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THE CALENDAR FOR 1902
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st ............5h. 53m.
5h. 47m.
15th............5h. 58m. 5h. 34m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum.
Minimum
Mean
1900
1901
...86.6
91.4
.65.6
65.3
.76.7
77.4
d.
h.
10.
New Moon
1
0
46
P.M.
First Quarter
9
0
58
P.M.
Full Moon
17
1
38
A.M.
Last Quarter 23
6
35
P.M.
New Moon
31
3 49
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1901
Mean........
29.94
1900
RAINFALL
1901
1.615 inches
2.505 inches
3
Sat.
4
Sun.
5
Mon.
6
5
Tues.
7
Wed. 8
7
Thur.
9
Frid. 10
9
Sat.
11
10
Sun. 12
11
Mon. 13
12
Tues. 14
13
Days of Days of 8, 9 & 10)
MONTH | MOONS
WEEK
Wed. 1
30
Thur. Frid.
01 00
23
12
2
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
The " Hongkong Daily Press started, 1857. Inauguration of Hongkong College
of Medicine. 1987. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897.
Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1934.
Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok,
1893. Withdrawal of British steamers from West River, 1900. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.
19TH AFTER TRINITY. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1894.
French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1863. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Voeux, K.C.M.G., 1887.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1869. Great public meeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1878. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peking, 1001.
Supplementary Treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui
repulsed, 1884. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of Hongkong, 1894. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1888. Wreck off the Pescadores of the Norwegian str."Normand,” with loss of all on board except two, 1892.
Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the P. & O. str." Bokhara,"
with loss of 125 lives, 1892.
The first Chinese merchant steamer (the “Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with
passengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881. 20TH AFTER TRINITY. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
Ningpo occupied by
"Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859.
British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by the Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfu.
Wed. 15
Thur. 16
14 15
Explosion on the Chinese trooper “Kungpai,” loss of 500 lives, 1895 Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1866.
Frid. 17 16
Sat.
Sun.
19
Mon.
Tues. 21
Wed. 22
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun. 26 Mon.
Tues. 28
Wed.
Thur. 30
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Portuguese frigate "D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850,
29
Frid. 31
1
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British
str. " Greyhound, " 1885.
At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China a scheme
of reconstruction was approved, 1892.
21st after TRINITY. Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861. Terrific typhoon at Manila ; enormous damage to property, 1882.
The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869, Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875.
Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1987.
58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships “Columbine "
and ** Fury,” 1849.
The Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured by the Allies, 1862. Sir Claude Macdonald leaves Peking, succeeded by Sir E. Satow, 1890. 22ND AFTER TRINITY. Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1894.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurreo-
tion at Canton, 1805.
Great Are in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Ta-lien-wan and Kinchow taken by
the Japanese, 1894.
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