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THE CALENDAR FOR 1906

DECEMBER-31 DAYS

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

SUNRISE

SUNSET

1st............ch. 48m.

5h. 35m.

15th..

......6h. 57m.

5h. 40m.

Maximum..

Minimum

Mean...

MOON'S PHASES

d. h. ni.

Full Moon

1

7

07

A.M.

Last Quarter 9

9

45

A.M.

New Moon

16

2

54

A.M.

First Quarter 22

11

04

P.M.

Full Moon

31

2

14

A.M.

DATE OF DAYs of :10 and 11}

1904 1905

..66.1

69.6

....55.7

62.1

.60.7 65.3

Barometer, 1905

Mean.........

...30.12

1904

RAINFALL

0.230 inches

1905 2.370 inches

Chronology of Remarkable Events

WEEK

MONTH

MOONS

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

- 01

16

17

Tues.

Wed.

Thur. Frid.

6

21

Sat.

Sun.

to go

8

9

Mon.

10

* K* NE 225

18

19

20

22

23

24

25

Tues. 11

26

Wed. 12

27

Thur. 13

28

IST IN ADVENT. S. 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.

Confucius died, B.C. 490.

European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842

2ND IN ADVENT. Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. Consecration of new Pel-tang

Cathedral, Peking, 1888.

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Piracy on board the Douglas str. Namoa," five hours afterleaving Hongkong. Captain Pocock and three others murdered and several seriously wounded, 1890. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1801. 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, 1800,

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

of foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1898.

Frid. 14 Sat. 15

29

30

Sun. 16

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

3RD IN ADVEST.

Mon.

17

2

Tues. 18

Wed. 19

Thur. 20

5

Frid. 21

Sat. Sun.

Mon.

Tues. 25

Wed.

26

Thur. 27

The P. M. S. 8. Co.'s steamer “ Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger, the cook, and

389 Chinese drowned, 1874.

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

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

1891.

Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.

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

Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1838.

4TH IN ADVENT. British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.

Christmas Day. Great fire in Hongkong; 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction

of property, 1878.

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

steamer **

Shanghal " destroyed by fire on the Yangtze, over 300 lives lost. Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.

Frid. 28

Sat.

29

Sun. 30

Mon.

31

23

72 *** * * * 28 =

22

7

24

10

**° =

9

12

13

14

15

1NT AFTER Christmas,

16

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

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