THE CALENDAR FOR 1912
MAY-31 DAYS
15
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st............5h. 52m. 6h. 48m.
15th............5h. 44m. 6h. 54m.
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. m.
Full Moon
1
6 19
P.M.
Last Quarter
9 5
56
P.M.
New Moon
17
6
14
A.M.
First Quarter
23
10 11
P.M.
Full Moon
31
7
30
A.M.
DAYS
3 & 4
WIZK
MOONS
Wed.
1
15
Thur.
16
Frid.
17
Sat.
18
Sun.
5
19
789
Mon. 6
20
Tues.
7
21
Wed.
22
Thur. 9
23
Frid. 10
21
Sat. 11
25
Sun. 12
26
Mon. 13
27
Tues.
14
Wed.
15
Thur.
16
4 5 6
28
29
30
Frid. Sat.
17
1
18
2
Sun. 19
Hongkong TEMPERATURE
1910 1911
Maximum
.84.1 78.8
Minimum
.75.1 72.8
Mean
.78.9 75.5
BAROMETER, 1911
Mean.......
...29.85
1910
RAINFALL
1911
1.955 inches
22.145 inches
CHRONOLOGYy op 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. Emperor Kwang Hsu buried, 1909.
Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1888.
Snspension of Oriental Bank, 1884.
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peking
inaugurated, 1884. Aomori devastated by fire, 1910.
4TH AFTER EASTER British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. Imperial Government ordered
steps to be taken at Hongkong to close opium divana, 1908.
King Edward VII. died, 1910,
Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874.
Departure of Governor Sir William Des Vœux from Hongkong, 1891. M. Vallon, a French
aviator, killed at Shanghai, 1911.
H.M.S. “Terrible” arrived at Hong kong from South Africa, 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, 1884. 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.
5TH AFTER Easter. East India Co.'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.
Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1881.
Anti-foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.
Ascension Day. Kowloon walled city occupied, 1899. Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer ** Izere,
Shanghai, 1879,
1860. Arrival of General Grant in
The city of Clapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891, 1st AFTER ASCENSION. Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Comman-
dant Riviere and death of the latter, 1883. 14
Hongkong Daily Press" enlarged, 1900. Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. The Canton Mint
commenced striking silver coins, 1890.
Loss of M. Al. str. “Menzaleh" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887. Imperial Edict respecting anti-Christian literature, 1882. Ministers' Joint Note to Chinese Government on the Boxer agitation, 1900.
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.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891.
Formosa Republic declared, 1895.
Mon. 20
Tues.
21
Wed. Thur.
22
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon. 27
27 *** ***
5
6
23
7
24
8
25
9
26
10
WHIT BUNDAY, Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
11
Tues.
28
12
Wed
Thur.
29
13
30
14
Fri
31
15
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841. Boxers burn station on Lu-Han line, 1900.
Battle
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, 1896. Great rain storm in Hongkong, serious damage, 1889. Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895. H. M. Queen Mother of Siam visited Hongkong, 1911.
H. B. M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue re- mainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888. Chinese Postal Service transferred to Board of Communications, 1911. Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the “Poyang,” with 100 lives, near Macao, 1874
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