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THE CALENDAR FOR 1907
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
..6h. 48m.
5h. 35m.
1905 1906
....
15th........ ....6l. 57m.
5h. 40m.
Maximum..
.69.6 68.9
Minimum
..62.1
56.9
Mean
.65.3
63.5
New Moon
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h. 111.
BAROMETER, 1906
5
6 22
P.M.
Mean...
.30.15
First Quarter 12
10
16
A.M.
Full Moon
20
1
55
A.M.
Last Quarter
28
7
10
A.M.
1905 2.370 inches
RAINFALL
1906
0.660 inches
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Days of Days or 10 and 11/
CHRONOLOGY or Remarkable Events
WEEK
MONTH
MOONB
Sun.
M on.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
10 ∞ HER LƏ
26
1ST IN ADVENT.
2
27
3
28
4
29
5
1
Frid.
6
Sat.
7
WB
2
Confucius died, B.C. 190.
3
Sun.
∞
4
2ND IN ADVENT.
Mon.
9
5
Tues.
10
6
Wed.
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, 1963. The Japanese warship "Uuebi-kna
not heard of again, 1886.
European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.
Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. Consecration of new Pei-tang Cathedral,
Peking, 1888.
44
Piracy on board the Douglas str. "Namoa,” five hours after leaving Hongkong.
Captain Pocock and three others murdered and several seriously wounded, 1890. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1891.
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left Singapore and
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11
7
Indemnity paid by Prince of Satsuma, 1963. Admiral Bell, U.S.N., drowned at
Osaki, 190..
Thur. 12
8
Imperial Decree stating that the Foreign Ministers at Peking are to be received in
audience every New Year, 1890,
Frid. 13
9
French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832; first Reception
of foreign ladies by the Enpress Dowager of China, 1868.
Sat.
14
10
Sun.
15
11
3RD IN ADVENT. All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838.
Mon. 16
12
Tues. 17
13
Wed. 18
14
Thur. 19
15
Frid.
20
16
Sat.
21
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
***** 25
17
22
18
The P. M. S. S. 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 “
1881.
Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.
4TH IN ADVENT. Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the
movements of Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.
Bacchante," Two cotton mills destroyed by fire at Osaka, 120 persons burnt to death, 1893.
23
19
24
20
British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.
25
21
CHRISTMAS Day. Great fire in Hongkong; 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction
of property, 1878.
1
26
22
Frid. 27
23
Sat. 28
24
Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 263 lives lost, 1897. The C. N. Company's
steamer "Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtsze, over 300 lives lost. Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.
Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France,1857.
Sun. 29 Mon. 30
25
26
Tues. 31
27
2225
18T AFTER CHRISTMAS.
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