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THE CALENDAR FOR 1905

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

SUNRISE

SUNSET

1st

.....6h. 07m.

6h. 39m.

15th ................................6h. Olm.

6h. 25m.

Maximum

Minimum

Mean

1903

·

1904

.82.9

85.0

...75.8

76.3

..78.6 80.2

MOON'S PHASES

d. h. m.

Barometer, 1904

First Quarter Full Moon

6 0 09 P.M.

Mean

.29.88

1.4

2

10

A.M.

Last Quarter 22 New Moon

6

13

AM.

29

5

59

1903 16.535 inches

RAINFALL

1904 9.770 inches

A.M.

Days of Days or, 8 and 9

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

WEEK

MONTH MOONS

Frid.

1

3

Sat.

ล

4

346

5

8

Wed.

·

8

Thur.

7

9

Frid.

8

10

Sat. 9

11

Sun. 10

12

Mon. 11

Tues. 12

13

14

Wed. 13

15

Thur. 14

16

Frid. 15

17

Sat.

16

18

Sun. 17

19

Mon. 18

20

Tues. 19

21

Wed. 20

22

Curoxology 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.

11TH AFTER TRINITY, 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. 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., 1801. Sir James Mackay's Treaty with China signed, 1902. Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.

Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1967.

Bir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859.

12til after TRINITY. Riot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property on Shameen, 1883. British gunboat "Wasp" left Singapore for Hong- kong and seen no more, 1887.

Public meeting of foreign residents at Yokohama to protest against proposed new

Treaty with Japan, 1800.

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,

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.

13TH AFTER TRINITY. The battle of the Yalu, in which the Chinese were defeated by the

Japanese, losing five vessels, 1804.

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Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 1889. Loss in Kii Channel, near Kobe, of the Turkish frigate Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1890. Count von Waldersee, Allied Generalissimo, reached Hongkong, 1900.

Riots at Kumchuk, Kwangtung, 1900,

23 Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai, 1930.

Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.

U. 8. brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao, many thousands of lives lost, 1874. Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association inaugurated 1904.

14TH AFTER Trinity.

the German barque routed with great suppressed 1877.

H.M.S. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1888. Piratical attack on “Apenrade," near Macao, 1888. The Satsuma rebels in Japan slaughter, their leader, Saigo, killed, and the insurrection

Daring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing Lok Street, Hongkong, by armed robbers,

1878. Arrival of Governor Sir Henry A. Blake in Hongkong, 1898.

Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.

Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.

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

Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889.

Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1866. All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841.

Thur. 21

Frid.

Sat.

23

.Sun.

24

7**** 6

22222 2

24

25

26

Mon.

25

Tues.

Wed-

Thur.

Frid.

:Sat.

* *****

27

26

28

27

29

28

30

29

1

30

2

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