THE CALENDAR FOR 1931
XIII
JUNE-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st 15th
5h. 38m.
SUNSET 7h. 03.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1,929
1930
5h. 38m.
7h. 08m.
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Mean
....
87.1
86.7
79.4 78.3
MOON'S PHASES
•
* 82.5
81.9
d.
h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1930, AT SEA LEVEL
Last Quarter
8
2
18
P.M.
Mean
29.81 inches
New Moon
16
11
2
A.M.
+
First Quarter...
Full Moon
23
8
23
A.M.
30
8
17
...
A.M.
1929 4.195 inches
RAINFALL
1930
12.245 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF
WEEK
MONTH
4 & 5 MOONS
Mon.
1
16
Tues.
Wed.
1
Thurs.
19
-Fri.
5
20
Satur.
Suu.
7
Mon.
8
23
Tues.
9
24
Wed.
10
Thurs.
11
26
Fri.
12
Satur.
13
Sun.
14
29
Mon.
15
30
Tues.
16
Wed.
17
Thurs.
18
17
18
219
22 **
25
2 278 2
1
8423
67
*9
2
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Opium Agreement between Hongkong and China came into force, 1887. Anti-foreign riot at Tanyang, 1811. Canton-Samshui Railway completed. Burial of Sun Yat Sen, 1929. A system bringing water into the Colony hy ships and putting the water into specially erected tanks was begun, 1929.
Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871. Formal transfer of Formosa from
China to Japan, 1895. Capture of Wuchow by Cantonese, 1929.
KI G'S BIRTHDAY. Earthquake at Manila, 1863. Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1883. Keelung taken by Japanese, 1895. Marshall Chang Tso Lin left Peiping after occupy- ing the capital for over 11 months, 1928.
Treaty between France and Corea signed at Seoul, 1886. West River opened, 1897.
Murder of Chang Tso Lin, 1928.
Departure of the first O. & O. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875. Anti- foreign riot at Wusueh, 1891. Communication with Peiping cut off, 1900. French str. "R. Lebaudy" pirated on West River, 1913.
Heavy rains in Hongkong, 1864. Death of Yuen Shih-kai, 1916. C. T. Wang appointed
foreign minister, 1928. Hongkong Flying Club opened, 1930.
1ST AFTER TRINITY. Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang, 1891. Hongkong-Canton
steamer "Powan" wrecked, 1908. Tornado in Macao, 1913.
Destruction of Mission premises at Wusieh by anti-foreign mob, 1891.
Suspension of New Oriental Bank, 1892. The P. & O. "Aden" wrecked off Socotra, 1897. First meeting of Water Emergency Committee held in Council Chamber Hongkong, 1929. Tientsin Customs seized by Northerners, 1930.
Typhoon at Formosa, 1876. Admiral Seymour starts for Peiping, 1900. Arrival in
Hongkong of H.R.H. Prince Charles, heir to the Roumanian Throne, 1920. Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.
Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872. Tientsin handed over to Southerners, 1928. British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser, 1875.
Imperial Edict condemning attacks on foreigners, 1891.
2ND AFTER TRINITY. Russo-Chinese Treaty, 1728. Battle of Telissu Russo-Japan Wàr.
Russians defeated 1904. Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. A. W. Brown made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic in an aeroplane on June 14th, 1919.
Tidal Wave, Japan, 28,000 lives lost, 1896. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867. Woosung taken, 1842.
First foreign-owned junk leaves Chungking, 1891. Capture of Taku Forts by Allies, 1900. Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed and 10 wounded, 1862. Disastrous inundation at Foochow, 1877. Hours of water supply in Hongkong 6 to 9 a.m. and 3.30 to 6 p.m. only, 4 hours per day on Peak, 1929. Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842. Chang Tso Lin appoined "dictator' of the North, 1927. China enters upon "Educative period" of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's scheme, 1929. Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793. Attack on mission premises at Hainan city, 1891. Unprecedented floods in the West River, 1908. General Strike in Hongkong, 1925. The Governor proposed a vote of $100,000 to meet Hongkong water emergency, 1929.
3RD AFTER TRINITY. Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebra- tion, 1897. Coronation of King George V., 1911. Inauguration of Tsan Ching Yuan, Chinese Administration Council, 1914.
Prince of Wales born, 1894. Shock of earthquake in Hongkong, 1874. New premises of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Shanghai, opened 1923. Attack on Shameen by Chinese, 1925.
MIDSUMMER DAY. ST. JOIN THE BAPTIST. British troops sent to Tongshan, 1928. Assassination of M. Carnot, President of the French Republic, 1894. Treaty of Nanking
exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862. new wing of Berlin Foundling House laid by Lady May, 1914. kong broke, 2 ins, of rain in 2 days, 1929.
Foundation-stone of Long drought in Hong-
Additional Convention
Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858.
between France and China signed at Peiping, 1887. Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert ”
by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866.
4TH AFTER TRINITY. Germans signed Preace, 1919. Agreement effected between Great Britain and the United States for reciprocal protection of British and American Trade Marks in China, 1905.
The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peiping,
1873. Indian Mints closed to silver, 1893.
British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and Wosnong Railway, 1876. Flooding of the Takasima coal mines, 1891. Squadron Leader Maclaren and Flying Officer Plenderleith reach Hongkong on their attempted flight round the world, 1924.
Fri.
19
Satur.
20
5
Sun. Mon.
22223
21
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
23
3
225
24
9
25
10
Fri.
26
11
Satur.
27
Sun.
28
28
12
13
Mon.
29
14
Tues
30
15
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