THE CALENDAR FOR 1916
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DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th
.6h. 46m.
5h. 38m.
.......6h. 55m.
5h. 41m.
Maximum
Minimum
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
1914
1915
..67.7
67.9
.60.5 58.6
...64.0
63.4
d. h.
m.
First Quarter
2
9
55
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1915
Full Moon
9
44
P.M.
Mean
.....30.13
Last Quarter
18
2
6
A.M.
New Moon
25
31
A.M.
1914
'RAINFALL
First Quarter
31
7
P.M.
0.720 inches
1915 0.775 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 11 and 12.
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
1ST IN ADVENT. S. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.
First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841.
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.
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Frid.
Sat.
= G
1
2
t-00
7
Queen Alexandra born, 1844.
8
Sun.
9
Mon. 4
10
Tues.
5
11
Wed.
6
12
Thur.
13
Frid.
14
Sat.
9
15
Sun.
10
16
Mon. 11
17
Tues. 12
18
Wed. 13
19
Thur.
14
20
Frid. 15
21
Sat.
16
22
Sun.
17
23
Mon.
Tues. Wed. 20
15
18
24
19
25
26
Thur. 21 Frid.
Sat.
Sun. 24 Mon.
Tues. 26
Wed. Thur.
27
3
28
4
Fri.
29
5
Sat. 30 Sun.
31
6
22 3 23 & Naa..
27
28
23
29
30
25
1
01
9
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. Election of Hon. Mr. D. Landale as chairman of Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, 1915.
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. Election of Mr. P. H. Holyoak to represent the Chamber of Commerce on the Hong- kong Legislative Council, 1915.
Indeninity paid by Prince of Satsuma, 1863. Admiral Bell, U.S.N., drowned at
Osaka, 1867.
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. President Yuan Shih-kai invited to ascend the Dragon Throne of China by a unanimous vote of the provincial delegates at Peking, 1915.
All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838. Hongkong Prize Court condemned German steamer "Tannenfels," seized as a Prize by the destroyer "Chelmer," 1914.
Memorial Stone of New Harbour of Refuge at Mongkoktsui laid by the H. E. Governor,
1915.
United States District Court for China opened at Shanghai, 1906. Sir W. Des Vœux,
formerly Governor of Hongkong, died, 1909.
Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.
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, 1993. Tuan Fane murdered, 1911.
Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.
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.
BANK HOLIDAY. 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 Yangtsze, over 300 lives lost.
Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.
Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen elected Provisional President of the Republic of China, 1911.
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