XVIII
THE CALENDAR FOR 1930
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
1st 15th
...
...
6h. 27m. 6h. 36m.
SUNSET 5h. 47m.
5h. 40m.
...
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum
***
Mean
1928
1929
74.0
72.2
...
...
65.7 63.7
...
69.3
...
...
67.7
MOON'S PHASES
d.
b.
m.
Full Moon
6
28 P.M.
Mean
...
Last Quarter
13
8
27 P.M.
New Moon
20
6
21
P.M.
1928
RAINFALL
First Quarter...
28
2
18
P.M.
0.815 inch
BAROMETER, 1929, at Sea Level
30.14 inches
1929 1.375 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 9 & 10
WEEK
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
MONTH
61
MOONS
11
12
13
14
15
6 789
Thurs
6
16
Fri.
7
17
Satur.
8
18
Sun.
9
19
22
232
23
Mon.
10
20
Tues.
11
21
Wed.
12
22
Thurs.
13
Fri.
14
24
Satur.
15
25
Sun.
16
26
Mon.
17
27
Tues.
18
28
Wed.
19
29
OF
22
GN
12
45
Thurs.
20
Fri.
21
Satur.
22
Sun. Mon.
23
24
Tues.
25
Wed. Thurs.
26
7
27
Frl.
28
9
Satur.
29
10
Sun.
30
11
*N* 28
.
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CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
ALL SAINTS DAY. The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Riotous dis turbances at Hongkong connected with the boycott of Japanese goods, 1908. Mr. C. Climenti, New Governor, arrives in Hongkong, 1925,
Wreck of the U.S. cruiser “Charleston" off North Luzon. Wireless telegraph service-
opened between Macao and Hongkong, 1920.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China hy the naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839. Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884. President Tsao Kun forced to resign, 1924. Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860. President Yuan Shih Kai proclaimed Kuomintang a seditions organisation and unseated 438 members of Parliament, 1913. Manchu Emperor evicted from Inperial Palace and Abdication Agreement revised, 1924.
English and French Treaties promulgated in the Peking Gazette, 1860.
str. "Tingsang" wrecked in Hainan Straits. Fall of Tsingtao to Anglo-Japanese force, 1914.
Death of Li Hung-chang, 1901.
Indo-China.
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The French repulsed in Corea, 1866. Celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee In Hongkong,
1887. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1900, H.M.S. "Sandpiper” and “Canton City
sunk. Independence of Kwangtung province announced, 1911. German cruiser "Emden destroyed by H.M.A.S. "Sydney" at Cocos Island, 1914.
Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887. Assas
sination of Admiral Tseng Ju-cheng at Shanghai, 1915. Coronation of Emperor Yoshihito of Japan, 1915.
H.M.S. "Racehorse" wrecked off Chefoo in 1864. New Chinese Tariff came into force, 1901. Disturbances at Shanghai, following measures to prevent a plague epidemic, 1910. Armistice arranged in Great War, 1918.
Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864. The Foreign Ministers had audience within the
Palace, Peping, 1894.
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847. Macao Boundary Delimitation Conference at Hongkong
interrupted, 1909.
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee,.
1893. Germans took possession of Kiaochau Bay, 1897. Death of the Chinese Emperor Kwang Hsu, 1908. Armistice celebrations in Hongkong, 1918.
H.M. gunboat "Gnat" lost on the Palawan, 1868. Opening of Canton-Fatshan Rail.
way, 1903. Death of the Chinese Empress Dowager Tze Au, 1908.
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1893. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867. First section Shanghai-Nanking railway to Naziang opened.
General strike of printers commenced in Hongkong, 1911.
Important Harbour Improvement works at Macao announced, involving an expenditure-
of over $10,000,000, 1920.
Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy; upwards of 800 houses destroyed and several.
hundred lives lost, 1887. Jesuit fathers expelled from Macao, 1910. Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steaniboat Co.'s s.s. "Sui An" pirated on her way from Macao to Hongkong by 60 pirates, who had gone aboard as passengers, 1922.
Portuguese Custom House at Macaoclosed, 1845. Lord Elgin died, 1863.
Port Arthur taken by the Japanese, 1894. Departure of Governor Sir Henry Blake from
Hongkong, 1903. Rebels repulsed at Hankow, 1911.
Terrible boiler explosion on board the str. "Yesso" in H.K. harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877. Resignation en bloc of unofficial members of Hongkong Licensing Board as a protest against the action of the Executive in restoring the licences of the Peak and Grand Hotels, 1915.
Chinese commenced boycott of trams in Hongkong which lasted seven weeks, 1912. Death of the Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, C.M.G., member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of H'kong, 1915. Marshal Tuan Chi Jui assumes office as Chief Executive of China, 1924.- Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1868. Treaty between Portugal and China signed, 1871, Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890. Terrible floods in Chihli; Hong. kong voted $100,000 towards relief of distress, 1916.
Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839. M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder
of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1870), 1871.
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867. Blake Pler,
Hongkong, opened, 1900.
Opening of the Japanesc Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in person, 1890. Revolt of
troops at Macao, 1910.
ST. ANDREW'S DAY. 1ST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated, 1872. The Japanese cruiser "Chishima Kan" sunk in collision with the P. & 0. steamer "
Ravenna" in the Inland Sea, 61 lives lost, 1892. Armistice arranged" between Chinese Revolutionists and Imperialists, 1911. Manchu Emperor seeks. sanctuary in Japanese Legation, 1924.
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