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THE CALENDAR FOR 1904

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

SUNRISE

SUNSET

1st

15th

.5h. 44m.

6h. 16m.

1902

1903

.5h. 48m.

6h. 02m.

Maximum

..91.2

82.9

Minimum

....69.6 75.8

Mean

..80.8 78.6

MOON'S PHASES

d. h.

m.

BAROMETER, 1903

Last Quarter 3 10

58

-

P.M.

Mean

.29.89

New Moon

10 4

43

A.M.

First Quarter 16 11

13

A.M.

Full Moon

25

1

50

A.M.

1902 0.635 inches

RAINFALL

1903 16.535 inches

Datu or { Data or ¦ 7 and 8

Thur.

Frid.

1

Bat.

24

Sam

25

Mon

Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Bat. 10

7880

30

1

Sun

11

Mon.

12

Tues.

13

Wed. 14

Mooks

23

* * *2* ~ *28-

27

29

3410

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.

Hongkong Pingue proclamation revoked, 1894.

14TH AFTER TRINITY.

Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1984, Death of Two Tsung-tang at Foochow, 1885. Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty signed.

1902.

H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869. Imperial Court left Hsianfu on the way to Peking, 1961. Assassination of Mr. McKinley, President of the U.S.A., 1901. Sir James Mackay's Treaty with China signed, 1902. Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.

Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867.

Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859.

Riot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property on Shameen, 1888. British gunboat "Wasp" left Singapore for Hongkong and seen no more, 1887. 15TH AFTER TRINITY. Public meeting of foreign residents at Yokohama to protest

against proposed new Treaty with Japan, 1880,

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

Thur. 13

6

Chinese transport "Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores; upwards of 870 lives lost, 1887.

Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894.

Frid. Bat.

16

7

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

17

Sun. 18

9

Mon. 19

10

The battle of the Yalu, in which the Chinese were defeated by the Japanese, losing five

vessels, 1804.

16th after TrINITY. Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 1889. Loss in Kii Channel, near Kobe, of the Turkish frigate "Ertogrul," with 687 lives, 1890. Count von Waldersee, Allied Generalissimo, reached Hongkong, 1900. Biots at Kumchuk, Kwangtung, 1900.

Tues. 9:0

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Bat.

2*2* *

11

12

Count von Waldersse reached Shanghai, 1900.

13

14

24

15

Sun.

25

Mon.

Tues.

27

Wed.

28

Thur.

Frid.

* **** *

16

17

18

19

29

20

20

21

Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.

U. §. brig “Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macso,

many thousands of lives lost, 1874.

H.M.8. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1888. Piratical attack on the German barque "Apenrade," near Macao, 1889. The Satsuma rebels in Japan routed with great slaughter, their leader, Smigo, killed, and the insurrection suppressed, 1877.

17th after TrinITY. Daring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing Lok Street, Hongkong, by armed robbers, 1878. Arrival of Governor Sir Henry A. Blake in Hongkong, 1608. Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1884.

Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.

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

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, 1941.

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