THE CALENDAR FOR 1928
XV
BAROMETER, 1927, AT SEA LEVEL
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
6h. 15m.
6h. 11m.
1926
1927
...
15th
6h. 20m.
5h. 59m.
Maximum
79.0
79.6
...
...
Minimum
70.9
70.9
...
***
Mean
74.5 74.8
...
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m.
Last Quarter
6
5
29
A.M.
...
Mean
...
...
30.02 inches
New Moon
First Quarter...
Full Moon
13
4.
20
P.M.
21
9
29
P.M.
RAINFALL
28
11
7 P.M.
...
IF.
DAYS OF DAYS OF
WEEK
MONTII
8 & 9 MOONS
Mon.
1
18
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
23
253
19
20
21
Fri.
5
22
Satur.
6
23
Sun.
Mon.
100
24
225
26
228
Tues.
Wed.
10
27
Thurs.
11
28
Fri.
12
Satur.
13
23
29
1
Sun.
14
Mon.
15
Tues.
16
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
888-
284
21
* * 0 2 22
17
5
18
6
19
7
20
*
10
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri,
Satur,
* ** 27
23
11
24
12
25
13
26
14
15
23 45
Sun.
Моп.
Tues.
888
28
16
29
17
30
18
Wed.
31
1926 3.275 inches
Chronology of RemarkABLE EVENTS
1927 5.420 inches
The Hongkong Daily Press started, 1857. Inauguration of Hongkong College of
Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897. British Section, Canton-Kowloon Railway opened, 1910. Arrival in Hongkong of H.E. Sir R. E. Stubbs to assume the Governorship, 1919.
Tamsui bombarded 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 Nationak 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
William Des Voeux, 1887. Marshal Tsao Kun elected President of China, 1923. Hongkong Government agreed to lend the Viceroy of Wuchang £1,100,000 to repurchase
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 meeting 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 enemy, 1914.
Supplementary Treaty signed at The Hague, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui repulsed, 1884. Battle of Shaho, Russo-Japanese War, commenced. Ended 25th in 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 Pescadores 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 banks in Peking suspended payment, 1910. Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by the
Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfn, 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 Tsit- sihar, resulting in many deaths, 1918. Sun Yat Sen's troops give battle to Merchants Volunteer Corps, causing much loss of life and destruction of property in Canton, 1924. St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British str.
"Greyhound," 1885.
At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, a scheme
of reconstruction was approved, 1892.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861. Japanese Government
welcomed American Battleship Fleet, 1908.
Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous dainage to property, 1882.
Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.
The Shanghai and
H.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. Ärms and ammunition consigned to India by Germans. discovered at Shanghai, 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 welcomed American Battleship Fleet at Amoy, 1908. Great battle at Shanhai kuan between Fengtien and Chihli forces, 1924.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Sir R. E. Stubbs, Governor of Hong-
koug, leaves for Home, 1925.