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THE CALENDAR FOR 1904

OCTOBER-31 DAYS

SUNSET

SUNRISE

1st............5h. 53m. 5h. 47m.

15th............5h. 58m. 5h. 34m.

MOON'S PHASES

d.

h. m.

Last Quarter 2 9 52

P.M.

New Moon

9

1

25

P.M.

First Quarter

16

1

54

P.M.

Full Moon

24

6

56

P.M.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

Maximum..

Minimum

Mean

1902

1903

.86.3

81.5

.63.4 72.2

...76.7 76.1

Barometer, 1903

Mean......

.29.93

1902

RAINFALL

0.935 inches

1903 1.660 inches

DAYS OF Days or| 8

WEEK MONTH MOONS

Sat.

1

22

Sun.

2

Mon.

61 M

23

3

24

Tues.

25

Wed. Thur.

446

Frid.

7

Sat.

8

29

Sun.

9

1

Mon.

10

2

Tues. 11

Wed.

12

4

Thur.

13

Frid.

14

Sat.

15

Sun.

16

8

Mon. 17

9

Tues.

18

Wed. 19

Thur. 20 Frid.

21

Sat.

22

Sun. 23

Mon. 24 Tues. 25

Wed.

Thur.

Frid. 28

Sat. 29 Sun.

Mon.

31

* *** ** ** *** 287

10

* ** *** 2

26

27

28

788

Chronology »F Femarkable EventS

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.

18TH AFTER TRINITY. Confucius born, B.C. 682. Tamsul bombarded by French, 1884. Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok,

1893. Withdrawal of British steamers from West River, 1900,

Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Terrible fire at Amoy, 1902. Typhoon st

Hongkong, 1894.

French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1886. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887. Liu Kung-yi, Viceroy of the Liang-kiang, died at Nanking, 1902.

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 Colóny, 1878. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peking, 1901.

Supplementary Treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. French landing party at Tamsul

repulsed, 1884. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of Hongkong, 1894.

19TH AFTER TRINITY. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1888. 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.

Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.

Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by

the Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfu.

"Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859.

Explosion on the Chinese trooper “Kungpal,” loss of 500 lives, 1895.

20th after Trinity. Khanghoa, in Cores, taken by the French, 1866.

S. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British

str. "Greyhound," 1885. Tao Mu, Viceroy at Canton, died, 1902.

At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, a scheme

of reconstruction was approved, 1892.

11

Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1881.

12

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

13

14

15

16

17

26

18

27

19

20

21

30

22

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

H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1889. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875.

Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887.

21st AFTER TRINITY. 68 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M.

ships" Columbine” and “Fury,” 1849.

Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.

Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured by the Allies, 1802. Sir Claude Macdonald leaves Peking, succeeded by Sir E. Satow,

1900.

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

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

tion at Canton, 1895.

Portuguese frigate "D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1860. 22nd after Trinity, Great fire in Hongkong, 1866.

1894.

Fenghuang taken by the Japanese,

23

H.B.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869.

the Japanese, 1894,

Talienwan and Kinohow taken by