THE CALENDAR FOR 1901
SEPTEMBER–30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
..5h. 44m.
6h. 16m.
1899
1900
15th
.5h. 48m.
6h. 02m.
Maximum
.89.8
90.8
Minimum
.71.6
74.4
Mean
.80.3 81.1
MOON'S PHases
d. h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1900
Last Quarter 5
9
4
P.M.
Mean
.29.85
New Moon
13
4
55
A.M.
First Quarter 21
9
10
A.M.
Full Moon
28
1
12
P.M.
1899 6.305 inches
RAINFALL
1900
4.310 inches
xix
DAYS OF DAYS OF 7 and 8
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Sun.
1
19
Mon.
り
20
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
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3
21
5
Frid. 6
Sat.
7
Sun.
8
Mon.
9
Tues. 10
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22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Wed. 11
29
Thur. 12
30
Frid. 13
Sat. 14
2
Sun. 15
Mon.
16
Tues.
Wed.
Thur. 19
17
Frid. 20
Sat.
21
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed. 25
OF * 22 238 2
4
5
18
6
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
13TH AFTER TRINITY. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, died of the wounds inflicted by an assassin, 1870. Foundation stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890. Arrival of the "Vega" at Yokohama, after having discovered the North-East Passage,
1879. Kiaochau declared a free port, 1898.
Hongkong Plague proclamation revoked, 1894.
Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1864.
Death of Tso Tsung-tang at Foochow, 1885.
H.R.II. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869. Royal Naval Canteen
opened at Hongkong, 1960.
Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.
14TH AFTER TRINITY. Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867.
Sir IIercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859.
Riot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property on Shameen, 1883. British gunboat Wasp left Singapore for Hongkong and seen no more,
1887.
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Public meeting of foreign residents at Yokohama to protest against proposed new
Treaty with Japan, 1890.
Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hung-chang, 1876.
Public Meeting in Hongkong, with reference to the blockade of the port by the Chinese
Customs' cruisers, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891,
15T|| AFTER TRINITY. Chinese transport "Waylee” driven ashore on Pescadores; upwards
of 370 lives lost, 1887. Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894.
New Convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1881.
The battle of the Yalu, in which the Chinese were defeated by the Japanese, losing five
vessels, 1894.
Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 1889. Loss in Ki Channel, near Kobe, of the Turkish frigate" Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1800, Count von Waldersee, Allied Generalissimo; reached Hongkong, 1900.
7
Riots at Kumcluck, Kwangtung, 1900.
8
0
Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai, 19:0.
22
10
16TI AFTER TRINITY. Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.
11
24
12
Thur. 26 Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
* *** 22
13
14
27
15
28
16
29
17
30
18
Am. brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao,
many thousands of lives lost, 1874.
64
II.M.S. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1803. Piratical attack on the German barque Apenrade," near Macao, 1869. The Satsuma rebels in Japan routed with great slaughter, their leader, Saigo, killed, and the insurrection suppressed, 1877.
Daring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing Lok street, Hongkong, by armed robbers,
1878. Arrival of Sir Henry A. Blake, 0.0.M.., Governor of Hongkong, 1899. Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.
Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.
Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887. Death of Non,
Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889).
17TH AFTER TRINITY. Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage
to shipping, 1865
All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841.