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THE CALENDAR FOR 1912
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st
....6h. 16m.
6h. 10m.
1910
1911
15th..
.....6h. 11m.
5h. 57m.
Maximum
.79.7 78.2
MOON'S PHASES
Minimum
.72.0 70.8
d. h. m.
Mean
.75.3 74.3
Last Quarter 4 4
48
A.M.
Barometer, 1911
New Moon
10
9
41
P.M.
Mean....
.30.03
First Quarter
18
10
06
P.M.
1910
RAINFALL
Full Moon
26
10
30 P.M.
0.045 inches
1911 5.685 inches
DAYS OF Date of 8 & 9
WERK
MONTH
Tues.
Wed. Thur.
W 19
2
23
22X
MOONS
21
The
22
Frid.
4
24
Sat.
5
25
Sun.
26
Mon. Tues.
7
00
283
27 28
Wed.
9
29
Thur.
Frid.
11
Sat.
Sun.
0123
1
33
Mon.
14
Tues.
15
Wed.
16
Thur.
17
10 to 1- 00
Frid. 18
9
Sat. 19
10
Sun. 20
11
Mon. 21
12
Tues. 22
13
Wed. 23
14
Thur. 24
15
Frid. 25
16
Sat. 26
17
Sun. 27
18
Mon.
28
19
Tues. 29
20
Wed. 30
21
Thur.
31
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CHRONOLOGY of RemarkablK EVENTS
Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892.
Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897. British section, Canton-Kowloow Railway opened, 1910. Confucius born, B.C. 562. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884. Serious mot at Hongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok, 1893. Withdrawal of British steamers from West River, 1980. Chinese National Assembly Langurated, 1910.
Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Terrible fire at Amoy, 1802. Typhoon at
Hongkong, 1894. Canton-Kowloon Railway opened for through traffic, 1911. French expedition left Chetoo for Corea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Des Voux, 1887. Lau Kung-yi, Viceroy of the Liang-kiang, died at Nanking, 1902. 1811 AFTER TRINITY. Hongkong Government agreed to lend the Viceroy of Wuchang £1,100,000 to repurchase from an American syndicate the Canton-idänkow rauway concession, 1905. H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Em- peror, 1869.
Great public meeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1878, Chinese Court left haitengiu on its way to Peking, 1901.
Supplementary Treaty signed at The Hague, 1848. French landing Hongkong, 1894. repulsed, 1884. Death of Lady Robinson, wife of the Governor of party at Tamsui Battle of Shaho, Russo-Japanese War commenced, ended 25th in disastrous defeats of Russians; casualties 45,500 Russian; 15,879 Japanese, 1904. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Rail- way, 1888. Wreck off the Pescadores of the Norwegian stf, "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. & U. str. Bokhara,"
with loss of 125 lives, 1892.
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The first Chinese merchant str. (“Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with passengers to establisha Chinese firm there, 1881. Outbreak of revolution in China at Wuchung, 1911. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872. Eight Chinese buuks in Peking suspended payment, 1910.
IUTH AFTER TRINITY, Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by the Mikado, 1872. Ailies capture Paotingfu, 1900. “Flora Templet” lost in the Chua dea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board, 1859. "Hankow" burnt at her wharf, Hongkong, 75 deck passengers perishing, 1906.
Explosion on the Chinese trooper " Kungpai,” loss of 500 lives, 1895.
Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1866.
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British
str. "Greyhound, " 1885. Ano 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, 1861. Japanese Government
welcomed American Battleship Fleet, i90S
20TH AFTER 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, 1869. Cosmopolitan Dock opened, 1875.
Death at saigon of M. Filippini, Governor of Cochin-Cnina, 1837.
58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains. Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine and
**Fury," 1849.
King Chulalongkorn of Siam died, 1910.
Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
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. Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1894.
21ST AFTER TRINITY. Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurrection at Canton, 1895. Prince Adalbert of Prussia visited Hongkong, 1904. Mass.cre of four American Missionaries and a child at Lienchow, 1905. Prince Ito assassinated at Harbin, 1009. Hon. Mr. W. D. Barnes, Colonial Secretary of Hong- kong, died suddenly whilst playing polo, 1911.
Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II.” blown up at Macao, 1850,
Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894. Chinese Govera-
ment welcomed American Battleship Fleet at Amoy, 1903.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1569. Talienwan and Kinchow taken by
the Japanese, 1894.
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