XX
THE CALENDAR FOR 1909
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st............6h. 16m.
6h. 10m.
15th............6h. 11m.
5h. 57m.
Maximum....
Minimum
Mean
1907
1908
.......834
80.8
..75.4
73.4
...79.0 76.8
MOON'S PHASES
Barometer, 1908
Mean.......
..29.92
1907
RAINFALL
1908
8.965 inches
5.44 inches
Chronology of Remarkable Events
The "Hongkong Daily Press " started, 1857. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897. Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884.
17TH AFTER TRINITY. 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. Terrible fire at Amoy 1902. Typhoon at
Hongkong, 1894.
French expedition left Chefoo for Cores, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887. Liu Kung-yi, Viceroy of the Liang-kiang, died at Nanking, 1902.
Hongkong Government agreed to lend the Viceroy of Wuchang £1,100,000 to repurchase
from an American syndicate the Canton-Hankow railway concession, 1905. H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1889. Great public meeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1878. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peking, 1901.
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. Battle of Shaho Russo-Japanese War commenced, ended 25th in disastrous defeats- of Russians; casualties 45,200 Russian ; 15,879 Japanese, 1904. 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. Shanghai-Woosung Railway placed under Chinese- control, 1904.
d.
h.
m.
Last Quarter 6 2
44
P.M.
New Moon
14
4
31
A.M.
First Quarter 22
3
04
A.M.
Full Moon
29
6
07
P.M.
Days of Days or
8 & 9
WEEK MONTH
MOONS
Frid. 1
18
Sat.
2
19
Sun.
20
Mon.
4
21
Tues.
5
22
Wed.
Thur.
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6
23
7
24
Fird.
8
25
Sat.
26
Sun. 10
27
Mon. 11
28
Tues. Wed. 13 Thur.
12
29
30
14
Frid. 15
Sat.
16
3
Sun.
17
5
Mon.
18
Tues.
19
Wed. 20
Thur.
21
Frid.
22
Sat.
23
Sun.
Mon.
Tues
Wed.
Thur.
Frid. 29 Sat.
Sun. 31
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8
9
10
24
11
12
25
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26
27
14
15
28
16
30
17
18
18TH AFTER TRINITY, Lord Napier died at Macno, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the P.
& 0. 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. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
" Flora Templet" lost in the China Sea, "Hankow' burnt at her wharf, Hong-
Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by the
Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfu, 1900. with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859, kong, 75 deck passengers perishing, 1908.
Explosion on the Chinese trooper “Kungpai," loss of 500 lives, 1895. Khanghoa, in Cores, taken by the French, 1866.
19TH AFTER TRINITY. St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British str. “Greyhound, " 1885. Tao Mu, Viceroy at Canton, died, 1902. At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, a scheme
of reconstruction was approved, 1892.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861. Japanese Government
welcomed American Battleship Fleet. 1908
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, 1989. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875.
Death at Saigon of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887.
53 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships “Columbine
and "Fury," 1849.
20TH AFTER TRINITY. Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured by the
Allies, 1982. Sir Claude Macdonald leaves Peking, succeeded by Sir E. Satow, 1900. Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1894.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurrection at Canton, 1895. Prince Adalbert of Prussia visited Hongkong, 1904, ́Massacre of four American Missionaries and a child at Lienchow, 1905.
Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1994. Chinese Govera-
ment welcomed American Battleship Fleet at Amoy, 1903.
21st after TrinitY. H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1860. Talienwan and
Kinchow taken by the Japanese, 1894.