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THE CALENDAR FOR 1907

MAY—31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TemperaturE

1st.....

..5h. 52m.

6h. 48m.

1905 1906

15th.

....5h. 44m.

6h. 54m.

Maximum

83.0 80.6

Minimum

74.3 73.2

Mean

.78.1 76.5

MOON'S PHASES

XV

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

d.

h. 11.

BAROMETER, 1906

Last Quarter 8

5

04 A.M.

Mean...

...29.80

New Moon

12

4

59

P.M.

First Quarter 20 Full Moon

9 27

P.M.

27

10

18

P.M.

1905 6.825 inches

RAINFALL

1906

11.580 inches

DAYS OF DATE OF

3 & 4

WEIK MONTH

Moons

Wed.

1

19

Thur.

2

20

Frid.

3

21

Sat.

22

Sun.

23

ROGATION SUNDAY. British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842.

Mon.

6

24

Tues.

25

Wedl.

26

Thur.

9

27

Frid. I

10

28

First number of "Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880, Spanish fleet destroyed by U.S. feet 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.

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,

Ascension Dat. New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890. Waglan Lighthouse opened, 1893 Hongkong declared infected with plague, 1894. Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864. 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.

Attempted assassination of the Tsarevitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan, 1891. Execution

of fifteen pirates (including leader of Namoa" pirates) at Kowloon, 1891.

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SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. East India Company's garden at Canton destroyed by the

Mandarins, 1831.

A corporal of the British Legation murdered by Chinese soldiers at Peking, 1864. Anti-

foreign riot at Wuhu, 1891.

Arrival of Sir John Walsham, Bart., in Hongkong, on his way to Peking to assume

the functions of British Minister, 1886.

Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1881.

Anti-foreign riot iu the Hochow district, 1891.

Kowloon walled cty occupied, 1899.

"

Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer “Izere, 1860. Arrival of General Grant

in Shanghai, 1879.

"

The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891, WHT SUNDAY, Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant

Riviere and death of the latter, 1883. |Hongkong Daily Press” enlarged, 1900. Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. The Canton

Mint commenced striking silver coins, 1890.

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.

Sat.

Sun.❘ 12

Mon.

= 2*

29

1

13

2

Tues. 14

3

Wed. 15

4

Thur. 16

5

Frid. 17

6

Sat.

18

7

Sun. 19

8

Mon. 20

9

Tues. 21

10

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

Mon 27

*** ***

22

11

23

12

24

13

25

14

26

15

15

Tues.

28

Wed. 29

Thur.

Frid.

2 2 2 ☹

17

18

30

19

H.B.M. screw sloop

44

31

20

U.S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.

1339.

EMPIRE DAY, Captain Elliot and all the British

British flaghoisted at Weihaiwei, 1898. The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841.

Formosa Republic declared, 1895.

subjects left Canton for Macao

Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891

TRINITY SUNDAY. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.

Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841. Boxers burn station on Lu-Han line, 1900, Battle

of Kinchau (Russo-Japan War); Japanese storm Nanshan and capture 78 guns, 1904, Battle of the Japan Sea, Admiral Togo practically annihilates Admiral Roshdes. vensky's fleet, 1905.

Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1896. Great rain storm in Hougkong, serioung

damage, 1889. Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895.

'Reynard' " lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888. Typhoon at Hongkuog and Macao; loss of the "Poyang,” with 100 lives near Macao 1874

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