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THE CALENDAR FOR 1929
MAY-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1927
1928
1st 15th
5h. 51m.
5h. 43m.
6h. 50m. 6h. 56m.
...
MOON'S PHASES
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Mean
...
... '80.5
81.8
...
...
72.3
74.0
75.6
77.4
...
d.
h.
m.
Barometer, 1928, at Sea Level
Last Quarter ...
9
25 A.M.
Mean
***
29.83 inches
New Moon
9
16
23
244
7 P.M.
56
A.M.
1927
RAINFALL
8
50 P.M.
25.445 inches
...
1928 18.410 inches
First Quarter...
Full Moon
DAYS OF DAYS OF 3 & 4
WEEK MONTH
Wed.
Thurs.
ลง
10
MOONS
22
23
475
27
Fri. Satur.
3
24
25
Sun.
5
26
Mon.
6
Tues.
7
28
Wed.
29
Thurs.
9
1
Fri.
10
LO
5
Satur.
11
Sun.
12
4
Mon,
13
Tues.
14
Wed.
15
7
Thurs.
16
8
Fri.
17
9
Satur.
18
10
Sun.
19
11
Mon..
20
12
Tues.
21
13
2**
00
Wed.
22
14
Thurs.
23
15
Fri.
24
16
Satur.
25
17
Sun.
26
18
Mon.
27
19
225
Tues.
28
20
Wed.
29
21
Thurs:
30
22
Fri.
31
23
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
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.
Riot in French Concession at Shanghai, 1874. Roman Catholic Cathedral at Peping
inaugurated, 1884. Aomori devastated by fire, 1910.
ROGATION SUNDAY. 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 " President of China,” 1921.
"Blue
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 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.
ASCENSION DAY. New Town Hall at Tientsin opened, 1890. Waglan Lighthouse opened,
1893. Chinese Government submits to Japan's revised demands, 1915. Hongkong declared infected with plague, 1894. Colonel Gordon with the Imperial troops captured Chang-chow, the rebel city, 1864. Occupation of Port Hamilton 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 movement 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.
SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. 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 Peping of the amended Treaty between Russia and China, 1881. Anti-
foreign riot in the Hochow district, 1891.
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.
WHIT SUNDAY. PENTECOST. Disastrous surprise of a French sortie in Tonkin led by
Commandant Riviere and death of the latter, 1883.
WHIT MONDAY. 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.
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. Capt. Elliot and all the British subjects left Canton for Macao, 1839. British
flag hoisted at Weihaiwei, 1898. H'kong.'s War Memorial (Cenotaph) unveiled, 1923. The city of Canton invested by British troops, 1841. Anti-foreign riot at Nanking, 1891. Formosa Repuhlic declared, 1895. Sino-Japanese Treaty signed at Peping, 1915, British Chamber of Commerce inaugurated at Shanghai, 1915.
TRINITY SUNDAY.
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; Adml. Togo practically annihilates Adml. Roshdes- vensky's fleet, 1905. A Bill to provide for the levy of Estate Duty passed by the H'kong. Legislative Council after considerable opposition from the Unofficial members, 1915. Queen's Statue, Hongkong, unveiled, 1896. Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen, 1895.
Queen Mother of Siam visited Hongkong, 1911.
H.M.
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 Maoao, 1874.
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