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THE CALENDAR FOR 1913

JUNE 30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st............5h. 39m.

6h. 51m.

15th............5h. 39m. 6h. 07m.

MOON'S PHASES

Maximum

1911

...87.2 85.4

1912

Minimum

.79.7

78.6

Mean

.82.9 $1.6

d.

h.

JIL.

BAROMETER, 1912

New Moon

5

3

57

A.M.

Mean......

29.71

First Quarter 12

0

37

A.M.

Full Moon

19

1

54

A.M.

Last Quarter

27

I

41

A.M.

1911

5,090 inches

RAINPALL

1912

14.160 inches

DAYS OF DAYS OF 4 and 5

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WERK

MONTH

Moons

Sun.

1

27

Mon.

2

28

Tues. 3

29

Wed.

30

Thur.

1

Fri.

6

2

Sat.

7

3

Sun.

8

Mon. 9

5

Tues. 10

6

Wed. 11

7

Thur. 12

8

Frid. 13

Sat.

14

10

Sun.

15

11

Mon. 16

12

Tues. 17

13

Wed. 18

14

Thur.

19

15

Frid. 20

16

Sat.

21

17

Sun.

22

18

Mon

23

19

24

20

Oop N

* 27 **

22 * ** *N*

Tues.

Wed. 25

Thur. 26

22

Frid. 27

23

Sat.

28

24

Sun.

29

25

Mon.

30

26

Chronology of Remarkable Events

2nd after TriNITY. Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1878. New Opium Agree- ment between Hongkong and China came into force, 1887. Anti-foreign riot at Tanyang, 1891. Canton-Samshui Railway completed

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

China to Japan, 1895. Revs. Norman and Robinson murdered, 1900.

Earthquake at Manila, killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863. Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1883. Russell & Co. suspend payment, 1891. Keelung taken possession of by Japanese, 1895,

Treaty between France and Corea signed at Seoul, 1886. West River opened, 1897. Departure of the first O. & 0. strainer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875, Messrs. Argent and Green murdered in an anti-foreign riot at Wuhsuch, 1891. Communication with Peking eut off, 1900.

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

lives lost, 1864.

Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang, 1891, Hongkong-Canton steamer "Powan'

wrecked, 15:08.

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3RD AFTER TRINITY. 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, 1597

Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876.

Peking, 1900,

Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.

Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872.

Admiral Seymour starts for

British steamer “Carisbrooke” fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser, 1875 Imperial Edict condemning attacks on foreigners, 1891. Baron von Ketteler, German Minister, murdered in Peking, 1900,

Russo-Chinese Treaty, 1728. Battle of Telism (Russo-Japan War); Russians defeated

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

Hope Dock

4th after ThisITY. Tidal Wave. Japan, 28,000 lives lost, 1896. British barque “Cəsar”

and Danish schooner “Carl” taken by pirates off Pedro Blanco, 1866. opened at Aberdeen 1867. Russian squadron sank Japanese transport Hitachi," badly injured "Sado,” 1904.

Woosung taken, 1842.

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First foreign-owned junk leaves Chungking, 1891. Capture of Taku Forts by Allies, 1900.

Death of Sir Hormusjee Mody, 1911.

Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persous killed and 10 wounded, 1862.

Disastrous inundation at Foochow, 2,040 lives lost, 1877.

Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1542.

Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793. Attack on mission premises at Haiman

city, 1891. Unprecedented floods in the West River, 1908.

Massacre at Tientsiu, 1870.

5TH AFTER TRINITY. Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840. Queen Victoria's

Diamond Jubilee celebration, 1897.

Kaying 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.

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.

between France and China signed at Peking, 1887.

Additional Convention

Treaty between France and China signed, 1878. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert "

by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1861 1.

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

of British and American Trade Marks in China, 1906.

810 AFTER TRINITY. The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of

China at Peking, 1873. Indian Mints closed to silver, 1803.

British expedition to China arrived, 1849, Opening of a section of the Shanghai and

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

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