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THE CALENDAR FOR 1908
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
1st............6h. 48m. 5h. 35m.
15th............6h. 57m. 5h. 40m.
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m.
First Quarter
1
5
44
A.M.
Full Moon
8
5
44
A.M.
Last Quarter
16
5
12
A.M.
New Moon
23
7
50
P.M.
First Quarter
30
]
40
P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 10 and 11]
Maximum..
Minimum
Mean
1906 1907
.68.9 67.0
.56.9
57.2
..63.5 61.9
BAROMETER, 1907
Mean.............
..30.19
1906
RAINFALL
0.660 inches
1906 1.460 inches
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
CHRONOLOGY of RemarkABLE EVENTS
Tues.
1
8
Wed.
2
9
Thur. 3
10
8. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.
Frid.
11
Sat.
5
12
Sun.
Mon.
67
13
14
Tues.
15
Wed.
9
16
Thur. 10
17
Frid. 11
18
Sat.
12
19
Sun. 13
Mon.
14
21
Tues. 15
222
20
22
Wed. 16
23
Thur. 17
24
Frid. 18
25
Sat.
19
26
Sun. 20
27
Mon.
21
Tues.
22
Wed.
23
Thur.
24
Frid. 25
Sat.
26
Sun. 27
Mon.
28
Tues.
29
Wed.
Thur. 31
30
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28
29
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2
3
4
5
6
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.
2ND IN ADVENT. Confucius died, B.C. 490.
European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.
Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1961. Consecration of new Pei-tang Cathedral
Peking, 1888.
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.
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, 1890.
3RD IN ADVENT. French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese,
1832; first Receipton of foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1893.
All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1939.
The P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer "Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger, the cook, and 389 Chinese drowned, 1874. United States District Court for China opened at Shanghai.
Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.
4TH IN ADVENT. Arrival of Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales at Hongkong in the "Bacchante, 1881. Two cotton mills destroyed by fire at Osaka, 120 persons burnt to death, 1893.
Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.
Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the movements of
Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.
British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.
CHRISTMAS DAY. Great fire in Hongkong; 363 houses destroyed, immense destruction
of property, 1878.
Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 263 lives lost, 1897. The C. N. Company Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtsze, over 300 lives lost.
steamor
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18t after Christmas.
Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857,
Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.
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