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THE CALENDAR FOR 1899

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS

MOON'S PHASES

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st 15th

.5h. 44m. 6h. 16m.

1897

1898

...5h. 48m. 6h. 02m.

Maximum

.92

90

Minimum

.72

74

d. h.

m.

sec.

New Moon

5

11

9

41 A.M.

25

43

A.M.

Barometer, 1898

19

8

7

44

P.M.

Mean.....

...29.87

38 47 P.M.

First Quarter 13 5

Full Moon Last Quarter 26 10

APOGEE, 3 days, 8.41 hours, A.M. PERIGEE, 18 days, 1.46 hours, P.M. APOGEE, 30 days, 7.37 hours, P.M.

Days of Days or | 7 and 8)

MONTH MOONS

WEEK

Frid.

1

27

Sat,

2

28

Sun.

3

29

Mon. 4

30

Tues.

5

1

10

Wed. 6

1897

8.34 inches

RAINFALL

1898

5.30 inches

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. Kiaochau declared a free port, 1898.

14th After TRINITY. Hongkong plague ↑ roclamation revoked, 1894.

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Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1864.

Death of Tso Tsung-tang at Foochow, 1885.

H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869.

Thur. 7

3

Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.

Frid. 8

4

Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867.

Sat.

9

5

Sun. 10

в

Mon. 11

7

Tues. 12

Wed. 13

9

Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1850.

15TH AFTER TRINITY. 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.

Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hung-chang, 1876.

Thur. 14

10

Frid.

15

11

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

Customs' cruisers, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1991. Chinese transport "Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores; upwards of 370 lives lost, 1887,

Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894.

Sat.

16

12

Sun. 17

13

Mon. 18

14

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

10TH AFTER TRINITY. 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 Kil Channel, near

Kobe, of the Turkish frigate`" Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1890.

Tues. 19

15

Wed. 20

16

Thur. 21

17

Frid. 22

18

Sat. 23

19

Sun.

24

20

Mon.

25

Tues.

26

Wed.

27

Thur.

Frid.

Bat.

26

25

30

* * * * 2 2

21

22

23

24

25

Typhoon at Swatow, 1991.

Am. brig “Lubra" taken by pirates, 1886. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao

many thousands of lives lost, 1874.

17th after TRINITY. H.M.S. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1988, Piratical attack on the German barque “Apenrade.” near Macao, 1989. The Satsuma rebels in Japan routed with great slaughter, their leader, Saign, killed, and the insurrection suppressed, 1877. Daring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing Lok street, Hongkong, by armed robbers,

1878. Arrival of Sir Henry A. Blake, o C.M G., Governor of Hongkong, 1898. Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1884!

Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.

Fellow River burst ita banks in Honan ; calamitous inundation, 1887. Death of Hon. F.

Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889.

Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1885.

All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841.