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THE CALENDAR FOR 1910

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

SUNRISE

1st....6h. 07m, 6h. 39m.

15th............6h. 01m. 6h. 25m.

MOON'S PHASES

1908

1909

Maximum

Minimum

Mean

..85.7 87.0

..77.3 78.5

809

82.2

d.

h. 11".

BAROMETER. 1909

New Moon

4

2

06

A.M.

Mean.......

.29.78

First Quarter 12

4

11

A.M.

Full Moon

19

0

52

P M.

Last Quarter

26

4

54

A.M

1908 13.720 inches

RAINFALL

1909

8.505 inches

19

DAYS OF DAYS OF 7 and 8

LO CO

789

WEEK MONTH

MOONS

Thur. 1

28

Frid.

2

29

Sat.

3

30

Sun.

4

1

Mon.

5

2

Tues.

6

3

Wed.

Thur.

5

Frid. Sat.

6

10

7

Sun. 11

8

Mon. 12 Tues. 13

9

10

Wed. 14

11

Thur. 15

12

Frid

16

13

Sat.

17

14

Sun.

18

15

Mon

19

16

Tues.

20

17

Wed.

21

18

Thur.

19

Frid.

23

20

Sat.

24

21

Sun. 25

22

Mon.

26

23

Tues, 27

24

Wed

28

25

Thur. 29

26

Fri.

30

27

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CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, died of the wounds 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 Lioa-yang, capturing vast stores of ammunition and provisions, 1904.

Hongkong Plague proclamation revoked, 1894. Disastrous floods at Shanghai, 1904. 15TH AFTER TRINITY. Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under

Admiral Kuper, 1×64. Death of Tso Tsung-tang at Foochow, 1885. Anglo-Chinese Com mercial Treaty signed, 1902.

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, 1867. H.I.H. Prince Tsai Hsun visits Hongkong, 1909. 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,

1887.

16TH AFTER TRINITY. Publicmeeting 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. 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 shore on Pescadores; upwards of 370 lives lost, 1887.

Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894.

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

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

vessels, 1894.

Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 1889. Loss in Kii Channel, near 17th after TRINITY. Kobe, of the Turkish frigate "Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1890. Allied Generalissimo, reached Hongkong, 1900. Typhoon at Hongkong the most disas-

trous in the Colony's history, 1906. Riots at Kumchuk, Kwang tung, 1800.

Count von Waldersec reached Shanghai, 1900. Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.

U.S. brig “Libra" taken by pirates, 1866. many thousands of lives lost, 1874. inaugurated 1904.

H.M.S.

CC

Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao, Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association

"Rattler" lost off Japan, 1868. Piratical attack on the German barque Apeurade," near Macao, 1869. 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. 18TH AFTER TRINITY. aring 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. Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.

Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840. Lord Kitchener in Hongkong, 1909.

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

Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889.

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

1906.

All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841. S. S. "Hsiesho" sank after striking

a mine in Pechili Gulf, 1905.