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THE CALENDAR FOR 1909
AUGUST-31 DAYS
SUNSET
SUNRISE
1st.......5h. 56m. 7h. 02m.
15th............6h. 01m. 6h, 53m.
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m
Full Moon
2
5
14
A.M.
Last Quarter
8
10
P.M.
New Moon
16
7
55
A.M.
First Quarter 24
11
55
A.M.
Full Moon
31
1
08
P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF 6 and 7
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1907
1908
Maximum
Minimum
Mean
867
87.3
78.3
78.5
.81.9 82.1
BAROMETER, 19 8
Mean......
..29.72
1907
RAINFALL
1908
14.855 inches
12.065 inches
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
1 11
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
1 2 3
16
17
18
Wed.
4
19
Thur. !
5
20
Frid.
Sat.
6189
བྲཱསྶཉྙཔདྨེདབཙཱསྶཾཎྜཱ
21
22
23
2.1
10
12
27
13
28
14
29
15
30
Mon. 16
1
Tues. 17
25
26
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
8TH AFTER TRINITY. Both China and Japan declare war, 1894. Kucheng massacre, 1895. Victims of massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.
10TH AFTER TRINITY. British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1942.
held at Canton, 1908
First Chinese Bazaar-
Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796. Bombardment of Kelung by French, 1884.
Allied march on Péking starts, 1900. Li Hung Chang visited Queen Victoria, 1896. Serious flood at Tientsin, 1971.
British Squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.
9th AFTER TRINITY. Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul, at Hakodate, 1874. British troops landed at Nanking, 1842.
at Hongkong, 1902.
Sir H. Pottinger arrived at Hongkong, 1841.
King Edward VII's Coronation celebrated
Destructive typhoon at Foochow, 1888.
First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who
suggested the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 18 4. 174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842.
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Tong-ur-ku taken,
Hongkong, 1901.
Manila occupied by U.S. Troops, 1860. House collapse, causing 45 deaths, in Cochrane Street Japanese squadron sinks Russian cruiser Rurik near Tsushima, 1904.
10TH AFTER TRINITY. Great fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tlx. 1,500,000, 1879. Total loss of the E. & A. steamer **Gatterthun" near Sydney, 1995, Peking Legations rescued, 1900. Murder of Messrs. Bruce and Lewis at Chengchow, Hunan, 1902. Prince and Princess Arisugawa entertained at Hongkong, 1904. British trade of Canton stopped by Hong merchants, 1834. French Treaty with Siam
signed, 1856.
Empress of India sinks Chinese cruiser Wong Tai in collision near Swatow, 1903.
Wed. 18
Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 181.
1888. Indian troops lauded in Shanghai, 1900
Great fire in Hongkong,
Thur. 19
4
Frid.
20
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid. 27
Sat.
22 ******
21
7
23
24
9
25
10
26
11
Britain and Japan signed, 1858.
12
28
13
First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the "Cornwallis,"
at Nanking, 1842. Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860. Emperor Hien Fung died. 1861.
assumes the Regency, 1898.
11TH AFTER TRINITY. Governer Amaral (Marao) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870. Seizure of steamer “Spark" by pirates between Canton and Macao, 1874. Telegraph line to Peking opened, 1884.
Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution, 1804.
Chinese fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884.
Wreck of the C. N. Co.'s str. "Tientsin” near Swatow, 1887. Disturbances at Amoy,
Japanese landed marines, 1700.
British Chamber of Comnierce established at Canton, 1834.
Treaty between Great
British left Macão, 1839. British steamer Danears fouudered in a typhoon off Goto-
Islands, 1909
Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.
Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816. Slavery abolished in British
possessions, 1833. Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1884.
Palace Revolution at Peking, Empress Dowager again
Sun.
29
14
12tii. after TRINITY Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.
Mon. 30
15
Wreck of "Futami Maru” off Cape Calavite, 1900.
Tues. 31
16
Severe typhoon on coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping
at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848.