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THE CALENDAR FOR 1913

FEBRUARY-28 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HongKong Temperature

1st

15th

.7h. 94m. ...6h. 56m.

6h. 10m.

Bh. 19m.

Maximum

Minimum

1911

1912

.65.5

64.4

...56.2 56.4

Moon's PHASES

Mean

..60.2 59.9

d.

h.

J1].

New Moon

6 1

22

P.M.

First Quarter 14

4

34

P.M.

Full Moon

21

10

03

A.M.

Last Quarter 28

5

15

A.M.

Barometer, 1912

Meau....

..30.12

1911

RAINFALL

1912

0.000 inches

2.435 inches

DAYS OF

WEEK

DAYS OF! 12 & 1 MONTH

MOON

Sat.

1

26

Sun.

2

27

Mon.

28

Tues. 4

29

Wed.

5

30

Thur.

6

N. Y.

Frid.

7

Sat.

3

~~

2

Sun.

9

Mon.

10

CHRONOLOGY OF Remarkable EvenTH

First

Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841. The Additional Article

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, meeting of International Commission on Opium at Shanghai, 1909. QUINQUAGESIMA. The German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwei citadel cap-

tured by Japanese, 1595.

Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement opening

West River signed, 1897.

ASH WEDNESDAY, Anti-foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889. - 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 Mam” seized by Chinese guriboats near Macao for alleged smuggling arms, 1905

Suez Canal adopted as the regular route for the Eastern Mails, 1888.

The Spanish flect leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the purpose of taking Formosa, 1626. Hostilities between Russia and Japanı begum 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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1ST IN LENT. The "Henrietta Maria' was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew, and 250 coolies missing, 1857. Murder of Messrs. Kiddle and Sutherland ad Mengka on Yunnan border, 1900. Ñaval fight at Port Arthur hetween Japanese and Russian fleets with disastrous consequences to the latter, 1909.

Tues.

11

Wed.

12

Thur. 13

≈ 9 O

6

The Japanese constitution granting representative government

Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.

proclaimed bị thọ

7

Frid.

14

9

Sat.

15

10

Sun. 16

11

Mon.

17

12

Tues.

18

13

Wed.

Thur.

Frid. 21

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

Tues. 25

Wed. 26

Thur.

27

Frid. 28

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16

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| Accession of the Emperor of Japan, 1867, Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 187%, Surrender of Liukungtao Island forts and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895. Manchu Rulers of China announce their abdication, 1912.

3. 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. 2nd is LENT. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855, Stewart scholarship at Central School,

Hongkong, founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.

"

The U. S. paddle man-of-war Ashuelot" wrecked on the Fast Lammock Rock, near

Swatow, 1889, Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, shipwrecked in the Java Sea, 1917.

Mr. A. R. Margary, of II.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan,

by Chinese, 1876. Statue of Liá Hung Chang unveiled at Shanghai, 1906.

The Emperor Tao-kwang died, 1850 (reigned 30 years). Massacre of missionaries at

Nanchang, 1908

3RD IN LENT. Hostilities between England and China recommenced, 1841. Steamer"'Queen" captured and burnt by pirates, 1857. First stone of the Hongkong City Hall laid, 1867. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. Yotsai" between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and thirteen Chinese killed and veseni destroyed, 1884.

Captain Da Costa and Lieut. Dwyer murdered at Wong-ma-kok, in Hongkong, 1849.

Chinese Imperial Enot issued dismissing the Dalai Llama of Tibet, 1910.

Bogue Forts, Canton, destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong police chop

burnt, 1884. Marriage of the Emperor Kwang Hɛu, 1889.

Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation

Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.

Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniarde, 1876.

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