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THE CALENDAR FOR 1926
JUNE-30 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st 15th
...
5h. 38m.
7h. 03m.
...
5h. 38m.
7h. 08m.
Maximum Minimum Mean
...
...
...
1924 1925 84.3 85.6
77.6 77.6
...
80.5
81.1
MOON'S PHASES
***
d.
h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1925
Last Quarter ...
3
4
9
P.M.
Mean
*
...
...
...
:9.74
New Moon
10
6
8
P.M.
First Quarter...
18
7
14
P.M.
1924
RAINFALL
1925
Full Moon
26
5
1.3 A.M.
23.355 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 4 & 5
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Tues.
1
123
21
22
223
23
Wed.
N
Thurs.
3
Fri.
4
24
Satur.
5
25
225
22 23
Sun.
6
26
Mon.
7
27
Tues.
28
Wed.
29
Thurs.
10
1
Fri.
11
2
Satur.
12
3
Suu.
13
Mon.
14
Tues.
15
6
Wed.
- 16
7
Thurs.
17
Fri.
18
Satur.
19
10
Sun.
20
11
Mon.
Tues.
22
21
12
22
13
Wed.
23
14
Thurs.
24
15
Fri.
25
16
Satur.
Sun.
& N N N N
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
26
17
18
28
19
29
20
30
21
23.140 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1878. New Opium Agreement between Hongkong and China came into force, 1887. Anti-foreign riot at Tanyang, 1811. Canton-Samshui Railway completed.
Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871. Forinal transfer of Formosa from
China to Japan, 1895. Revs. Norman and Robinson murdered, 1900.
KING'S BIRTHDAY. Earthquake at Manila, killing more than 2,000 persons, 1863. Death
of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1883. Keelung taken possession of by Japanese, 1895. Treaty between France and Corea signed at Seoul, 1886. West River opened, 1897. Departure of the first O. & 0. 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. 1ST AFTER TRINITY. Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of $500,000 destroy-
ed, and many lives lost, 1864. Death of Yuen Shih-kai, 1916.
Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang, 1891. Hongkong-Canton steamer "Powan'
wrecked, 1908. Tornado in Macao, 1913.
Destruction of Mission premises at Wusieh by anti-foreign mob, 1891. Suspension of New Oriental Bank, 1892.
Socotra, 78 lives lost, 1897.
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The P. & O. steamer "Aden” wrecked off
Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876. Admiral Seymour starts for Peking, 1900. Arrival in Hongong of H.R.H. Prince Charles, heir to the Roumanian Throne, 1920. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.
Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872.
2ND AFTER TRINITY. 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. Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. A. W. Brown nade the first non-stop flight across the Atlautic in an aeroplane on June 14th, 1919. Tidal Wave, Japan, 28,000 lives lost, 1896. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867. Train from Canton to Hongkong "held up," American missionary killed, 1916. Landslide at Happy Valley, five Chinese killed, 1925.
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. Attempted assassination at Shameen (Canton)
of M. Merlin, Governor-General of Indo-China, 1924.
3RD AFTER TRINITY, Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793. Attack on mission premises at Hainan city, 1891. Unprecedented floods in the West River, 1908. General Strike in Hongkong, 1925.
Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubileecelebration,1897. Coronation of King George, V., 1911. Inauguration of Tsan Ching Yuan, Chinese Administration Council, 1914.
Shock of earthquake in Hongkong, 1874. Handsome new premises of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank on the Bund, Shanghai, opened by H.B,M. Minister (Sir R. Macleay, K.C.M.G.), 1923. Attack on Shameen by Chinese, 1925.
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 Foundling 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
4TH AFTER TRINITY. Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of
the str. "Prince Albert" 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 asection of the Shanghai and Woosing Railway, 1876. Flooding of the Takasima coal mines, 1891. Squadron Leader Maclaren and Flying Officer Plenderleith reach Hongkong on their attempted flight round the world, 1924.
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