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THE CALENDAR FOR 1923
SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st
...6h. 05ın.
Ch. 41m.
1921
1922
15th
...6h. 10m.
6h. 29m.
Maximum Minimum
...84.4
85.7
...
•
...76.8
76.5
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
...80.0 80.4
...
d. h. I.
Last Quarter
3
8
47
BAROMETER, 1922
P.M.
New Moon
Mean
11
4
53
*
A.M.
First Quarter
17
Full Moon
25
4 16
P M.
1921 RAINFALL
A.M.
12.100 inches
...29.78
1922 9 935 inches
DAYBOY DAYS OF
WEEK MONTH
7 & 8 MOONS
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Satur.
1
21
Sun.
ลง
2223
Mon.
23
Tues.
24
Wed,
25
Thurs.
6
26
Fri.
27
Satur.
28
Sun.
20
38
Mou.
10
30
Tues. ! 11
1
Wed. Thurs.
12
13
2*
4238
:
Fri.
14
Satur. Sun.
15
16
* 190
Mon.
17
Tues.
18
Wed.
19
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
20
10
21
11
12
Mon.
22 22
223
==
13
24
14
Foundation-stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Ilongkong, 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.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1860. Chinese Court left IIsianfu
on the way to Peking, 1991. Assassination of Mr. McKinley, President of the U.S.A.,.
Sir James Mackay's Treaty with China signed, 1902. Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.
1901.
Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867. 11.1.H. Prince Tsai IIsun 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. Heleua May 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 mob at Canten; 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 Customs' cruisers, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891. Funeral of Emperor Mutsuhito, 1912.
Chinese transport "Waylee" driven ashore on l'escadores; upwards of 370 lives lost, 1887.
Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894.
New Convention between Germany aud China ratified at Peking, 1881.
The battle of the Yalu, in which the Chinese were defeated by the Japanese, losing five
vessels, 1594.
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 Hongkong Police Reserve, formed during the war, 1819.
Count von Waldersee reached 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 $10,000,000 for the development of Hankow, 1914. Appeal at Government House for $1,600,000 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 II.A.L. "Frisia" captured by H.M.S. “Triumph,” 1914.
H.M.S. "Rattler" lost of Japan, 1869. 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.
Tues.
Wed. Thurs.
Fri.
Sa'ur.
Sun.
30
* 258 2 3
25
15
26
16
27
17
18
29
19
* *** ≈ 2
20
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"
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 Britishfleet, 1841. S. S. "Hsiesho" sank after striking:
a mine în Pechili Gulf, 1905,