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THE CALENDAR FOR 1910
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNSET
SUNRISE
1st............6h. 16m. 6h. 10m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
15th............6h. 11m. 5h. 57m.
Maximum.
Minimum
Mean....
MOON'S PHASES
1908
1909
...80.8 81.5
.73.4
74.0
.76.8 77.8
d.
h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1909
New Moon
3
4
32
P.M.
Mean..
...29.89
First Quarter 11
9
40
P.M.
Full Moon
18
10
24
P.M.
1908
RAINFALL
1909
Last Quarter 25
1 48
P.M.
5.440 inches
23.985 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 8 & 9
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Sat.
1
28
The "
Sun.
Mon.
01.00
29
3
1
Tues. 4
2
W 19
Wed.
5
3
Thur. 6
4
Fird.
7
5
Sat.
8
6
Sun.
9
7
Mon. 10
8
Tues. 11
9
Wed. 12
10
Thur. 13
11
Frid.
14
12
Sat.
15
13
Sun.
16
14
Mon.
17
15
Tues.
18
Wed. 19
Thur.
20
Frid.
21
* 222
16
17
18
29
Sat.
22
20
Sun. 23
21
Mon.
24
22
Tues. 25
23
Wed. 26 Thur.
24
27
25
Frid. 28
26
Sat.
29
27
Sun.
30
28
Mon.
31
29
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port. 1892. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897. 19TH AFTER TRINITY. Confucius born, B.C. 502. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884. 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 Corea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Des Voeux, 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, 1869. Great publig 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, 1894. 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,-00 Russian; 15,879 Japanese, 1904.
20TH AFTER TRINITY. 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.
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 firmi there, 1881. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by the Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfu, 1900. "Flora Templet" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859. "Hankow" burnt at her wharf, Hong- kong, 75 deck passengers perishing, 1906.
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21ST AFTER TRINITY. Explosion on the Chinese trooper Kungpai," loss of 500 lives, 1895- Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1866.
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, 1869. 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, 1869. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875.
Death at Saigon of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1987.
53 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine
and Fury," 1819.
22nd AFTER TRINITY.
Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured by the Allies, 1962. 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. Mass cre of four American Missionaries and a child at Lienchow, 1905. Prince Ito assasinated at Harbin, 1909.
Portuguese frigate "D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850.
23RD AFTER TRINITY. Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese,
1894. Chinese Government welcomed American Battleship Fleet at Amoy, 1903. H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Talienwan and Kinchow taken by
the Japanese, 1894.