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THE CALENDAR FOR 1907
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st.. 15th....
.....6h. 16m.
6h. 10m.
1905 1906
.6h. 11m.
5h. 57m.
Maximum.
.80.4
81.0
Minimum
..72.0 71.1
Mean...
.75.9
75.6
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
m.
New Moon
7
6
21
P.M.
First Quarter
14
6
02
P.M.
Full Moon
21
5
16
P.M.
Last Quarter 29
3
51
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1906
Mean....
29.98
1905
RAINFALL
1906
1.830 inches
1.320 inches
Bars Of Days of 8 & 9
WEEK MONTH
MOONS
Tues.
1
21
The
Wed.
Thur.
01 0
2
25
3
26
Frid.
27
Sat.
5
28
Sun.
Mon.
-1 >>>
6
29
7
1
Tues.
00
8
2
Wed.
9
3
Thur. 10
4
Frid. 11
5
Sat.
12
Sun. 13
∞ 1-
в
Mon.
14
8
Tues. 15
9
Wed. 16
10
Thur. 17
11
Frid. 18
12
Sat.
19
13
At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, a scheme
of reconstruction was approved, 1892,
Sun.
20
Mon. 21
Tues.
22
Wed.
23
Thur.
24
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
26
Mon. 28
27
28 7* ***
*** ** ** ** 2*Z
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
CHRONOLOOT OF DEMARKABLE EVESTH
Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine. 1987. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897.
Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1984.
Serious riot at Hongkong. 1984. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok
1993. Withdrawal of Brit sh steamers from West River, 1990.
Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1834. Terrible fire at Amoy, 1:02. Typhoon at
Hongkong, 1994.
French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1966. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Des Vœux, K.C.M.G., 1887. Lin Kung-yi, Viceroy of the Liang-kiang, died at Nauking, 1902. 19TH AFTER TRINITY. Hongkong Government agreed to lend the Viceroy of Wuchang
£1,100,000 to repurchase from an American syndicate the Canton-Hankow railway con cession, 1925, H. R. II. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1869, Great public meeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1973. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peking, 1991. Supplementary Treaty signed at the Bogue, 1948. French landing party at Tamsui repulsed, 1884. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of Hongkong, 1894. Battle of Shaho (Russo-Japanese War) commenced, ended 25th in disastrous defeats of Russians; casualties 45,800 Russian ; 15,879 Japanese, 194. Shanghai captured, 1541. Chinhai taken, 1841. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Railway, 1994, 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, 1934. 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, 1981. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872.
20TH AFTER TRINITY, Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1341. First railway in Japan officially openedby the Mikado, 1872. Állies capture Paotingfu, 1900. “Flora Temple lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1959.
** H unkow ' burnt at her wharf, Hongkong, 75 deck passengers perishing, 1903, Explosion on the Chinese trooper "Kungpii," loss of 500 lives, 1895. Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1966.
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British. str. "Greyhound," 1885. Tao Mu, Viceroy at Canton, died, 1902.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1881.
21ST AFTEN TRINITY. Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882. The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1877.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1969. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875 ·
Death, at Saigon, of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-China, 1997,
59 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, 1962. Sir Claude Macdonald leaves Peking, succeeded by Sir E. Satow, 1900. Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1894.
22ND AFTER Trinity.
1
22
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1991. Attempted insurrection
at Canton, 1895. Prince Adalbert of Prussia visited Hongkong, 1901. American Missionaries and a child at Lienchow, 1905.
Massacre of four ·
Tues
29
23
Wed. 30 Thur.
31
25
Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1868. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1889. Talienwan and Kinchow taken by
the Japanese, 1894.
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