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THE CALENDAR FOR 1908

OCTOBER-31 DAYS

SUNSET

SUNRISE

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

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

MOON'S PHASES

d. h.

m.

Last Quarter 3 2

14

P.M.

Full Moon

10

5

03

A.M.

First Quarter 17 New Moon

11

35

A.M.

25

2

47

P.M.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1906

1907

Maximum....

Minimum

Mean

...81.0 83.4

..71.1 75.4

..75.6 79.0

Barometer, 1907

Mean..........

.29.96

1906

RAINFALL

1907

1.320 inches

8.965 inches

DAYS OF DAYS or 8 & 9

WEEK MONTIL

MOONS

Thur. 1

77

2

8

9

Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

01 ∞

.

10

11

Tues. 6

12

Wed. 7

13

Thur. 8

14

Frid.

9

15

Sat. 10 Sun. 11 Mon.

12

16

17

19

Tues. 13 Wed. 14

19

20

Thur.

15

21

Frid. 16

Sat.

17

23

Sun.

18

24

19

25

Tues.

20

26

Wed. 21 Thur. 22

27

28

23

24

Mon.

2222* 2 **** 8 8

* **** * ** ***

Frid. Sat. Sun. 25 Mon. Tues 27 Wed. 28

26

285

29

30

1

A W 2

3

4

CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable Events

The "Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1992. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897.

Confucius born, B.C. 582. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1984.

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

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

10TH AFTER TRINITY. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884.

1802. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1894.

Terrible fire at Amoy

French experlition left Chefoo for Corea, 1886. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Des Voeux, K.C.M.G., 1987. Liu Kung-yi, Viceroy of the Liang-kiang, died at Nauking, 1902.

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

from an American syndicate the Canton-Hankow railway concession, 1905," 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.

Supplementary Treaty signed at the Bogue, 1848. 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, 1904. 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,

17TH AFTER TRINITY. 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, 1900. ** Flora Templet" lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859. Hankow burnt at her wharf, Hong- kong, 75 deck passengers perishing, 1908.

隐隐

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Explosion on the Chinese trooper “Kungpai," loss of 500 lives, 1895.

Khanghon, in Corea, tåken by the French, 1866.

St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British str. "Greyhound," 1885. Tao Mù, Viceroy at Canton, died, 1902.

18TH AFTER TRINITY. At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London

and China, a scheme of reconstruction was approved, 1802. Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861.

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

The Shanghai and Woosung railway closed by the Chinese Government, 1977. H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869. 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.

Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.

19TH AFTER TRINITY. Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844. Kahding recaptured by the Allies, 1862. Sir Claude Macdonald leaves Peking, succeeded by Sir E. Satow, 1900.

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

Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurrection at Canton, 1895. Prince Adalbert of Prussia 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, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1994.

Thur. 29 Frid.

5

30

6

Sat.

31

7

the Japanese, 1894.

H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1569. Talienwan and Kinchow taken by

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