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THE CALENDAR FOR 1901

SEPTEMBER–30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st

..5h. 44m.

6h. 16m.

1899

1900

15th

.5h. 48m.

6h. 02m.

Maximum

.89.8

90.8

Minimum

.71.6

74.4

Mean

.80.3 81.1

MOON'S PHases

d. h.

m.

BAROMETER, 1900

Last Quarter 5

9

4

P.M.

Mean

.29.85

New Moon

13

4

55

A.M.

First Quarter 21

9

10

A.M.

Full Moon

28

1

12

P.M.

1899 6.305 inches

RAINFALL

1900

4.310 inches

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DAYS OF DAYS OF 7 and 8

WEEK

MONTH

MOONS

Sun.

1

19

Mon.

り

20

Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

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3

21

5

Frid. 6

Sat.

7

Sun.

8

Mon.

9

Tues. 10

7** *****

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Wed. 11

29

Thur. 12

30

Frid. 13

Sat. 14

2

Sun. 15

Mon.

16

Tues.

Wed.

Thur. 19

17

Frid. 20

Sat.

21

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

Wed. 25

OF * 22 238 2

4

5

18

6

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

13TH AFTER TRINITY. 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.

Hongkong Plague proclamation revoked, 1894.

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.II. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869. Royal Naval Canteen

opened at Hongkong, 1960.

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

14TH AFTER TRINITY. Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867.

Sir IIercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859.

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.

แ

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.

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

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

15T|| AFTER TRINITY. Chinese transport "Waylee” driven ashore on Pescadores; upwards

of 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 Ki Channel, near Kobe, of the Turkish frigate" Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1800, Count von Waldersee, Allied Generalissimo; reached Hongkong, 1900.

7

Riots at Kumcluck, Kwangtung, 1900.

8

0

Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai, 19:0.

22

10

16TI AFTER TRINITY. Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.

11

24

12

Thur. 26 Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

* *** 22

13

14

27

15

28

16

29

17

30

18

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

many thousands of lives lost, 1874.

64

II.M.S. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1803. 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. Arrival of Sir Henry A. Blake, 0.0.M.., Governor of Hongkong, 1899. Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.

Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.

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

Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889).

17TH AFTER TRINITY. Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage

to shipping, 1865

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