THE CALENDAR FOR 1929
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st
...
... 7h. 04m.
SUNSET 6h. 12m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1927
1928
15th
...
6h. 57m.
6h. 20m.
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Mean
62.2
63.1
...
...
55.2
55.0
...
***
58.5 58.7
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m..
Last Quarter ...
1
10
10
P.M.
Mean
...
BAROMETER, 1928, AT SEA LEVEL
30.18 inches
New Moon
10
1
55
A.M.
First Quarter...
17
8
22
A.M.
Full Moon
24
2
59
A.M.
1927 4.350 inches
RAINFALL
1928 3.570 inches
...
DAYS OF DAYS OF
12 & 1
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
VII
Fri.
1
223
23
Satur.
ลง
Sun.
3
24
Mon.
4
25
Tues.
5
26
Wed.
27
80878
Thurs.
7
28
Fri,
29
Satur.
Sun. Mon.
10
Tues.
Wed.
= 2*
11
12
13
30
N.Y.
LO CO
6
Thurs. Fri.
14
15
Satur.
16
7
Sun.
17
Mon.
18
9
Tues.
19
10
Wed.
20
11
Thurs.
21
12
00
**
Fri.
22
Satur.
23
13
23
14
Sun.
14
24
15
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 Reservoir by Sir Henry May, 1918. SEXAGESIMA.
Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement opening West
River signed, 1897.
Anti-foreign riot at Chinkiang, foreign houses burned and looted, 1889. Local Admin-
istrative 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.
19
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, 1904. QUINQUAGESIMA.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the
Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889,
China's New Currency Laws published, 1914.
ASH WEDNESDAY. Outbreak of convicts in Singapore Gaol, 1875. Surrender of Liukung- tao 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 and loss of life caused in Swatow, 1918. Mr. Robt. Johnson, an American aviator, flies from Hongkong to Macao in 23 minutes on a Curtiss seaplane, 1920. 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 Sheipo oharbour, 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.
QUADRAGESIMA. (1ST IN LENT). 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. Sir Robt. Hart horn, Milltown, Ire'd., 1835. 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. 2ND IN LENT. Chusan evacuated hy the British troops, 1841. Explosion of boiler of the str. "Yotsai" between Hongkong and Macao; six Europeans and 13 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 Etict issued dismissing the Dalai Llama,of Tibet, 1910.
Bogue Forts, Canton, destroyed hy Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Appalling disaster at Hongkong Racecourse; matsheds collapse and destroyed by fire over 600 bodies recovered, 1918.
Mon.
25
16
Tues.
26
17
Wed,
27
18
*Thurs.
28
19
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation of Port
Hamilton hy the British forces, 1887.
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