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THE CALENDAR FOR 1915

DECEMBER-31 DAYS

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

SUNRISE

SUNSET

1st 15th

.....6h. 48m.

5h. 35m.

1913 1914

.6h. 57m.

5h. 40m.

Maximum

..64.9 67.7

Minimum

...56.5

60.5

Mean

..61.0 64.0

MOON'S PHASES

cl. h.

m.

BAROMETER, 1914

New Moon

7

2

04

A.M.

Mean

....30.030

First Quarter

13

7

38

P.M.

Full Moon

21

8

52

P.M.

1913

RAINFALL

Last Quarter

29

8

59

P.M.

1.385 inches

1914 0.720 inches

DAYS OF DAYS OF 10 and 11

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

S. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.

First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841.

2ND IN ADVENT. Six foreigners killed at Wang-chuh-ki, 1847. Soochow re-taken by the Imperialists under General Gordon, 1863. The Japanese warship "Unebi-kan" left Singapore and not heard of again, 1886.

1 European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.

Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. Consecration of new Pei-tang Cathedral Peking, 1888. Piratical attack on Portuguese str. American, near Macao, the captain being killed, 1913. Piracy on board the Douglas str. "Namoa," five hours after leaving Hongkong, Captain Pocock and three others murdered and several seriously wounded, 1890. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1891. Confucius died, B.C. 400. Indemnity paid by Prince of Satsuma, 1863. Admiral Bell, U.S.N., drowned at

WEEK MONTH

MOONS

Wed. Thur.

1

25

G

2

26

Frid.

3

Sat.

Sun.

THE LO

4

5

** N 82

27

29

Mon. Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

6789

30

2

3

Frid.

10

4

Sat.

11

5

Osaka, 1867.

Sun. 12

6

3RD IN ADVENT.

Mon. 13

7

Tues. Wed. 15

14

8

9

Thur. 16 Frid. 17

10 11

Sat. 18

12

Sun. 19

13

Mon. 20

~~*

14

Tues. 21 Wed.

15

19

Imperial Decree stating that the Foreign Ministers at Peking are to be received in audience every New Year, 1890. French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832. First

Reception of foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1898.

All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838. M. Sarraut, Governor-General of Indo-China visited Hongkong, 1913. Hongkong Prize Court con- demned German steamer "Tannenfels," seized as a Prize by the destroyer

** Chelmer," 1914.

The P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer "Japan" burnt, 1 European passenger, the cook, and 889 Chinese drowned, 1874. United States District Court for China opened at Shanghai, 1906. Sir W. Des Voeux, formerly Governor of Hongkong, died, 1909.

Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.

4TH IN ADVENT.

Arrival of Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales at Hongkong in the "Bacchante," 1881. Two cotton mills destroyed by fire at Osaka, 120 persons burnt to death, 1893. Tuan Fane murdered, 1911.

Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.

16 Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the movements of

Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.

Sir Henry May, of Hongkong, appointed Governor of Fiji, 1910. One million dollars worth of forged Chinese banknotes seized in Hongkong, 1912. President Yuan Shih-kai performed the Worship of Heaven, 1914.

British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.

CHRISTMAS DAY. Great fire in Hongkong, 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction

of property, 1878.

IST AFTER CHRISTMAS, ST. STEPHEN. Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 26 lives lost, 1897. The N. C. Co. steamer "Shanghai" destroyed by fire on the Yangtze, over 300 lives lost.

Thur.

Frid. 24

Sat.

Sun.

22 * 2* &

23

17

18

25

19

26

20

Mon.

27

21

Tues.

28

Wed. 29 Thur. 30 Fri.

23

24

31

25

Dr. Sun Yat Sen elected Provisional President of the Republic of China, 1911

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Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.

Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857.