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THE CALENDAR FOR 1899

OCTOBER-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG Temperature

1st 15th

.5h. 53m.

5h. 47m.

1897

1898

...5h. 58m. 5h. 34m.

Maximum

.....87

88

Minimum

.66

65

d. h. m.

sec.

50

40 A.M.

47

BAROMETER, 1898

Mean......

..29.91

MOON'S PHASES

New Moon First Quarter 12 Full Moon Last Quarter 26 5

5 2

1 45

P.M. 19 5 40 48 A.M. 16 41 P.M.

PERIGEE, 16 days, APOGEE, 28 days,

Date of Days or 8 and 9 WEEK MONTH MOONS

5.40 hours, P.M. 0.40 hours, P.M.

1897 6.43 inches

RAINFALL

1898

6.72 inches

CHRONOLOGy of Remarkable EvenTS

XXV

18TH AFTER TRINITY. 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.

Confucius born, B.C. 662. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884.

Senious riot at Hongkong, 1984. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok

Sun.

1

27

Mon.

28

Tues. 3

29

1893.

Wed.

4

30

Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.

Thur.

Frid.

56

1

Typhoon at Hongkong, 1894.

Sat.

7

3

Sun.

8

4

Mon.

9

5

10

Tues. 10

6

Wed.

11

7

Thur.! 12

8

Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.

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Frid. 13

9

Sat.

14

10

Sun.

15

11

Mon. 16

12

Tues. 17

13

Wed.

18

14

Thur. 19

2 French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1988. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir

William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887.

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. 19TH AFTER TRINITY. Supplementary treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui repulsed, 1884. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of Hongkong, 1804.

Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 158. Wreck off_the_Pescadores of the Norwegian str.“Normand,” with loss of all on board except two, 1892.

Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the P. & O. str.“ Bokhara,"

with loss of 125 lives, 1892.

The first Chinese merchant steamer (the "Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with

passengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881.

Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1941. First railway in Japan officially opened by the

Mikado, 1872.

"Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859. 20TH AFTER TRINITY. Explosion on the Chinese trooper "Kungpai,” loss of 500 lives, 1895 Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1866.

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.

15

Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861.

Frid. 20

16

Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882.

Sat.

21

17

The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.

Sun.

2

18

Mon.

23

Tues. 24 Wed. 25

Frid.

27

23

Sat.

28

24

Sun.

29

25

Mon.

30

26

27

2* *** 2018

* ** ** 28 ♫

19

20

21

Thur. 26 22

Tues.

31

21ST AFTER TRINITY. H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1969. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875. Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887.

59 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine "

and "Fury," 1849.

The Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.

Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured by,

the Allies, 1882.

Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1894.

Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurrection

at Canton, 1895

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22nd After TRINITY. Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II. blown up at Macao, 1850. Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894.

H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Ta-lien-wan and Kinchow taken by

the Japanese, 1894.