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THE CALENDAR FOR 1909

xix

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st......6h. 07ın,

6h. 39m.

1907

1908

15th .... .......6h. 01m.

6h. 25m.

Maximum ...............85.1

85.7

Minimum

.76.6

77.3

MOON'S PHASES

Mean

.80 6

80.9

d. h. 11'.

Last Quarter

7

3 11

A.M.

New Moon

14

11

09

P.M.

First Quarter 23

2

31

A.M.

Full Moon

29

9

05

P.M.

Barometer, 1908

Mean.........

.29.86

1907

RAINFALL

19.456 inches

1908 13.720 inches

Days of Days or | 7 and 8 WEEK MOXTI MOONS

21

22 22

**** *

23

24

28

29

1

2 3

6

458 78✪✪

CHRONOLOGY OF RAMARKABLE EVENTS

Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, died of the woun is inflicted by an assassin, 1870. Foundation stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890. Chinese Imperial Decree published announcing a decision to grant Constitutional Government.

Arrival of the “Vega at Yokohama, after having discovered the North-East Passage, 1879. Kiaochau declared a free port, 1898. Japanese occupied Lios-yang, capturing vast stores of ammunition and provisions, 1804.

Hongkong Plague proclamation revoked, 1804. Disastrous floods at Shanghai, 1901. Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1964. Death of Tso Tsung-tang at Fouchow, 1885. Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty signed.

1902.

13TH AFTER TRINITY.

H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1860. Chinese Court left Hsianfu on the way to Peking, 1901. Assassination of Mr. McKinley President of the U.S.A., 1901. Sir James Mackay's Treaty with China signed, 1902. Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.

Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1837.

Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859.

Riot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property in Shameen, 1883. British gunboat "Wasp' left Singapore for Hongkong and seen no more, 1897.

Public meeting_of_foreign_residents at Yokohama to protest against proposed new

Treaty with Japan 1890. Japanese flagship Mikasa foundered as the result of an explosion in Sasebo harbour, with a loss 599 men, 1905,

14th after TRINITY. Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hung-chang,

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, 1891.

New Convention between Germany and China ratifled at Peking, 1881.

The battle of the Yalu, in which the Chinese were defeated by the Japanese, losing five

vessels, 1804.

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, 15th after TriniTT. Allied Generalissimo, reached Hongkong, 1900. Typhoon at Hong- kong the most disastrous in the Colony's history, 1906. Riots at Kumchuk, Kwang- tung, 1900.

Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai, 1900. 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. H.M.8. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1833. Piratical attack on the German barque 'Apenrade," near Mieno, 183). The Satsuma rebels in Japan routed with Great slaughter, their leader, Saigo, killed, and the insurrection suppressed 1877. Bomb thrown at Chinese Commissioners when about to leave Peking for Europe, 1905. Paring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing Lok Street, Hongkong, by armed robbers, 1878. Arrival of Governor Sir Henry A. Blake in Hongkong, 1898. Jubilee of Dr. A. H. Graves' missionary labours at Canton celebrated, 1906. 16TH AFTER TRINITY, Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834. Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.

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

Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1880.

Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1865. 8. 8. "Charterhonse" foundered in a typhoon off Hainan Head, 70 persons drowned,

1906.

All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841. S. 8. Hriesho sank after striking

a mine in Pechili Gulf, 1905.

Wed.

1

17

Thur.

2

18

Frid.

Sat.

* 3

19

20

Sun.

Mon.

Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

789

25

Frid.

10

26

Sat.

11

27

Sun.

12

Mon.

13

Tues.

14

Wed.

15

Thur.

16

Frid.

17

Sat.

18

Sun. 19

Mon. 20

Tues.

21

Wed. 22 Thur. 23

Frid.

Sat.

9

10

24

11

25

Sun. 26 Mon.

Tues. 28

Wed. 29

Thur.

* *** 2 8

12

13

27

14

15

16

30

17

285

23 4 4 22 872* *