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THE CALENDAR FOR 1909

MAY-31 DAYS

HONGKONG Temperature

SUNRISE

SUNSET

1st.....

....5h. 52m.

6h. 48m.

15th............5h. 44m.

6h. 54m.

Maximum

Minimum

Mean

1907 1908

...80.6

80.8

.73.0 72.1

.76.2 76.1

XV

Full Moon

MOON'S PHASES

d. h.

m.

8 8

08

P.M.

Last Quarter 13

5

45

A.M.

New Moon

19

8

42

P.M.

First Quarter 27

9

28

A.M.

DAYS

WKEK

3 & 4 MOONS

Sat.

1

12

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

23 **

13

14

15

Wed.

16

Thur.

17

Frid.

7

18

Sat.

19

Sun.

20

Mon. 10

21

Tues. 11

22

Wed. 12

23

Thur. 13

24

Frid.

Sat.

15

ほ5

14

25

2;

Sun. 16

27

Mon. 17

28

Tues. 18 Wed. 19 Thur.

29

20

-~

Frid. 21

3

Sat.

22

Sun.

Mon. 24

Tues.

25

Wed.

26

Thur.

27

*** ***

23

-

446

5

BAROMETER, 1908

Mean....

.29.85

1907 11.280 inches

RAINFALL

1908

11.325 inches

CHRONOLOGy of Remarkable EVENTS

First number of "Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Spanish fleet destroyed by U.S. fleet at Cavite, 1898.

3RD After Easter, Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal & China, 1888. Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1834.

Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking

inaugurated, 1884.

British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. Imperial Government ordered steps to be taken

at Hongkong to close opium divans, 19 8.

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 Hongkon from South Africa, 1900.

4th After Easter. 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. East India Company's garden at Cantou 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, 1888.

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

Anti-foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.

13

Arrival of General Grant in

5th After EaSTER. Kowloon walled city occupied, 1899.

Izere, 1860. Loss off Amoy of the French war steanier

Shanghai, 1879. The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891, Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant Riviere and death

of the latter, 1883. Hongkong Daily Press" enlarged, 1900.

14

Ascension Day. 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.

ÌST AFTER ASCENSION. U.S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.

EMPIRE DAY. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for Macao 1839

British flag hoisted at Weihaiwei, 1808.

The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891

Formosa Republic declared, 1895.

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8

Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.

9

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

Battle

Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

222

28

10

29

11

30

12

Mon.

31

13

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 Hongkong, serious

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

WHIT SUNDAY. H.B.M. screw sloop "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 Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao 1874.