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THE CALENDAR FOR 1906

OCTOBER-31 DAYS

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

CHRONOLOGY OF Pemarkable Events

SUNRISE

1st............6h. 16m. 6h. 10m.

15th............6h. 11m. 5h. 57m.

MOON'S PHASES

1904

1905

Maximum..

.85.0 80.4

Minimum

...76.3 72.0

Mean

...89.2

75.9

d.

h.

#1.

BAROMETER, 1903

Full Moon

2

8 48

P.M.

Mean..

....30.00

Last Quarter 10

11 39

P.M.

New Moon

18

6

43

A.M.

First Quarter 24

9

50

P.M.

1904 2.005 inches

RAINFALL

1905

1.830 inches

Dars of Days of¡ 8 &

WEEK MONTH MOONS

Mon.

1

Tues. Wed.

01 3

2

15

16

Thur.

4

17

Frid. 5

18

Sat.

6

19

Sun.

7

20

Mon.

8

21

Tues.

9

92

Wed. 10

23

Thur. 11 A 24

Frid. Sat.

12

13

26

Sun. 14

Mon. 15 Tues. 16

28

Wed. 17

Thur. 18

Frid. 19 Sat.

20

Sun. 21

Mon. 22

*** *** 897

** ** ***2- **-*

30

Tues. 23

6

Wed.

24

7

Thur.

25

8

Frid.

26

9

Sat.

27

10

Sun.

28

11

Mon.

29

12

Tues.

30

13

Wed.

31

14

The "Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Inauguration of Hongkong College of

Medicine. 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1807.

Confucius born, B.C. 582. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884.

1803.

Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok

Withdrawal of Brit sh steamers from West River, 1900. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Terrible fire at Amoy, 1902. Typhoon at

Hongkong, 1894.

French expedition left Chefoo for Cores, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887. lin Kung-yi, Viceroy of the Liang-kiang, died at Nanking, 1902.

Hongkong Governnient agreed to lend the Viceroy of Wuchang £1,100,000 to repurchase

from an American syndicate the Canton-Hankow railway concession, 1905. 17th after Trisity. H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 190D. Great public meeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1878. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peking, 1901. Supplementary Treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui repulsed, 1844. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of Hongkong, 1894. Battle of Shaho (Russo-Japanese War) co · menced, ended 25th in disastrous defeat of Ruwians; casualties 45,500 Russian ; 15,979 Japanese, 1904. Shanghai captured, 1941. Chinhai taken, 1841. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1899. Wreck off the Pescadores of the Norwegian str. "Norinand," with loss of all on board except two, 1892. Shanghai-Woosung Railway placed under Chinese control, 1904.

Bokhara,"

Lord Napier died at Macao, 1934.

with loss of 125 lives, 1802.

Wreck off the Pescadores of the P. & 0. str.“

The first Chinese merchant steamer (the "Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with

passengers to establish a Chinese firms there, 1881. Revolt in the Philippines, 1972.

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

the Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfu.

A

18TH AFTER Trixity, Flora Temple" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800

coolies on board, 1859.

Explosion on the Chinese trooper “Kungpai,” loss of 500 Ives, 1895.

Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1806,

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.

Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1901.

Terrific typhoon at Manila ; enormous damage to property, 1882. 197||

AFTER TRINITY. The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1977.

H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1969. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875

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

59 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships “Columbine

Köd “* Fury,” 1849.

Japanese cross the Yalti, 1894.

**

Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1944. Kahding recaptured by the Allies, 1902. Sir Claude Macdonald leaves Peking, succeeded by Sir E. Satow, 1900, Chin-llen-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1894.

20til after TrixITY. Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1991.

Attempted insurrection at Canton, 1895, Prince Adalbert of Prussis visited Hongkong, 1904. "Massacre of four American Missionaries and a child at Lienchow, 1905, 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, 1800, Talienwan and Kinchow taken by

the Japanese, 1894.