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THE CALENDAR FOR 1910
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st
...7h. 04m.
6h. 10m.
15th...... ..6h. 56m
6h. 19m.
Maximum
Minimum
Mean
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. m.
Last Quarter 2 New Moon 10 First Quarter 17 Full Moon
7
27
P.M.
9 13
A.M.
2
32
A.M.
24
11
36
A.M.
1908
.....62.3
1909
64.3
..54.9 57.0
....58.3 60.4
BAROMETER, 1909
Mean.....
..30.11
1908
RAINFALL
2.820 inches
1909 1.660 inches
Days of Days of❘ 12 & 1
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article to Chefoo Convention came into force,1887. Mrs. Carew sentenced to death at Yokohama for the murder of her husband; sentence commuted to penal servitude, 1897, First meeting of International Commission on Opium at Shanghai, 1909.
The German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwei citadel captured by Japanese,
1895.
Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement opening
West River signed, 1897.
Anti-foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889.
Quinquagesima The Spanish Envoy Halcon arrived at Macao to demand satisfaction from the Chinese for the burning of the Spanish brig "Bilbaino," 1840. Japan broke off diplomatic relations with Russia, 1904. Japanese str. "Tatsu Maru" seized by Chinese gunboats near Macao for alleged smuggling arms, 1908
Suez Canal adopted as the regular route for the Eastern Mails, 1888.
The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the purpose of taking Formosa, 1626. Hostilities between Russia and Japan begun by Russian gunboat off Chemulpo, 1904. Japanese made a successful torpedo attack at midnight on Russia's Port Arthur squadron, 1904.
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*ASH WEDNESDAY. The 'Henrietta Maria" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew, and 250 coolies missing, 1857. Murder of Messrs. Kiddle and Sutherland at Mengka on Yunnan border, 1900. Naval fight at Port Arthur between Japanese and Russian fleets with disastrous consequences to the latter, 1904.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by
the Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.
FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. Accession of the Emperor of Japan, 1867. Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1876. Surrender of Liukungtao Island forts and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895.
WEEK
MONTH MOONS
Tues.
1
22
Wed. 2 Thur. 3
23
24
Frid. 4
25
Sat.
5
26
Sun.
6
27
Mon.
7
28
Tues.
Co
8
29
Wed.
9
30
Thur. 10
Frid.
11
Sat.
12
Sun.
13
PE 23
N.Y.
2
I 3
4
Mon.
14
LO
5
Tues. 15
6
Wed. 16
7
Thur. 17
8
Frid. 18
The 9
Sat.
19
10
Sun.
20
11
2ND SUNDAY IN LENT.
Mon. 21
12
Tues. 22
13
Wed. 23
14
Thur.
24
15
Frid. 25
16
Sat
26
17
Sun.
27
18
Mon,
28
19
S. Valentine's Day. Tung Wa Hospital, Hongkong, opened by Sir R. G. MacDonnell,
1872.
Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate "Yu-yuen"
and corvette Chin-cheng" sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1886. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1865. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,
founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.
U.S. paddle man-of-war "Ashuelot" wrecked on the East Rock, near Swatow, 1883.
Lammock
Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, shipwrecked in the Java Sea
1817.
Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875. Statue of Li Hung Chang unveiled at Shanghai, 1906, The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years). Massacre of missionaries at
Nanchang, 1906 Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer
**Queen captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867,
**Yotsai
J
Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str.,
between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and vessel destroyed, 1884.
Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1849. Bogue Forts, Canton, destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong police chop
burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang Hsu, 1889.
3RD SUNDAY IN LENT. Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at
Kokwa, 1876. Evacuationof Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887 Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
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