THE CALENDAR FOR 1913
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st....... .5h. 52m.
6h. 48m.
1911
1912
15th............5h. 44m.
6h. 54m.
Maximum
.78.8 83.2
Minimum
.72.8 75.8
Mean
.75.5 78.9
15
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Telegraphic
New Moon
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1912
в
4
24
P.M.
Mean.......
.29.85
First Quarter 13
7
45
P.M.
Full Moon
20
3
18
P.M.
Last Quarter
28
8 04
A.M.
1911 22.145 inches
RAINFALL
1912 3.940 inches
Days of Dats of WEEK MONTH
3 & 4 MOONS
Thur. 1
25
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
1 W 20
2.1
27
4
28
Mon.
Б
29
Tues.
в
1
Ki.
Wed.
7
2
Thur. 8
Frid.
**
3
9
4
Sat.
10
Ascension Day. First number of "Hongkong Gazette" published, 1841.
communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Spanish fleet destroyed by U.S. fleet at Cavite, 1898. Emperor Kwang Hsu buried, 1909. Batification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1888. Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1884.
18T AFTER ASCENSION. Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic
Cathedral at Peking inaugurated, 1884, Aomori devastated by fire, 1910. British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. Imperial Government ordered steps to be taken
at Hongkong to close opiuni divans, 1908,
Edward VII. died, 1910.
Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874.
Departure of Governor Sir William Des Voeux from Hongkong, 1891, M. Vallon, a French
aviator, killed at Shanghai, 1911.
H.M.S. "Terrible” arrived at Hongkong from South Africa, 1900
New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890. Waglan Lighthouse opened, 1893 Hongkong declared infected with plague, 1894. Colonel Gorton 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 (hinese Immigration Act, the movement eventually spreading extensively in China, 1905.
WHIT SUNDAY. Attempted assassination of the Tsarevitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan, 1801. 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, 1804. 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 "*
Shanghai, 1879.
3.
Izere, 1800. Arrival of General Grant in
TRINITY SUNDAY. 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.
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, 1882. Ministers' Joint Note to Chinese Government on the Boxer agitation, 1900,
Sun.
11
1
Mon.
Tues.
1 23
6
7
8
Wed.
14
9
Thur. i
15
10
Frid.
16
11
Sat.
17
12
Sun. 18
13
Mon.
19
14
:
Tues. I
Wed.
20
21
Thur.
22
Frid.
Sat.
24
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
27 *** **N
15
16
17
18
19
25
20
26
21
Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
27
22
Wed. 28
23
Thur. 29 Fri.
30
Sat.
: 31
**
22 7
24
25
26
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.
187 AFTER TRINITY. The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign
riot at Nanking, 1891. Formosa Republic declared, 1895.
Battle
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841. Boxers burn station on Lu-Han line, 1900,
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, 1695. H. M. Queen Mother of Sian 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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