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THE CALENDAR FOR 1913
SEPTEMBER–30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
.....8h. 07m,
6h. 39m.
1911
1912
15th ............6h. 01m.
6h. 25m.
Maximum
...86.1
85.5
Minimum
.74.4
75.5
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
...81.1
79.6
d.
h. in.
New Moon
1
4
38
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1912
First Quarter
7
9
06
P.M.
Mean.........
.29.82
Full Moon
15
8
46
P.M.
Last Quarter
23
8
30
P.M.
New Moon
30
0
57
P.M.
1911
6.215 inches
RAINFALL
1912
3.880 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 8 and 9
WEEK MOSTH
MOONS
Mon.
1
1
Tues. 2
2
ลง
Wed. 3 Thur.
3
4
Frid.
5
5
Sat.
6
10 CO
6
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
78 9
9
Wed.
10
10
Thur. 11
11
Frid. 12
Sat.
13
Sun.
231
12
13
14
14
Mon.
15
15
Tues. 16
16
Wed. 17
17
Thur. 18
18
Frid. 19 Sat.
19
20
20
Sun. 21
21
Mon.
22
Tues. 23
23
Wed. 24
22 2
Thur.
25
Fri.
26
Sat.
27
Sun.
28
Mon.
Tues.
**** 2 8
25
26
27
28
29
29
1
19
24
CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable EventS
Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, died of the wounds inflicted by an assassin, 1970. 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. Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1984. Death of To Tsung-tang at Foochow, 1985, Anglo-Chinese Commercial 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.
16TU AFTER TRINITY Aftack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.
Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867. H.I.H. Prince Tsai Hsun visits Hongkong, 1909.
Floods near Swutow
Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859.
reuddering a million people destitute, 1911. Riots in Szechuan to protest against the use of foreign capital for railway construction, 1911.
Riot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property in Shameen, 1983. British gunboat “Wasp" left Singapore for Hongkong and seen no more. 1887. 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,
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, 1871. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891. Funeral ›f Emperor Matsuhito, 1912.
17TH A FER TRINITY. Chinese transport Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores; upwards
of 370 lives lost. 1987. Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 184. 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
Kobe, of the Turkish frigate “Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1890.
Allied Generalissimo, reached Hongkong, 1900. Typhoon at Hongkong the most diens-
trous in the Colony's history, 1906, Riots at Kumchuk, Kwangtung, 1900.
18th after TrixITY. Count von Walderseercached Shanghai, 1900, Sir Robert Hartdied, 1911. Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.
Terrifle typhoon in Hongkong and Mação, Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association
U. S. brig "Lubra” taken by pirates, ¡901, many thousands of lives lost, 1874. inaugurated 1904, H.M.S. “Rattler” lost of Japan, 1868, Piratical attack on the Germun barque "Apenrade,” near Macao, 1869. The Satsuma rebels in Japan ronted 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.
Arrival of Governor Sir Henry A. Blake in Hongkong, 1899. Jubilee of Dr. A. II. Graves'
missionary labomis at Canton celebrated, 1906,
Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1934.
Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840, Lord Kitchener in Hongkong, 1909.
19th after TRINITY. Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887. Death of Hon. Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889. H. A. L.
Lydia wrecked near Hainan Strait, 1910,
Michaelmas Day. H 'rricane at Manila, causing imunense damage to shipping, 1865, 8. 8. “Charterhonse” fouudered in a typhoon off Hainan Head, 70 persons drowned 1906.
All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841.) §. 8. “H-iesho" sank striking after
A mine in Pechili Gulf, 1905.
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