THE CALENDAR FOR 1931
FEBRUARY-28 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st 15th
...
•••
7h. 03m.
SUNSET 6h. 12m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1929
1930
6h. 56m.
6h. 20m.
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Mean
...
63.1
65.0
55.6
56.5
...
58.9 60.3
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m.
Full Moon
3
8
26
Last Quarter...
10
10
A.M.
A.M.
Mean
New Moon
17
11 P.M.
...
First Quarter...
26
42
A.M.
1929 0.585 inch
DAYS OF DAYS OF
WEEK
MONTH
12 & 1 MOONS
CHRONOLOOY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Bun.
1
14
BAROMETER, 1930, at Sea LEVEL
...
...
30.15 inches
RAINFALL
1930 1.380 inches.
IX
ล
95
Mon
15
Tues.
3
16
Wed.
17
Thurs.
18
Fri.
6
19
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs. Fri.
78
10
==
11
2*
12
13
55
20
225
21
22
3276
23
**
24
2285
26
27
2885
The Addi-
SEPTUAOESIMA. Inhabitants of Hongkong declared British subjects, 1841.
tional Article to Chefoo Convention came into force, 1887. First meeting of Interna- tional Commission on Opium at Shanghai, 1909. 1,000 men of Shanghai Defence Force arrived in Hongkong, 1927. Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga appointed to Legislative Council, Hongkong, as first Portugese representative, 1929.
CANDLEMAS. The German Club at Hongkong opened, 1872. Weihaiwei citadel captured
by Japanese, 1895. Opening of Tytam Tuk Reservoir by Sir Henry May, 1918. Great robbery in the Central Bank, Hongkong, discovered, 1865. Agreement opening West
River signed, 1897. New Alice Memorial Hospital Hongkong opened, 1929. Anti-foreign riot at Chinkiang, 1889. Local Administrative bodies in China suppressed,
1914.
Japan broke off diplomatic relations with Russia, 1904. Japanese str. "Tatsu Maru"
seized by Chinese gunboats near Macao for alleged smuggling arms, 1908.
Suez Canal adopted as the regular route for the Eastern Mails, 1888. SEXAOESIMA. The Spanish fleet leaves Cavite, 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 on Russia's Port Arthur squadron, 1904. 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, 1904.
The Japanese constitution granting representative government proclaimed by the Emperor in person at Tokyo, 1889. Mr. Kwok Siu Lau gave $50,000 to Hongkong University, 1928.
China's New Currency Laws published, 1914.
Surrender of Liukungtao 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 Hong. kong, 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. QUINQUAOESIMA. Ports of Hongkong and Tinghai declared free, 1841. The Chinese frigate "Yu-yuen and corvette “Chin-cheng" sunk by the French in Sheipoo harbour, 1885.
Insurgents evacuated Shanghai, 1855. Stewart scholarship at Central School, Hong-
kong, founded, 1884. Alice Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1887. SHROVE TUESDAY. The U.S. paddle man-of-war “Ashuelot" wrecked near Swatow, 1883.
Cantonese capture Hangchow, 1927.
Satur.
14
Sun.
15
Mon.
16
29
Tues.
17
N.Y.
Wed.
18
2
ASH WEDNESDAY.
Thurs.
19
3
Fri.
20
Satur.
21
7 01 22
2**
67
Sun.
22
Mon:
23
Tues.
24
8
Wed.
25
Lord Amherst's Embassy, returning from China, shipwrecked in the Java Sea, 1817.
General strike at Shanghai, 1927. Hankow agreement signed, 1927.
Sir Robt. Hart born, Milltown, lre'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.
1ST IN LENT. 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. Chusan evacuated by the British troops, 1841. 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 Edict issued dismissing the Dalai Llama of Tibet, 1910.
Bogue Forts, Canton, destroyed by Sir Gordon Bremer, 1841. Appalling disaster at Hongkong Racecourse; matsheds collapse and destroyed by fire, over 600 bodies recovered, 1918.
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Thurs.
26
10
Fri.
27
11
Satur.
28
12
Capture of the Sulu capital by the Spaniards, 1876.
Treaty of peace between Japan and Corea signed at Kokwa, 1876. Evacuation of Port
Hamilton by the British forces, 1887.
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