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THE CALENDAR FOR 1910

DECEMBER-31 DAYS

SUNSET

HONGKONG TemperatuRE

SUNRISE

1st............6h. 48m. 5h. 35m.

15th............6h. 57m. 5h. 40m.

New Moon

MOON'S PHASES

1908

1909

Maximum..

Minimum

Mean

...67.9

68.9

.59.5

58.9

.63.3

63.6

d. h.

m.

BAROMETER, 1909

2

5 11

A.M.

Mean...

..30.17

First Quarter 10

3

05

A.M.

Full Moon

16

7

05

P.M.

Last Quarter

23

6

1908 4.285 inches

RAINFALL

36

1909 0.000 inches

P.M.

DATH OF Days or ¡10 and 11: WEER MORTH MOONS

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

Thur.

1

30

Frid.

2

1

Sat.

3

2

Sun.

4

3

Mon.

5

Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

10

oroa o

6

8

9

DONO

8

Sun.

11

10

Mon. 12

11

Tues. 13

12

Wed. 14

13

9

S. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.

2ND IN ADVENT. 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.

Confucius died, B.C. 490.

European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.

Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. 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.

3RD IN ADVENT. Indemnity paid by Prince of Satsuma, 1883. 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.

French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832, First

Reception of foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1898,

Thur. 15

14

All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838.

Frid. 16

15

Sat.

17

16

Sun. 18

17

Mon. 19

18

Tues. 20

19

Wed. 21

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun. 25

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20

21

23

22

24

24

Mon. 26

Tues. 27

Wed. 28

29

Thur. Frid. 30 Sat.

29

31

30

***** * 2 7 228

The P. M. S. 9. Co.'s steamer "Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger, the cook, and 389 Chinese drowned, 1874. United States District Court for China opened at Shanghai 1906. Sir W. Des Voeux, formerly Governor of Hongkong, died, 1909.

4TH IN ADVENT. Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.

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 Macno with secret orders to watch the movements of

Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.

23 British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.

Christmas Day. Great fire in Hongkong; 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction

of property, 1878.

25

26

27

Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 263 lives lost, 1897. The N. C. Company

steamer Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtsze, over 300 lives lost.

44

Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.

Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France,1857.