THE CALENDAR FOR 1908
NOVEMBER-30- DAYS
SUNSET
SUNRISE
1st............6h. 29m. 5h. 45m.
15th............6h. 37m. 5h. 39m.
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h. m.
First Quarter 1
10 16
A.M.
Full Moon
8
3
58
A.M.
Last Quarter 16
7
41
A.M.
New Moon
24
5
53
P.M.
HongKong Temperature
Maximum
Minimum
Mean ...
1906 1907
....73.4
76.0
..62.4
67.5
...67.4 71.5
BAROMETER, 1907
xxi
Mean...
.30.08
1906
RAINFALL
0.173 inches
1907 1.265 inches
Days of Days or | 9 and 10 |
MOSTH MOONS
WIK
Sun.
1
8
Mon.
2
9
Tues.
3
10
Wed.
4
11
Thur. 5
12
Frid.
в
13
Sat.
7
14
Sun.
15
Mon.
9
16
Tues
10
17
Wed 11
18
Thur.
12
19
Fri.
13
20
Sat.
14
21
15
22
Mon.
16
23
Sun.
Tues. 17
Chronology of Remarkable Events
90TH AFTER TRINITY. The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1970.
Death of Alexander II Czar of Russia, 1894.
Wreck of the U.8. cruiser “Charleston " off North Luzon.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the Naval action of Chuen-pee
1830.
Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860.
English and French Treaties promulgated in the “Peking Gazette,” 1800.
Death of Li Hung-chang, 1901.
21ST AFTER TRINITY.
The French repulsed in Corea, 1868. Celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee in Hongkong,
1997. Typhoon at Hongkong, 190), H.M.S. ** Sandpiper" and "Canton City” sunk. Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887.
H.M.S. "Racehorse” wrecked off Chefoo in 1864. Death of M. Paul Bert Resident General
of Annam and Tonkin, 1896. New Chinese Tariff came into force, 1901. Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1861. The Foreign Ministers had audience within
the Palace, Peking, 1894.
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847.
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1980. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee,
Germans took possession of Kiaochau Bay, 1897.
1993.
22ND AFTER TRINITY. H. M. gunboat “Gnat” lost on the Palawan, 1808. Destruction o
the str.
**Wah Yeung" by fire in the Canton river; upwards of 400 lives lost, 1887- Opening of Canton-Fatshan Railway, 1903
24 Shanghal opened to foreign commerce, 1843. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1893.
25
Wed.
18
Thur.
19
26
Frid.
20
Sat
27
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2 212 DE CA 8 2 2 * * * * * * 8 8
Sun.
Mon.
Tues. Wed.
Thur.
21
22
93
24
23
26
Frid 27
Sat.
Sun
Mon.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1887. First section Shanghai-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, 1803.
28
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.
29
23RD AFTER TRINITY. Terrible boiler explosion on board the steamer "Yesso in
Hongkong harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877.
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30
Arrival of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in the "Bacchante” at
Woosung, 1881.
1
2
Capture of Anping, Formoan, 1968. Treaty between Portugal and China signed, 1871,
Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890.
3
4
28
5
19
29
в
30
7
+
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, 1970), 1871.
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856. Great fire in Hongkong, 1807, Blake Pier
Hongkong, opened 1000,
18T IN ADVEST. ↑ Murder of captain and four men of the British barque "Crofton,' hear Ku-lan, 1969. Opening of the Japanese Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in person 1590. 8. Andrew's Day. 8. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated 1872. The Japanese cruiser "Chishima Kan "sunk in collision with the P. & 0; steamer Raaveuna in the Inland Sea, 61 lives lust, 1802
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