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THE CALENDAR FOR 1920
SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st
...6h. 06.
6h. 41m.
1918
1919
15th
...6h. 10m.
6h. 28m.
Maximum Minimum
...83.5
84.7
...
.. 76.5
76.9
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
...
...79.6
80.1
...
d.
h.
Last Quarter
6
3
5
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1919
New Moon
Mean
12
52
...29.90
P.M.
...
First Quarter
20
0
55
P M.
1918
RAINFALL
Full Moon
28
9
57
A.M
18.450 inches
1919 2655 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF
7 & 8
UHRONOLOOY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Wed.
1
19
Thurs.
2
20
2
Fri.
21
Satur.
22
Sun.
5
23
Mon.
24
Tues.
7
25
Wed.
8
20
Thurs.
27
223
29
Fri.
30
28
Satur.
11
Sun.
24
13
12
1
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Foundation stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890. Chinese Imperial Decree published announcing a decision to grant Constitutional Government. Exteu- sive floods in Shantung, 1914.
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.
Hongkong Plague proclamation revoked, 1894. Disastrous floods at Shanghai, 1904.
Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1864,
Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty signed, 1902.
Chinese Court left Hsianfu President of the U.S.A.,
H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1860.
on the way to Peking, 1901. Assassination of Mr. McKinley, 1901. Sir James Mackay's Treaty with China signed, 190 '. Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891. Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867. H.I.H. Prince Tsai Hsun visits Hongkong, 1909. Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859. Floods near Swatow rendering a million people destitutc, 1911. Riots in Szechuan to protest against the use of foreign capital for railway construction, 1911. Helena May Institute, Hongkong,. opened, 1916.
Riot hy 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- Death of Sir Claud MacDonald, former Minister at Peking and Tokio, 1915.
Public mecting of foreign residents at Yokohama to protest against proposed new Treaty with Japan, 1890. 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.
2 Public Meeting in Hongkong with refcrence to the blockade of the port by the Chinese Customs' cruisers, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891.` Funeral of Emperor Mutsuhito, 1912.
14
3
* 49 2 22
45
1- 00
15
16
17
6
18
19
Mon.
20
Tues.
21
10
Wed.
22
11
Thurs.
23
12
Fri.
22 2
*
24
24
13
Chinese transport "Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores, upwards of 370 lives lost, 1887.-
Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894.
New Convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1881.
The battle of the Yaln, in which the Chinese were defcated by the Japanese, losing five-
vessels, 1894.
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.
Typhoon at Hongkong, the most disastrous in the Colony's history, 1906. Allied Generalissimo reached Hongkong, 1900. Riots at Kumchuk, Kwangtung, 1900,
Farewell parade of Hongkoug Police Reserve, formed during the war, 1919.
Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai, 1900.
Swatow, 1891.
Sir Robert Hart died, 1911. Typhoon at
Chinese Govt. signed a contract with Messrs. Samuel & Co., of London, for a loan of $10,000,000 for the development of Hankow, 1914. Appeal at Government House for $1,500,000 to meet inmediate needs of Hongkong Uuiversity, 1919.
U.S. brig “Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao, many thousands of lives lost, 1874. Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association inaugurated 1904. Prize Court in Hongkong condemned H.A.L. "Frisia" captured hy H.M.S." Triumph ", 1914.
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.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
* 22 2 8
25
14
26
15
Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.
27
16
28
17
Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840. Lord Kitchener in Hongkong, 1909. Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887.
wrecked near Hainan Strait, 1910.
H.A.L. "Lydia”
29
18
30
19
Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1865. S.S. "Charterhouse
foundered in a typhoon off Hainan Head, 70 persons drowned, 1906.
All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841. S.S. "IIsiesho" sank after striking
a minc in Pechili Gulf, 1905,