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THE CALENDAR FOR 1906

JUNE-30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

Ist............5h. 39m.

6h. 51m.

1904

1905

15th............5h. 39m.

6h. 07m.

Maximum

........8.0

85.0

Minimum

76.0 77.4

Mean

79.8 81.1

MOON'S PHASES

dl. h.

m.

BAROMETER, 1905

New Moon

7 5 12

A.M.

Mean

....29.73

First Quarter 14 3

34

A.M.

Full Moon

22

7

06

A.M.

1904

RAINFALL

Last Quarter

29

10 19

P.M.

19.640 inches

1905 19.695 inches

WKEK

MONTH

Mooxs

Frid.

1

10

Sat.

2

11

Sun.

3

12

Mon. 4

Tues.

5

13

14

Wed. 6

15

Thur. 7

16

Frid.

8

17

Sat.

9

18

Sun. 10

19

Mon.

11

20

Tues.

12

21

Wed. 13

Thur. 14

23

Frid. 15

24

Sat.

16

25

Sun. 17

26

Mon.

18

27

Tues. 19

28

nel. 20

29

Thur.

21

30

Frid.

22

1

Sat.

23

2

Sun.

24

Mon.

25

Tues

Days of DatS OF | 4 and 5

=22

21

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2272 22 22

Curoxology of Remarkable EVENTS

Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1868. New Opium Agreement between Hongkong and Chína came into force, 1887. Anti-foreign riot at Tanyang, 1891. Canton-Samshui Railway completed.

Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871. Formal transfer of Formosa from

China to Japan, 1895. Reva, Norman and Robinson murdered, 1900,

WHIT SUNDAY, Earthquake at Manila, killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863, Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1883. Russell & Co. suspend payment, 1801. Kelung taken possession of by Japanese, 1805. Treaty between France and Corea signed at Seoul, 1883. West River opened, 1897. Departure of the first 0. & 0. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875. Messrs. Argent and Green murdered in an anti-foreign riot at Wuhsuch, 1891. Communication with Peking cut off, 1900.

Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroyed, and many lives

lost, 1864.

Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang, 1891.

Destruction of Mission premises at Wusich by anti-foreign mob, 1891.

Suspension of New Oriental Bank, 1892. The P. & O. steamer “Aden" wrecked off

Socotra, 78 lives lost, 1897.

TRINITY SUsday. Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876. Admiral Seymour

starts for Peking, 1989,

Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.

Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872.

British stemmer ** *Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser 1875. Imperial Exlict condemning attacks on Foreigners, 1801. Baron von Ketteler German Minister, murdered in Peking, 1900,

Russo-Chinese Treaty, 1728. Battle of Telisu (Russo-Japan War), Russians defeated with

a lows of 7,000 men and 16 guns, 1904.

Tidal Wave, Japan, 28,000 lives lost, 1896. British barque "Cæsar” and Danish schoone, "Carl” taken by pirates off Pedro Blanca, 1866. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen 1807. Russian squadron sank Japanese transport Hitachi, badly injured Sado, 1904. Woosung taken, 1842.

1er AFTER TRINITY.

First foreign-owned junk leaves Chungking, 1891. Capture of Taku Forts by Allies, 1900,

Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed and 10 wounded, 1862,

Disastrous inundation at Foochow, 2,000 lives lost, 1877.

Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.

Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793. Attack on mission premises at Haimen

city, 181.

Massacre at Tientsin, 1670.

Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebr.

ation, 1897.

Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1843. Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1974. French troops surprised by Chinese near Langson, 1884. Russin Baltic Fleet, after remaining six weeks in Tonkin waters sailed from Kamrank Bay Northwand, 1905,

2ND AFTER Trinity, Amassination of M. Carnot, President of the French Republic, 1894, Treaty of Nanking exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862.

Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858. Additional Convention

between France and China signed at Peking, 1887.

Wed.

27

6

Thur. 28

7

Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert "

by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1966. Agreement effected between Great Britain and the United States for reciprocal protection

of British and American Trade Marks in China, 1905,

H

Frid. 29

8

The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873.

Indian Mints closed to silver, 1893.

Sat.

30

British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and Woo

sung Railway, 1876. Flooding of the Takasima coal mines, 1891.