SUNRISE
THE CALENDAR FOR 1912
SEPTEMBER–30 DAYS
SUNSET
HONGKONG Temperature
6h. 39m.
1910
1911
Maximum
.84.1
86.1
Minimum
.79.7
74.4
Mean
76.3 81.1
Ist
....6h. 07m,
15th....
..........6h. Olm. 6h. 25m.
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. II.
Last Quarter 4
9
23
P.M.
New Moon
11
11 48
A.M.
First Quarter 18
3
55
P.M.
Full Moon
26
7
34
P.M.
!
BAROMETER, 1911
Mean........
29.78
1909
RAINFALL
15.950 inches
1910 6.215 inches
19
DAYS OF DAYS OF 7 and 8
WILK Мокта
MOONS
Sun
1
20
Mon.
2
21
Tues.
22
Wed.
23
Thur.
5
24
6
25
10 to
1-8 -
** ** ***
26
27
28
29
11
1
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon. 9
Tues. 10
Wed.
12
Thur. Frid. 13
Sat. 14
Sun. 15 Mon. 16
17
2 3
6678
Tues. Wed. 18
Thur. 19
9
Frid 20
10
Sat. 21
11
Sun. 22 Mon. 23
12
13
Tues. 24
14
Wed.
25
15
Thur. 26
16
Fri.
27
17
Sat.
28
18
Sun.
29
19
Mon.
30
20
* * *~* NO
6648
Chronology of RamarKABLE 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. Chinese Imperial Decree published announcing a decision to grant Constitutional Government. Arrival of the 'Vega" at Yokohama after having discovered the North-East Passage, 1879. Kiaochau declared a free port, 1898. Japanese occupied Lioa-yang, capturing vast stores of ammunition and provisions, 1904.
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Hongkong Plague proclamation revoked, 1894. Disastrous floods at Shanghai, 1904. Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1964. Death of Tso Tsung-tang at Foochow, 1885." Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty signed, 1902.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1860. Chinese Court left Asianfu on the way to Peking, 1901. Assassination of Mr. McKinley, President of the U.S.A., 1901. Sir James Mackay's Treaty with China signed, 1902. Attack on Dr. Greig, neat Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.
14TH AFTER TRINITY. Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867. H.1.H. Prince Tsai Haun visits
Hongkong, 1909.
Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859. Floods near Swatow rendering a million people destitute, 1911. Riots in Szechuan to protest against the use of foreign capital for railway construction, 1911.
Biot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property in Shameen, 1883. British gunboat "Wasp" left Singapore for Hongkong and seen no more, 1887. Public meeting of foreign residents at Yokohama to protest against proposed new Treaty with Japan 1800, Japanese flagship “Mikasa" foundered as the result of an explosion in Sasebo harbour, with a loss 599 men, 1905.
Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hung-chang, 1876.
Public Meeting in Hongkang, with reference to the blockade of the port by the Chinese
Customs' cruisers, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891.
Chinese transport “Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores; upwards of 370 lives lost, 1887.
Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894
15TH AFTER TRINITY. 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. 1804.
Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 1889. Loss in Kii Channel, near
Kobe, of the Turkish frigate “Ertogrul,” with 567 lives, 1890.
Allied Generalissimo, reached Hongkong. 1900. Typhoon at Hongkong the most disas-
trous in the Colony's history, 1908. Riots at Kumchuk, Kwangtung, 1900.
Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai, 1900. Sir Robert Hart died, 1911. 16th after Trinity, Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.
U. S. brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Te-rific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao, many thousands of lives lost, 1874. Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association inaugurated 1904.
H.M.S. "Rattler” lost off Japan, 1868. 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. Bomb thrown at Chinese Commissioners when about to leave Peking for Europe, 1905.
Arrival of Governor Sir Henry A. Blake in Hongkong, 1898. Jubilee of Dr. A. H. Graves'
missionary labours at Canton celebrated, 1906,
Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.
Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840. Lord Kitchener in Hongkong, 1909.
Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitons inundation, 1887. Death of Hon. Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889. H. A. L. “Lydia" wrecked near
Hainan Strait, 1910.
17th after TrINITY, Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping. 1865, S. S. "Charterhonse” foundered in a typhoon off Hainan Head, 70 persons drowned 1906.
All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841. 8. S. "Hsiesho" sank after striking
a mine in Pechili Gulf, 1905.
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