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THE CALENDAR I OR 1922
SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st 15th
...
...6h. 05m.
6h. 41m.
1 20
1921
...
...6h. 10m.
6h. 27m.
Maximum Minimum
...35.6
84.4
...
...
...
...
...77.6
76.8
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
...
...
...
d. h. m.
...81.2
80.0
Full Moon
6 3 47
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1921
Last Quarter
14
6
20
Mean
P.M.
...
...
...
...29.96
New Moon
21
0
33
P.M.
1920
First Quarter
28
6
40
A.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF
7 & 8
WEEK MONTH
MOONS
11.750 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
1921 12.100 inches
RAINFALL
Fri.
1
10
Satur.
2
11
Sun.
3
12
MOD.
4
13
Tues.
5
14
Wed.
15
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
O O N
16
17
18
Sun.
10
19
Mon.
11
20
Tues.
Wed.
21
12
21
13
22
22
23
24
25
26
2 2 2 28 2-
Thurs.
14
Fri.
15
Satur.
16
49
Sun.
17
Mon.
18
27
Tues.
19
Wed.
20
Thurs.
21
Fri.
22
22
22
29
1
Satur.
Sun.
24
2
Foundation stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890. Chinese Imperial Decree published announcing a decision to grant Constitutional Government. Exten- sive floods in Shant ng, 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, 1364
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, 1902. Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891. Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867. H.I.11. Prince Tsai Hsun 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. Helena Mav Institute, Hongkong, opened, 1916. Chinese Government announces its intention to assume the administra- tion of Russian Concessions and Russian Government property in China, 1920.
Riot by Chinese nob 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 meeting 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 of 599 men, 1905.
Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hung-chang, 1876.
Public Meeting in Hongkong with reference to the blockade of the port by the Chinese Custoins' cruisers, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891. Funeral of Emperor Mutsuhito, 1912.
Chinese transport "Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores, upwards of 370 lives lost, 1887.
Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894.
New Convention between Germany and Chiua ratified at Peking, 1881.
The battle of the Yalu, in which the Chincse were defeated 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 Kumchnk, Kwangtung, 1900.
Farewell parade of Hongkong Police Reserve, formed during the war, 1919.
Count von Waldersee reaclied Shanghai 1900. Sir Robert Hart died, 1911. Typhoon at
Swatow, 1891. Chinese Govt. signed a contract with Messrs. Samuel & Co., of London, for a loan of $1,000,000 for the development of Hankow, 1914. Appeal at Government House for $1,500,000 to meet immediate needs of Hongkong University, 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 by H.M.S. "Triumph", 1914.
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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 Cominissioners when about to leave Peking for Europe, 1905.
Arrival of Governor Sir Henry A. Blake in Ilongkong, 1898. Jubilee of Dr. A. H. Graves,
missionary labours at Canton celebrated, 1906.
Mon.
25
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
29
30
* *** 2 8
5
26
27
28
879
6
Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.
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"
10
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. 8.8. "Hsiesho" sank after striking
a mine in Pechili Gulf, 1905,