THE CALENDAR FOR 1906
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st............6h. 29m. 15th............6h. 37m.
5h. 45m.
Maximum
5h. 39m.
Minimum
Mean
MOON'S PHASES
1904 1905
.74.0 73.6
.64.6
65.0
....68.8 69.2
xxi
l.
11.
m.
BAROMETER, 1903
Full Moon
1
0
46
P.M.
Mean...
.....30.17
Last Quarter
9
5
45
P.M.
New Moon
16
4
36
P.M.
1904
RAINFALL
1905
First Quarter
23
8
39
A.M.
0.215 inches
0.280 inches
Days of Days or ¦ 9 and 10 !
WEEK
MONTH Moon
Thur. 1
15
Frid.
Sat.
W3
2
16
3
17
Sun.
4
18
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1970. Death of Alexander III
Czar of Russia, 1894.
Wreck of the U.S. cruiser "Charleston" off North Luzon.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the Naval action of Chuen-pee
1839.
21st after Trinity. Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Mon.
5
19
Tues.
G
20
Wed.
7
21
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1800.
English and French Treaties promulgated in the "Peking Gazette," 1800.
Death of Li Hung-chang, 1901.
Thur. 8
22
Frid.
9
23
Sat.
10
24
Sun. 11
25
Mon. 12
26
Tues. 13
27
Wed. 14
28
Thur. 15
29
Fri.
16
1
Sat.
17
2
Sun. 18
3
Mon.
19
4
Tues.
20
Wed.
21
Thur.
22
Frid.
23
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid. 30
2 2 2 *** *** 2 8
5
6
7
8
24
9
25
10
26
11
27
12
28
13
29
14
15
The French repulsed in Corea, 1860. Celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee in Hongkong,
1887. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1900, H.M.S. “Sandpiper” and “Canten City" sunk. Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887. 22ND AFTER TRINITY. H.M.S. “Racehorse” wrecked off Chefoo in 1864. Death of M. Paul Bert Resident General of Annam and Tonkin, 1886. New Chinese Tariff came into force, 1901. Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864. The Foreign Ministers had audience within
the Palace, Peking, 1894.
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1947.
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, 1868. 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, 1893. 23rd after TrINITY. Great fire in Hongkong, 1807. First secetion Ehanghai Nanking
railway to Naziang opened.
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, 1894, Departure of Governor Sir Henry Blake from Hongkong, 1903; acting appointment of Hon. F. H. May, Terrible boiler explosion on board the steamer
lives lost, 1877.
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Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the "Bacchante" a
Woosung, 1881.
24th after TRINITY. Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1868. Treaty between Portugal and
China signed, 18871, Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890. Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839. M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder
of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1870), 1871.
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856, Great fire in Hongkong, 1867.
Hongkong, opened 1900,
"F
Munder of captain and four men of the British_barque
Opening of the Japanese Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in person, 1890.
Blake Pier
S. Andrew's Day, S. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated 1872. The Jpanese cruiser "Chishima Kan"sunk in collision with the P. & O. steamer "Raavenna" in the Inland Son, 61 lives lost, 1502
**Yesso'
in Hongkong harbour, 86
"Crofton, near Ku-lan, 1869.
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