SUNRISE
THE CALENDAR FOR 1906
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNSET
1st............5h. 52m. Gh. 48m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1904 1905
15th............5h. 44m.
Ch. 54m.
Maximum
..80.8
83.0
Minimum
.71.8 74.3
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
75.6 78.1
d. }.
11.
First Quarter 2
3
7
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1905
Full Moon
8
10
10
P.M.
Mean....
...29.92
Last Quarter
15
3
3
P.M.
New Moon
23
4
1
P.M.
First Quarter 31
24
P.M.
1904 7.705 inches
RAINFALL
1905
6.825 inches
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DAYS OF DAYS or! 4 and 4 |
WEEK MONTII MOONS
Tues.
1
8
Wel.
2
9
Thur.
3
10
Frid.
11
Sat.
12
Sun.
6
13
Mon.
7
14
Tues.
8
15
Wed. 9
16
Thur. 10
17
Frid.
11
18
Sat. 12. Sun. 13
19
20
Mon. 14
21
Tues. 15
22
Wel. 16
23
Thur. 17
24
Frid.
18
25
Sat.
19
26
Sun. 20
27
Mon.
21
28
Tues.
29
Wed.
23
1
Thur.
24
3
26
4
2*2 *25
Frid.
Sat.
Sun. 27
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CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
First number of "Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Spanish fleet destroyed by U.S. 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,
3RD AFTER EASTER. Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874. 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, 1800. Waglan Lighthouse opened, 1893. Hongkong declared infected with plague, 1894, Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1804. Occupation of Port Hamilton by the British Squadron, 1885. Meeting of Chinese merchants at Shanghai instituted a boycott of American products as a protest against the Chinese Immigration Act, the movement eventually spreading extensively in China, 1905.
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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, 1831.
4TH AFTER EASTER. A corporal of the British Legation murdered by Chinese soldiers at
Peking, 1864. Anti-foreign riot at Wuhu, 1801.
Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way
to Peking to assume the functions of British Minister, 1886.
Ratification at l'eking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1831.
Anti-foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.
Kowloon walled city occupied, 1899.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer “ Izere," 1860.
in Shanghai, 1879.
Arrival of General Grant.
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1801. Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant Riviere and death
of the latter, 1883. "Hongkong Daily Press” enlarged, 1900.
ROGATION SUNDAY. Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858.
The Canton Mint commenced striking silver coins, 1990.
Loss of M.M. str. “Menzaleh" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887. Imperial Edict respecting anti-Christian literature, 1892. Ministers' Joint Note to Chinese Government on the Boxer agitation, 1900,
Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.
U.S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
EMPIRE DAY, and ASCENSION DAY. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton
for Macao, 1389. British flaghoisted at Weihaiwei, 1898.
The city of Cantou invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891
Formosa Republic declared, 1895.
Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. Canton ransomed for $6,000,000,1841. Boxers buru station on Lu-Han line, 1900, Battle of Kinchau (Russo-Japan War); Japanese stormi Nanshan and capture 78 guns, 1904, Battle of the Japan Sea, Admiral Togo practically annihilates Admiral Roshdesvensky's fleet, 1905,
Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1896. Great rain storm in Hougkong, serious
damage, 1889. Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895.
Mon 28
Tues. 29 Wed. 30
6
8
II.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.
Thur. 31
9
Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 livesnear Macao 1875.
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