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THE CALENDAR FOR 1911

JUNE 30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

Ist............5h. 39m.

1909

1910

6h. 51m.

15th...........5h. 39m.

6h. 07m.

Maximum

...86.3

86.9

Minimum

.78.6

78.8

Mean

.81.8

82.3

MOON'S PHASES

d.

h.

111.

BAROMETER, 1910

First Quarter

4

6

04

A.M.

Mean.......

.29.81

Full Moon

12

5

51

A.M.

Last Quarter

20

+

51

A.M.

New Moon

26

9

20

P.M.

1909

7.385 inches

RAINFALL

1910

18.190 inches

DAYS OF DAYS oF | 5 and 6

WEEK MONTH Moons

00

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1978. New Opium Agreement between Hongkong and China came into force, 1987. Anti-foreign riot at Tanyang, 1891 Canton-Sanshui Railway completed

Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1971. Formal transfer of Formosa from

China to Japan, 1805. Revs. Norman and Robinson murdered, 1900.

Earthquake at Manila, killing more than 2,00 persons, 1863. Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1883. Russell & Co. suspend payment, 1891. Kelung taken possession of by Japanese, 1895.

WHIT SUNDAY. Treaty between France and Corea signed at Seoul, 1880. West River

opened, 1897

Departure of the first 0. & O. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875. Messrs. Argent and Green murdered in an anti-foreign riot at Wuhsueh, 1891. Communication with Peking cut off, 1900.

Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroyed, and many

lives lost, 1861.

Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang, 1501, Hongkong-Canton steamer “Powan "

wrecked, 1908.

Destruction of Mission premises at Wusieh by anti-foreign mob, 1891.

Suspension of New Oriental Bank, 1892. The P. & O. steamer "Aden" wrecked off

Socotra, 78 lives lost, 1897

Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876. Admiral Seymour starts for

Peking, 1900.

Thur.

1

5

Frid. 2

Sat.

7

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

6

10

Wed. 7

11

Thur. 8

12

Fri.

9

13

Sat.

10

14

Sun. 11

15

Mon. 12

16

Tues. 13

17

Wed. 14

18

Thur.

15

19

Frid. 16 Sat. 17

20

21

Sun.

18

22

Mon. 19 Tues.

23

Attack on mission premises at Hainan

Wed. 21

25

Thur.

22

26

Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.

tion, 1897.

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebra-

ار

TRINITY. SUNDAY. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1840. Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872.

British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser, 1875. Imperial Edict condemning attacks on Foreigners, 1891. Baronvon Ketteler, German Minister, murdered in Peking, 1900.

Russo-Chinese Treaty, 1728: Battle of Telissu (Russo-Japan War) Russians defeated

with a loss of 7,000 men and 16 guns, 1904.

Tidal Wave, Japan, 28,000 lives lost, 1896. British barque "Cæsar" and Danish schooner "Carl" taken by pirates off Pedro Blanco, 1966. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen 1867. Russian squadron sank Japanese transport "Hitachi," badly injured “Saco,” 1904. Woosung taken, 1842.

First foreign-owned Junk leaves Chungking, 1891. Capture of Taku Forts by Allies, 1900. 1st After TRINITY. Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed and

10 wounded, 1862. Disastrous inundation at Foochow, 2,000 lives lost, 1877. Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.

Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793. 20❘ 24

A***** 5 *8

Frid. 23

27

Sat.

24

28

Sun.

25

29

Mon

26

Tues.

27

Wed.

28

W N

Thur.

29

Frid.

30

city, 1891. Unprecedented floods in the West River, 1908. Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.

Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1843 Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1874. French troops surprised by Chinese near Langson, 1884. Russian Baltic Fleet, after remaining six weeks in Tonkin waters, sailed from Kamranh Bay northward, 1905.

2ND AFTER TRINITY. Assassination of M. Carnot, President of the French Republic, 1894.

Treaty of Nanking, exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862. Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858. Additional Convention

between France and China signed at Peking, 1887.

Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert "

by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 186 i.

Agreement effected between Great Britain and the United States for reciprocal protection

of British and American Trade Marks in China, 1935.

The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873.

Indian Mints closed to silver, 1893.

British expedition to China arrived, 144). Opening of a section of the Shanghai and

Woosung Railway, 1876. Flooding of the Takasima coal mines, 1891.