XX
THE CALENDAR FOR 1901
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
.5h. 53m.
5h. 47m.
15th............5h. 58m.
5h. 34m.
Maximum.
Minimum
Mean.....
1899 .86.4 86.6
1900
.65.9 65.5
.74.8
76.7
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
fu.
Last Quarter 5
4
29
A.M.
New Moon
12
8
48
P.M.
First Quarter 21
1
34
A.M.
Full Moon
27
10
43
P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF
WEEK "MoxTu
and 9 Moons
Tues.
1
19
The "Hongkong Daily Press
17
Wed.
2
Thur.
01 20
20
21
Frid.
Sat.
458
23
Sun.
6
24
Mon.
Tues.
7
Wed. 9
Thur. 10
25
22 22 2 2 5 * 8
26
27
28
Frid. 11 29
12
BAROMETER, 1809
Mean....
.30.02
1899 0.875 inches
RAINFALL
1900 1.615 inches
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
started, 1857.
Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine. 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897.
Confucius born, P.C. 562. Tausti bombarded by French, 1984.
Serious riot at Hongkong, 1984. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok,
1893. Withdrawal of British steamers from West River, 19:00. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1834.
Typhoon at Hongkong, 1894.
18TH AFTER TRINITY. French expedition left Chefɔo for Corea, 1333. Arrival in Hong-
kong of Governor Sir William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1987.
II.R.II. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1860. Great public meeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1878. II.M.S. "Pigmy" occupied Shanhaikwan, 100),
Supplementary Treaty signed at the Bogue, 1843. French landing party at Tamsui
repulsed, 1984. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of Hongkong, 1894. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1811. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1883. Wreck of 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 firin there, 1881.
Revolt in the Philippines, 1972.
19TH AFTER TRINITY. Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1941. First railway in Japan
officially opened by the Mikado, 1972. Allies capture Paotingfu.
"Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 cooliza on board, 1959.
Explosion on the Chinese trooper "Kungpai," loss of 500 lives, 1895 Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1966.
St. John's Cathedrál, 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.
20TH AFTER TRINITY. Terrific typhoon at Manila ; enormous damage to property, 1882. The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1977.
Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875.
Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1337.
Sat.
12
Sun.
13
2
Mon.
14
Tues. 15 Wed. 16 Thur.
4
5
17
6
Frid.
18
7
Sat.
19
8
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1961.
Sun.
20
9
Mon.
21
10
Tues.
22
11
II. E. H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869.
Wed.
23
12
Thur.
24
13
Frid. 25
14
Sat.
26
15
Sun.
27
16
Mon. 28
17
Tues.
29
18
Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850,
Wed. 30
Thur.
19
Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1804.
31
20
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1859. Ta-lien-wan and Kinchow taken by
the Japanese, 1804.
* 287 2 * * * *N* 28
59 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Ilay and Wilcox, H.M. ships “Columbine "*
and "Fury," 1849.
The Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1941. Kaluling recaptured by the Allies, 1862. Sir Claude Macdonald leaves Peking, succeeded by Sir E. Satow, 1900, Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1894.
21ST AFTER TRINITY.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1991. Attempted insurrec-
tion at Canton, 1995. *
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