THE CALENDAR FOR 1927
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BAROMETER, 1926, AT SEA LEVEL
RAINFALL
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
29.83 inches
1926 5.730 inches
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1925
1926
1st 1 ta
5h. 52m.
6h. 50m.
5h. 43m.
6h. 56m.
Maximum
82.3
80.9
Minimu
74.1
72.7
...
...
...
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
10.0
...
77.4 76.1
d.
b.
m.
Add Mada
New Moon
1
8
40 P.M.
First Quarter...
8
11
27
P.M.
Mean
...
...
Full Moon
17
3
3
A.M.
A P
Last Quarter
New Moon
24
1
31
P.M.
1925
31
5
6
A.M.
2,580 inches
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DAYS OF Days of
WEEK MONTH
4 & 5 MOONS
Sun.
1
Mon.
2
2
Tues. Wed.
3
91
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
7
7
Sun. Mon.
988
8
9
Tues.
10
1)
3
Wed.
=
11
11
221 222 2 2 2ä
Thurs. Fr
1:
13
13
Satur.
14
14
Sun.
15
15
Mon.
16
16
Tues.
Wed,
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
17
17
18
18
19
19
20
20
21
21
F*
22
Sun.
22
22
Mon.
Tues.
22
23
23
24
24
Wed
25
25
Thurs.
Fri.
25
26
27
25
22235
26
27
Satur.
28
28
Sun.
29
29
Mon.
30
30
Tues.
31
1
2ND AFTER EASTER. First number of Hongkong Gazette published, 1841. Telegraphic communication established between Hongkong and the Philippines, 1880. Spanish fleet destroyed by U.S. fleet at Cavite, 1898. Emperor Kwang Hsu buried, 1909. Ratification at Tientsin of the Treaty between Portugal and China, 1888. United States formally recognised Republic of China, 1913. Presentation of Chinese Note in reply to Japan's revised demands, 1915. Suspension of Oriental Bank, 1884.
Roman Catholio Cathedral at Peking
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874.
inaugurated, 1884. Aomori devastated by fire, 1910. British troops evacuated Ningpo, 1842. Imperial Government ordered steps to be taken at Hongkong to close opium divans, 1908. Sun Yat Sen, at Canton, proclaims himself "Presiuent of China," 1×21.
King Edward VII. died, 1910. Attack on Mr. Wood at the British Legation at Tokyo, 1874. Lincheng outrage, in which Shantung bandits held up the "Blue Express" and took 26 foreigners and 100 Chinese captive.
Departure of Governor Sir William Des Voeux from Hongkong, 1891. Japan presents
ultimatum to China, 1915.
3RD AFTER EASTER.
New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890. Waglan Lighthouse opened, 1893. Chinese
Government submits to Japan's revised demands, 1915.
Hongkong declared infeoted with plague, 1894. Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864. Occupation of PortHamilton by the British Squadron, 1885. Meeting of Chinese merchants at Shanghai instituted a boycott of American products as a protest against the Chinese Immigration Act, the movenient eventually spreading extensively in China, 1905.
Attempted assassination of the Tsarevitch by a Japanese at Otsu, Japan, 1891. Execu- tion of fifteen pirates, including leader of "Namoa" pirates, at Kowloon, 1891. Portuguese cruiser "Adamastor struck rock near Hongkong, 1913.
East India Co.'s garden at Canton destroyed by the Mandarins, 1831.
Anti-foreign riot at Wuhu, 1891. Bill for amending the Trading with the Enemy Ordin- ance, 1914, read a third time and passed by the Hongkong Legislative Council, 1915. Ratification at Peking of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1881. Anti-
foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.
4TH AFTER EASTER.
Loss off Amoy of the French war steamer "Izere," 1860. Arrival of General Grant in
Shanghai, 1879. Kowloon walled city occupied, 1899.
The city of Chapu taken by the British troops, 1842. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891.
Capt. Doisy, French aviator, reached Canton, 1924.
Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by Commandant Riviere and death of
the latter, 1883.
Forts at mouth of Peiho captured by British and French forces, 1858. The Canton
Mint commenced striking silver coins, 1890.
Loss of M.M. str. "Menzaleh" while on her passage from Hongkong to Yokohama, 1887.
Imperial Edict respecting anti-Christian literature, 1892. Ministers' Joint Note to Chinese Government on the Boxer agitation, 1900. Mandate issued cancelling arrangements for Chinese monarchy, 1916.
ROGATION SUNDAY, Foreign factories at Canton pillaged, 1841. Opening of new Medical
School of Hongkong University, 1919. U.S. Legation at Tokyo burned down, 1863.
EMPIRE DAY. Captain Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for Macao, 1839. British flag hoisted at Weihaiwei, 1898. Hongkong's War Memorial (Cenotaph) unveiled, 1923.
The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891. Formosa Republic declared, 1895. Sino-Japanese Treaty signed at Peking, 1915, British Chamber of Commerce inaugurated at Shanghai, 1915.
ASCENSION DAY. Death of Grand Secretary Wen-siang, 1876.
Canton ransomed for $6,000,000, 1841. Boxers burn station on Lu-Han line, 1900. Battle of
Kinchau, Russo-Japan War; Japanese stormed Nanshan and captured 78 guns, 1904. Battle of the Japan Sea; Admiral Togo practically annihilates Admiral Roshdesvensky's fleet, 1905. A Bill to provide for the levy of Estate Duty passed by the Hongkong Legislative Council after considerable opposition from the Unofficial members, 1915. Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1896. Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895.
H.M. Queen Mother of Siam visited Hongkong, 1911.
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SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION, Empress of Ireland" sunk and 600 lives lost, including
several prominent Far Eastern residents, in the St. Lawrence River, 1914.
H.B.M. screw sloop "Reynard" lost on the Pratas shoal in trying to rescue remainder of crew of "Velocipede," 1851. Opening of the Peak Tramway, Hongkong, 1888. Anti-foreign riots, Shanghai. 1925.
Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao; loss of the "Poyang," with 100 lives near Macao, 1874.
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