.0

55.7

Mean

.61.1 60.7

MOON'S PHASES

d. h.

m.

BAROMETER, 1904

First Quarter 4 2

38

A.M.

Mean......

.....30.23

Full Moon

12

7

26

A.M.

Last Quarter

19

8

09

P.M.

New Moon 26

DAYS OF DATs or '11 and 12|

0

04

P.M.

1903 0.085 inches

RAINFALL

1904 0.230 inches

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CHRONOLOGY or RemarKABLE EVENTS

WEEK

Мохти

MOONB

Frid.

1

5

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

789

ÍST IN ADVENT.

Wed.

6

10

Confucius died, B. C. 490.

Thur. 7

11

Frid 8 Sat.

9

12

13

Sun. 10 14

23 1

Mon. 11

15

Tues. 12

16

Wed. 13

17

8. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.

First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841.

Six foreigners killed at Wang-chuh-ki, 1847. Soochow re-taken by the Imperialists under General Gordon, 1863. The Japanese warship Unebi-kan" left Singapore and not heard of again, 1886.

·

European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.

Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. Consecration of new Pei-tang Cathedral, Peking

1888.

1

2XD IN ADVENT. Piracy on board the Douglas str. Namoa," five hours after leaving Hongkong. Captain Pocock and three others murdered and several seriously wounded, 1800. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1891. Indemnity paid by Prince of Satsuma, 1863. Admiral Bell, U.S.N., drowned at

Osaka, 1867.

Imperial Decree stating that the Foreign Ministers at Peking are to be received in

audience every New Year, 1890.

French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832; first Reception

of foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1899.

Thur. 14

18

Frid.

15

19

All Boman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838.

Sat.

16

20

Sun. 17

21

3RD IN ADVENT. The P. M. 8. 8. Co.'s steamer "Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger,

the cook, and 389 Chinese drowned, 1874.

Mon. 18

22

Tues. 19

23

Wed.

20

24

Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.

Arrival of Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales at Hongkong in the “Bacchante," 1881. Two cotton mills destroyed by fre at Osaka, 120 persons burnt to death, 1893.

Steam navigation first attempted, 1786.

Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the movements of

Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.

British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.

ÁTU IN ÅDVEXT.

Christmas Day.

of property, 1878.

Great fire in Hongkong; 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction

Great are at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 203 lives lost, 1897. The C. N. Company's

steamer Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtaze, over 300 lives lost.

44

Thur. Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

Mon. 25

Tues.

26

Wed.

27

Thur.

28

Frid. 29 Sat. Sun. I

30

31

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25

26

27

28

1

2

3

4

5

6

[ST AFTER CHISTMAS,

Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.

Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France,1857,

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