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THE CALENDAR FOR 1910

MAY-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st..... .5h. 52m.

6h. 48m.

1908 1909

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

6h. 54m.

Maximum

....80.8

78.6

Minimum

.72.1

71.5

Mean

.76.1

74.8

MOON'S PHASES

Full Moon

d.

h.

m.

Last Quarter New Moon

2 9

30

P.M.

9

1

33

P.M.

First Quarter

16

10

13

A.M.

24

1

39

P.M.

DAYS OF DAYS OF

3 & 4

WREK

MONTH

MOONS

1

BAROMETER, 1909

Mean....

.29.88

1903 11.325 inches

RAINFALL

1909

6.700 inches

15

22

2 *** 2N

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

O MA

2

23

3

24

Wedl.

4

25

Thur. 5 Frid.

26

|

6 27

|

Sat.

7

28

Sun.

8

29

Mon. 9 Tues. 10

1

2

Wed.

11

Thur.

12

Frid. 13

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CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

ROGATION SUNDAY. First number of "Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841. Telegraphet communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Spanish fleie destroyed by U.S. fleet at Cavite, 1898. Empreor Kwang Hsu buried, 1909. Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal & China, 1888. Snspension of Oriental Bank, 1884.

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

inaugurated, 1884.

ASCENSION DAY. British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. Imperial Government ordered

steps to be taken at Hongkong to close opium divans, 1908.

Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874.

Departure of Governor Sir William Des Voeux from Hongkong, 1891.

SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. H.M.S. "Terrible" arrived at Hongkong from SouthAfrica, 1900, 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 Canton 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, 1886.

WHIT SUNDAY. Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and

China, 1881. Anti-foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891. Kowloon wall city occupied, 1899.

17

1860. Arrival of General Grant in

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. 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.

TRINITY SUNDAY. Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841.

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, 1898.

Sat.

14

Sun. 15

7

Mon. 16

8

Tues.

17

9

Wed.

Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer “Izere,

Shanghai, 1879.

18

10

Thur.

19

11

Frid. 20

12

Sat.

21

13

Sun,

22

Mon.

23

Tues. 24

Wed. 25

Thur.

Frid. 27

*** ***

14

15

16

17

26

18

Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.

19

Sat.

Sun.

888

28

20

29

21

Mon.

30

22

II. B. M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in tryingto rescue

mainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888

re-

Tues.

31

23

Typhoon at IIongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao 1874.

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

Formosa Republic declared, 1895.

Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841. Boxers burn station on Lu-Hau line, 1900. Bottle of Kinchau (Russo-Japan War); Japanese stormed Nanshan and captured 78 guns, 1904, Battle of the Japan Sea, Admiral Togo practically annihilates Admiral Roshdes. vensky's fleet, 1905.

Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1898. Great rain storm in Hongkong, serious

damage, 1889. Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895. 1ST AFTER TRINITY.