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THE CALENDAR FOR 1917
JUNE-30 DAYS
UNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st... 15th
5h. 39m.
7h. 03m.
1915
1916
.5lı. 29m. 7h. 08m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
...86.2
83.4
Minimum
....78.4
76.5
Mean
.81.6 79.6
d.
h.
m.
Full Moon
5
9
7
P.M.
Last Quarter
12
2
38
P.M.
New Moon
19
9
2
P.M.
First Quarter
28
0
8
A. M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF
4 & 5
MONTH
MOONS
BAROMETER, 1916
Mean
29.70
1915
RAINFALL
1916
11.960 inches
32.18 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
WEEK
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon. Tues.
1
12
.
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G
Wed.
6
17
Thus.
18
Pri.
Satur.
∞ a
19
20
Sun.
10
21
Mon.
11
Tues.
12
23
Wed.
13
21
Thurs.
14
25
Fri
15
26
13
拜拜
14
15
16
འདེ མ མ ོས
21
ان
20
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1878. New Opium Agreement 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. Nornian and Robinson murdered, 1900.
TRINITY SUNDAY. Earthquake at Manila, killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863. Death
of Sir Arthur Kcnuedy, 1883. Keelung taken possession of hy Japanese, 1895. Treaty between France and Corea signed at Scoul, 1886. West River opened, 1897. Departure of the first O. & O. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875. Messrs. Argent and Green murdered in an anti-foreign riot at Wusueh, 1891. Communica tion with Peking cut off, 1900. French str. R. Lebaudy pirated on West River, 1913. Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroyed, and many lives lost,
1864. Death of Yuen Shih-kai, 1916.
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Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang, 1891. Hongkong-Canton steainer "Powan
wrecked, 1908. Tornado in Macao, 1913. Li Yuan-hung assumed office as President of China, 1916.
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Destruction of Mission premises at Wusieh by anti-foreign mob, 1891. Suspension of New Oriental Bank, 1892. The P. & Ö. steamer Aden wrecked off
Socotra, 78 lives lost, 1897.
Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876. Admiral Seymour starts for
Pcking, 1900,
Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.
Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872.
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 Telissu Russo-Japan War. Russians defeated
with a loss of 7,000 men and 16 guns, 1904.
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Tidal Wave, Japan, 28,000 lives lost, 1896. British barque "Cæsar" and Danish schooner
Carl" taken by pirates off Pedro Blanco, 1866. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen 1867. Russian squadron sank Japanese transport Hitachi," badly injured "Sado,” 1904. Hongkong Legislature passed Ordinances prohibiting circulation of foreign bank notes and foreign silver coins, 1914. Train froni Canton to Hong kong "held up," American
i-sionary killed, 1916.
Woosung taken, 1842.
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 persons killed and 10 wounded, 1862.
Disastrous inundation at Foochow, 2,000 lives lost, 1877.
Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842.
Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793. Attack on mission premises at Hainan
city, 1891. Unprecedented floods iu the West River, 1908. Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.
anton blockaded by English forces, 1840. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebration,1897. Coronation of King George, V., 1911. Inauguration of Tsan Ching Yuan, Chinese Administration Council, 1914.
Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1843. Shock of earthquake in Hongkong, 1874. French troops surprised by Chinese near Langson, 1884. Russian Baltic Fleet, after remaining six wecks in Tonkin waters, sailed froin Kamranh Bay northward, 1905.
Lord Robert Cecil announced in the House of Commons that the Government had decid-
ed to prohibit trading with the enemy in China, 1915
Foundation stone of
Assassination of M. Carnot, President of the French Republic, 1894. Treaty of Nanking
exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862. new wing of Berlin Foundlin House laid by Lady May, 1914. Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858.
between France and China signed at Peking, 1887.
Additional Convention
"Prince Albert
Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str.
by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866. Agreement effected between Great Britain and the United States for reciprocal protection
of British and American Trade Marks in China, 1905.
The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873.
Indian Mints closed to silver, 1893.
British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and
Woosung Railway, 1876. Flooding of the Takasinia coal mines, 1891.
Satur. Sun.
16
17
Mon.
18
Tues.
19
Wed.
20
Thurs.
21
Fri.
92 92 57
27
23
29
12
Satur.
23
Sun.
24
Mon,
25
7
Tues.
25
Wed.
27
9
Thurs.
28
10
Tri.
29
11
Satur.
30
12
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