THE CALENDAR FOR 1905
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th.....
....6h. 16m.
6h. 10m.
.6h. 11m.
5h. 57m.
Maximum....
Minimum
Mean
1903
1904
.......81.5
85.0
.72.2 76.3
.76.1 80.2.
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
m.
First Quarter 5
8
54
P.M.
Full Moon
13
7
03
P.M.
Last Quarter 21
8
51
P.M.
Now Moon
28
2
58
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1904
Mean......
..29.88
1903
RAINFALL
1904
1.660 inches
9.770 inches
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CHRONOLOGY OF RSMARkable EVENTS
15th after TRINITY. 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.
Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884.
Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok
1893. Withdrawal of Brit.sh steamers from West River, 1900.
Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Terrible fire at Amoy, 1909. Typhoon at
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 Colony, 1878. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peking, 1901.
16TH AFTER TRINITY. Supplementary Treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. French landing party at Tamsul repulsed, 1884. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of Hongkong, 1804.
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. Shanghai-Woosung Railway placed under Chinese control, 1904.
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,
44
Sun.
1
Mon. Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
7
Frid.
Sat.
7
Sun
10
1
Mon.
9
11
Tues. 10
12
Wed. 11
13
Thur.
12
14
Frid. 13
15
Sat.
14
16
Sun.
15
17
Mon. 16
18
Tues.
17
19
Wed.
Thur.
+
19
21
Frid. 20
22
Sat.
21
t
The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.
Sun.
24
Mon.
23
25
Tues. 24
26
Japanese cross the Yalu, 18904.
Wed.
Thur. Frid. 27
25
27
26
23
29
Sat. Sun.
28
2
Mon.
30
3
Tues.
31
4
18
20
2 2 72* *
*F - 227 * * ** **** *.
Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859. 17TH AFTER TRINITY. Explosion on the Chinese trooper "Kungpai," loss of 500 lives, 1895. Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1886.
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 schenis.
of reconstruction was approved, 1892.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861.
Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882.
1ST! AFTER TRINITY. H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1809. Cosmopolitan
·
Dock opened, 1875. Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1887. 58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine
and "Fury," 1849.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured by the Allies, 1882. Sir Claude Macdonald leaves Peking, succeeded by Sir E. Satow, 1900,
Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1804.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurrea-
tion at Canton, 1895. Prince Adalbert of Prussia visited Hongkong, 1904, 19TH AFTER TRINITY. Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850. Great fire in Hongkong, 1966. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Talienwan and Kinchow taken the Japanese, 1804.
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