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THE CALENDAR FOR 1897

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st 15th

...5h. 44m. ..........5h. 48m.

6h. 16m.

1895 1896

6h. 02m.

Maximum Minimum

..94

91

...66

76

MOON'S PHASES d. h. m.

sec.

First Quarter 4 Full Moon 11 9

6 49

43 A.M.

BAROMETER, 1896

47

49

A.M.

Mean.....

....29.84

Last Quarter 19 10

26

48

A.M.

New Moon

26 9

22

44

P.M.

PERIGEE, 2 days, 6 hours, A.M.

1895

RAINFALL

APOGEE, 17'days, 1 hour, PERIGEE, 29 days,

P.M.

8 hours, A.M.

3.96 inches

1896 9.99 inches

WEEK

ΜΟΝΤΕ

MOONS

Wed.

1

5

Thur.

6

DAYS OF DAYS OF 8 and 9

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Chronology of Remarkable EVENTS

Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, died of the wounds inflicted by an assassin, 1870. Foundation.

stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890.

Arrival of the "Vega" at Yokohama, after having discovered the North-East Passage,

1879. Serious anti-foreign riot at Ichang, 1891.

Frid.

3

7

Hongkong plague proclamation revoked, 1894.

Sat.

8

Sun.

✔

9

Mon.

6

10

Tues.

7

11

Wed. 8

12

Thur. 9

13

Frid. 10

14

Sat. 11

15

Sun.

12

16

12TH AFTER TRINITY. Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under-

Admiral Kuper, 1884. Death of Tso Tsung-tang at Foochów, 1885.

14th after TRINITY. H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869, Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.

Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867.

Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1850.

Riot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property on Shameen, 1883. British gunboat "Wasp" left Singapore for Hongkong and seen no more, 1887.

Public meeting of foreign residents at Yokohama to protest against proposed new

Treaty with Japan, 1890.

13TH AFTER TRINITY.

Mon. 13

17

Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hungchang, 1876.

Tues. 14

18

Wed. 15

19

Thur. 16 Frid. 17

20

21

Sat.

18

22

Sun.

19

Mon. 20

Tues. 21

Wed.

99

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23

Public Meeting in Hongkong, with reference to the blockade of the port by the Chinese

Customs' cruisers, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891.

Chinese transport Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores; upwardsof 370 lives lost, 1887,

Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894.

New Convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1881.

The battle of the Yalu, in which the Chinese 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. 14TH AFTER TRINITY.

24

25

26

Thur.

23

27

Frid.

24

28

Sat.

Sun. 26 Mon. 27 Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

30

* ** *28

25

29

Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.

Am. brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao

many thousands of lives lost, 1874.

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.

Daring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing Lok street, Hongkong, by armed robbers,

1878.

1

2

15th after TRINITY. Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834. Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.

29

4

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5

Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1865. All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841..

Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887. Death of Hon. F

Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889.