THE CALENDAR FOR 1917
SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
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SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st 15th
6h. 06. ..6h. 10m.
6h. 40m.
1915
1916
6h. 27m.
Maximum
..85.4
84.7
Minimum
.76.9
76.6
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
80.9
80 5
d.
h.
Full Moon
1
8
28
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1916
Last Quarter
Mean
..29.80
8
3
05
P.M.
New Moon
16
6
27
P.M.
1915
RAINFALL
First Quarter
24
1
41
P M.
5.715 inches
1916 10.520 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 7 & 8
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
WEEK
Moxrn
MOONS
Satur.
1
15
Sun.
16
Mon.
17
Tues.
19
Wed.
5
19
Thurs.
6
20
Fri.
7
21
22
Satur.
8
238
23
Sun.
9
Mon.
10
2
Tues.
11
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25
Wed.
12
26
Thurs.
13
27
Fri.
14
28
Satur.
15
29
Sun.
16
1
Mon.
17
2
18
3
Tues.
Wed. Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
19
22
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Sun.
23
30
Mon.
24
9
Tues.
Wed.
"Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Foundation stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890. Chinese Imperial Decree published announcing a decision to grant Constitutional Government. Exten- 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 Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1864.
Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty signed, 1902.
Chinese Court left Hsianfu President of the U.S.A.,
H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1860.
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. Helena May Institute, Hongkong, opened, 1916.
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. Death of Sir Claud MacDonald, former Minister at Peking and Tokio, 1915.
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, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891. Funeral of Emperor Mitsuhito, 1912,
Chinese transport "Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadorcs, 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
Kobe, of the Turkish frigate “Ertogrul,” with 567 lives, 1890.
Typhoon at Hongkong, the most disastrous in the Colony's history, 1906.
Allied Generalissimo reached Hongkong, 1900. Riots at-Kumchuk, Kwangtung, 1900.
Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai, 1900. Sir Robert Hart died, 1911. Typhoon at
Swatow, 1891.
Chinese Govt. sizued 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, 1886. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao, many thousands of lives lost, 1874. Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association inaugurated 1904. Prize Court in Hongkong condemned II.A.L. “Frisia" captured by H.M.S. Triumph", 1914.
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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 i surrection suppressed, 1877. Bomb thaown 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.
Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840. Lord Kitchener in Hongkong, 1909. Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887.
3 35 2 3
25
10
26
11
Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.
27
12
28
13
29
14
30
15
wrecked near Hairan Strait, 1910.
H. A. L. Lydia"
MICHAELMAs Day, Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1865. S.S. "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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