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THE CALENDAR FOR 1915

FEBRUARY-28 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st 15th

.7h. 04m. ......6h. 56m.

6h. 10m.

1913

1914

6h. 19m.

Maximum

.64.6

66.9

Minimum

..53.7

59.9

Mean

....60.5 63.1

MOON'S PHASES

BAROMETER, 1914

d. h.

m.

Mean

.30.008

Last Quarter

7

1

11

P.M.

New Moon

14

0

31

P.M.

1913

RAINFALL

1914

First Quarter

22

10

58

A.M.

2.390 inches

3.240 inches

DAYS OF Dats of, 12 & 1 WEEK MONTH MOONS

Mon.

1

18

Jues.

Wed. 3

Thur. 4

Frid.

QA W N

19

20

21

5

22

Sat.

6

23

Sun. Mon.

78

7

24

25

Tues. 9

26

Wed. 10 Thur.

9=

27

28

Frid. 12

29

Sat. 13

30

Sun 14

N. Y.

Mon.

15

Tues.

16

W N

2

3

Wed.

17

Thur

Frid.

19

Sat.

Sun.

21

10 222

18

4A

4

5

6

20

0-1 Q

8

Mon.

Tues. 23

Wed.

2225

9

10

24

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CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

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

Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887. First meeting of International Commission on Opium at Shanghai, 1909.

The German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwei citadel captured by Japanese,

1895.

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

West River signed, 1897.

Anti-foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889. Local Administrat

tive bodies in China suppressed, 1914.

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, 1004. Japanese str. "Tatsu Maru" seized by Chinese gunboats near Macao for alleged sinuggling arms, 1908. Sir George Phillippo, a former Chief Justice of Houg- kong, died at Geneva, 1914.

SEXAGESIMA. Suez Canal adopted as the regular route for the Eastern Mails, 1888. The Spanish fleet leaves the port of Cavite, by order of the Governor of Manila, for the purpose of taking Formosa, 1626. Hostilities between Russia and Japan begun by Russian gunboat off Chemulpo, 1904. Japanese made a successful torpedo attack a midnight on Russia's Port Arthur squadron, 1904.

The "Henrietta Marin" was found drifting about in the Palawan Passage, captain, crew, and 250 coolies missing, 1857. Murder of Messrs. Kiddle and Sutherland at Mengka on Yunnan border, 1900. Naval fight at Port Arthur between Japanese and Russian fleets with disastrous consequences to the latter, 1904.

The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the

Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889. Sir John Carrington, ex-Chief Justice of Hongkong, died, 1913. China's New Currency

Laws published, 1914,

Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Liukungtao Island forts and remainder of the Chinese fleet to the Japanese, 1895. Manchu Rulers of China announce their abdication, 1912.

QUINQUAGESIMA. S. 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, 1885. Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,

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

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

Swatow, 1883.

Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, shipwrecked in the Java Sea, 1817. China's Provincial Assemblies suppressed, 1914.

1ST IN LEST, Mr. A. R. Margary, of H.B.M.'s Consular Service, was murdered at Manwyne, Yunnan, by Chinese, 1875. Statue of Li Hung Chang unveiled at Shanghai, 1900. Consort of the Emperor Kwangsu died, 1913. Hongkong A.D.C. Centenary Production, 1914.

Massacre of missionaries at Nanchang, 1906.

Hostilities between England and China recomnienced, 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 vessel destroyed, 1984. Preliminary agreement signed by the Govt. of China for the loan of £4,000,000 from the Banque Industrielle de Chine to build a railway from Yunnan to Yamchow (Kwangtung), 1914.

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

Chinese Imperial Edict issued dismissing the Dalai Llama of Tibet, 1910. Bogue Forts, Canton, destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Hongkong police chop.

burnt, 1884.

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

Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.

Thur. 25

12

Frid. 26

13

Sat.

27

14

Sun.

28

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2ND IN LENT. Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.