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THE CALENDAR FOR 1925
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st 15th
...6h. 15m.
6h. 12m.
1923
1924
...
...6h. 20m.
5h. 59m.
Maximum
...80.2
81.2
MOON'S PHASES
Minimum
...72.5
72.7
d.
Mean
h. m.
...
...
...76.0 76.5
Full Moon
2
1
23
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1924
Last Quarter
10
2
34
A.M.
Mean
29.95
New Moon
18
2
6
A.M.
1923
RAINFALL
First Quarter
25
2
38
A.M.
17.835 inches
1924 9.090 inches
DAYS OF DAys of
8 & 9
WEKK
MONTH
MOONS
Thurs.
14
The "
1
Fri. Satur.
Sun.
23
Mon.
5
18
Tues.
Wed. Thurs.
78
Fri.
Satur.
92
10
23
Sun.
11
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
14
15
16
123 LES
25
26
27
28
29
15
16
66
17
19
20
2275
21
24
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N
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78
2
Curonology 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 Japau, 1897. British Section, Canton-Kowloon Railway opened, 1910. Arrival in Ilongkong. of H.E. Sir R. E. Stubbs to assume the Governorship, 1919.
Tanısui boinbarded by French, 1884. Piracy of s.s. Ningshin near Wenchow, 1924. Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok, 1893. Withdrawal of British steamers from West River, 1900. Chinese National Assembly inaugurated, 1910.
Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Terrible fire at Amoy, 1902. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1894. Canton-Kowloon Railway opened for through traffic, 1911. Founda tion-stone of new wing to the Tung Wah Hospitai, Hongkong, laid by H.E. The Governor to commemorate the Hospital's Jubilee, 1920.
French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir.
Willian Des Vœux, 1887. Marshal Tsao Kun elected President of China, 1923. Hongkong Government agreed to lend the Viceroy of Wucbang £1,100,000 to repurchaso
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 public. ineeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1878. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peking, 1901. Hongkong Legislative Council passed. a Bill to prevent trading with the eneiny, 1914.
Ended 25th in
Supplementary Treaty signed at The Hague, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui
repulsed, 1884. Battle of Shaho, Russo-Japanese War, commenced. disastrous defeats of Russians; casualties 45,800 Russian ; 15,879 Japanese, 1904. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Rail-
way, 1888. Shanghai-Woosung Railway placed under Chinese control, 1904. Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the l'eseadores of the P. & O. str. “Bokhara,”- with loss of 125 lives, 1892. Yuan Shih Kai inaugurated President of the Chinese Republic, 1913.
The first Chinese merchant str. ("Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with passengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881. Outbreak of revolution in China at Wuchang, 1911. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872. Eight Chinese bai ks in Peking suspended payment, 1910. Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by the
Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfu, 1900.
Explosion on the Chinese trooper “Kungpai," loss of 500 lives, 1895.
Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1866. Train disaster between Harbin and Tsitsihar, resulting in many deaths, 1916. Sun Yat Sen's troops give battle to Mer- cliants Volunteer Corps, causing much loss of life and destruction of property in Canton, 19:4.
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British str.
Greyhound," 1885.
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At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, a scheme
of reconstruction was approved, 1892.
Great fire in Hongkoug, 1859. 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.
II.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875. 58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine" and Fury," 1849. Hongkong Legislative Council voted $100,000 to the Prince of Wales' National Relief Fund, 1914. Arms and ammunition consigned to India by Germans discovered at Sbanghai, 1915.
King Chulalongkorn of Siam died, 1910. Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang deserts Wu Pei-fu, takes·
possession of Peking, 1924,
Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 844. Kahding recaptured by
the Allies, 1862.
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. Massacre of four. American Missionaries and a child at Linechow, 1905. Prince Ito assassinated at Har- bin, 1909. Hon. Mr W. D. Barnes, Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, died suddenly whilst playing polo, 1911, Bomb thrown in Canton, killed 37 people, 1914. Note presented from the Powers to China advising the suspension of the monarchical,
movement, 1915.
Portuguese frigate "D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894. Chinese Govern. ment welcoined American Battleship Fleet at Amoy, 1908. Great battle at Shanhai- kuan between Fengrien and Chilli forces, 1924.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Talienwan occupied by Japanese, 1894...
Satur.
17
30
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
-21
*** 242
18
20
3
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
23
24
3 39 25
25
26
9
27
10
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri
28
11
33
12
30
13
Satur.
31
14