THE CALENDAR FOR 1919
FEBRUARY-28: DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
1st 15th
7h. 03m. ..6h. 55m.
SUNSET 6h. 11m.
1917
1918
6h. 19m.
Maximum
..64.4
64.5.
Minimum
.53.3
55.7
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
..59.0
59.2
d.
h. m.
BAROMETER, 1918
New Moon
1
7
7
A.M.
Mean
....30.17
First Quarter
8
2
52
A.M.
Full Moon
15
7 38
A.M.
Last Quarter
23
48
A.M.
1917 0.405 inches
RAINFALL
1918 0.015 inches
DAYS OF Days or
1
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
WEEK
MONTH
MOON
Satur.
1
N.Y.
Sun.
ស
ix
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
3
10
5
•
100
→
78
Mon.
10
10
Tues.
11
11
Wed.
12
12
Thurs.
13
13
Fri,
14
Satur.
15
9 A 2 2 2
14
15
*9
Sun,
16
16
Mon.
17
17
Tues.
18
18
Wed.
19
19
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
20
20
21
21
33
ភាគ
Sun.
23
Mon.
24
24
Tues.
25
25
Wed.
26
26
Thurs.
27
27
Fri.
28
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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. Loss of Daijin Maru, in the China Sea, 160 lives lost, 1916: Opening of Tytam Tuk Reservir by Sir Henry May, 1918.
Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865.
West River signed, 1897.
Agreement opening
Anti-foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889. Local Administra-
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, 1904. Japanese str. "Tatsu Maru” seized by Chinese gunboats near Macao for alleged sinuggling arms, 1908. Sir George Phillippo, a former Chief Justice of Hong-
kong, died at Geneva, 1914.
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 at midnight on Russia's Port Arthur squadron, 1904.
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The Henrietta Maria 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, 1994.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the
Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889.
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. Sir Robert Ho Tung gives $50,000 to Hongkong University, 1915. Earthquake shock felt in Hongkong; serious damage done in Swatow, 1918.
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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. Mutiny of Indian troops at Singapore, involving the loss of a number of lives, 1915, Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hongkong,
founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887.
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.
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, 1906. 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 recommenced, 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, 1884. 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. Appalling disaster at Racecourse; matsheds collapse and destroyed by fire; over 600 bodies recovered, 1918. Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kọkwa, 1876. Evacuation of
Port Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
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