THE CALENDAR FOR 1915
SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st
....6h. 07m
6h. 39m.
15th
..6h. 11m. 6h. 25m.
MOON'S PHASES
d. h. m.
Last Quarter
1
10
57
A.M
New Moon
9
6
53
A.M.
First Quarter
16
3 21
P.M.
'Full Moon
23
5 35
P M.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1913
1914
Maximum
.84.7
85.4
Minimum
...76.7
76.2
Mean
..80 4
80.4
BAROMETER, 1914
Mean
29.693
1913
RAINFALL
1914
14.570 inches
19.980 inches
19
'DAYS OF DAYS OF' 7 and 8 WEEK MONTH MOONS
Wed. 1
22
Thur. 2
23
Frid.
21
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
25
34
LO CO
5
26
6
27
888
Tues.
Wed.
8
Thur.
30:00 ~]
7
28
29
9
1
Frid. 10
2
Sat. 11
Sun. 12
4
Mon. 13
5
'Tues. 14
6
Wed. 15
7
Thur. 16
8
iFrid. 17
9
Sat.
18
10
Sun. 19
11
Mon.
20
12
Tues. 21
13
Wed. 22
14
Thur. 23
15
Fri. 21
16
Sat.
25
Sun.
26
Mon.
Tues.
Wed. 29
Thur.
**** 2 :
17
18
27
19
28
20
21
30
22
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Foundation stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890. Chinese Imperiał Decree published announcing a decision to grant Constitutional Government. Exteu- sive floods in Shantung, 1914.
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, 1964.
Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty signed, 1902. 14TH AFTER TRINITY.
Chinese Court left Hsianfu President of the U.S.A.,
H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869.
on the way to Peking, 1901. Assassination of Mr. McKinley, 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. Floods near Swatow rendering 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, 1883. 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 mien, 1905.
15TH 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. Funeral of Emperor Mutsuhito, 1912.
Chinese transport "Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores, upwards of 370 lives lost, 1887.
Pingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894.
New Convention between Germany aud 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.
16TH AFTER TRINITY. Allied Generalissimo reached Hongkong, 1900. Typhoon at Hongkong, the most disastrous in the Colony's history, 1906. Riots at Kumchuk, Kwangtung, 1900.
Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai, 1900. Sir Robert Hart died, 1911. Typhoon at
Swatow, 1891.
Chinese Govt. signed a contract with Messrs. Samuel & Co., of London, for a loan of
$10,000,000 for the development of Hankow, 1914.
U. S. brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao, many thousands of lives lost, 1874. Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association inaugurated 1904. Prize Court in Hongkong condemned H.A.L. "Frisia” captured by H.M.S."Triumph", 1914.
H.M.S. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1868. Piratical attack on the German barque "Apenrade," 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.
Arrival of Governor Sir Henry A. Blake in Hongkong, 1898. Jubilee of Dr. A. H. Graves'
missionary labours at Canton celebrated, 1906.
17TH AFTER TRINITY. 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.
wrecked near Hainan Strait, 1910.
H.A.L. "Lydia"
Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1865. S. 8. 'Charterhouse" 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,
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