THE CALENDAR FOR 1920
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
xvii.
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th
...6h. 15m.
6h. 12m.
1918
1919
...6h. 20m.
5h. 58m.
Maximum
...
...81.6
78.5
Minimum
...72.5
71.0
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
...
...
...76.4 74.2
d. h. m.
Last Quarter
5
8 54
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1919
New Moon
12
50
A.M.
Mean
30.00
...
First Quarter
20
8 29
A.M.
1918
RAINFALL
Full Moon
27
10
P.M.
0.050 inches
1919 4.695 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 8 & 9
WEEK
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
MONTH
01:00
MOONS
20
21
22
53
Mon.
23
Tues.
5
24
Wed.
6
25
a p
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
The Hongkong Daily Press" started, 1857; its Diamond Jubliee celebrated in 1917 with
publication of special souvenir number. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897. British Section, Canton-Kowloon Railway opened, 1910. Arrival in Hongkong of Sir R. Stubbs to assume the Governorship, 1919. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884. Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884.
Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok, 1893. Withdrawal of British steamers from West River, 1900. Chinese National Assembly Inaugurated, 1910.
Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Terrible fire at Amoy, 1902, Typhoon at
Hongkong, 1894. Cauton-Kowloon Railway opened for through traffic, 1911. French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1866.ˆ Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Vœux, 1887.
Hongkong Government agreed to lend the Viceroy of Wuchang £1,100,000 to repurchase from an American syndicate the Canton-Hankow railway concession, 1905. H.R.II. Prince Alfred visited Peking, but not received by the Emperor, 1869. Great public meeting at Hongkong to consider increase of crime in Colony, 1878. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peking, 1901. Hongkong Legislative Council passed a Bill to prevent trading with the enemy, 1914.
Supplementary Treaty signed at The Hague, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui repulsed, 1884. Battle of Shaho, Russo-Japanese War, commenced. Ended 25th in disastrous defeats of Russians; casualties 45,800 Russian; 15,879 Japanese, 1904. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841. Official inspection of Tientsin-Kaiping Rail·
way, 1888. Shanghai-Woosung Railway placed under Chinese control, 1904, Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the P. & O. str. “Bokhara,” with loss of 125 lives, 1892. Yuan Shih Kai inaugurated President of the Chinese Republic, 1913.
The first Chinese merchant str. (“Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with passengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881. Outbreak of revolution in China at Wuchang, 1911. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872. Eight Chinese bani s in Peking suspended payment, 1910. Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by the
Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfu, 1900.
Explosion on the Chinese trooper “ Kungpai,” loss of 500 lives, 1895.
Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1866. Train disaster between Harbin and
Tsitsihar, resulting in many deaths, 19 6.
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British str.
Greyhound," 1885.
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, 1908.
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. 58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine" and **Fury," 1849. Hongkong Legislative Council voted $100,000 to the Prince of Wales National Relief Fund, 1914. Arms and ammunition consigned to India by Germans- discovered at Shanghai, 1915.
King Chulalongkorn of Siam died, 1910.
Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 144. Kahding recaptured by
the Allies, 1862.
Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1894.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurrection at Canton, 1895. Prince Adalbert of Prussia visited Hongkong, 1904. Massacre of four American Missionaries and a child at Linechow, 1905. Prince Ito assassinated at Har- bin, 1909. Hon. Mr W. D. Barnes, Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, died suddenly whilst playing polo, 1911. Bomb thrown in Canton, killed 37 people, 1914. Note presented from the Powers to China advising the suspension of the monarchical
movement, 1915.
Portuguese frigate “D. Maria II.” blown up at Macao, 1850,
Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894. Chinese Govern.
ment welcomed American Battleship Fleet at Amoy, 1908. H. R. H、 Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869.
Japanese, 1894.
Talienwan occupied by the
Thurs. Fri.
1-00
298
26
Satur.
9
28
Sun.
10
29
Mon.
11
Tues.
12
Wed.
13
123
30
<12
Thurs.
14
Fri.
15
4
Satur.
16
Sun.
17
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
2 2 2 22
18
7
19
20
21
10
11
Satur.
Sun.
Mou.
Tues.
Wed.
RAR 85
23
12
24
13
25
14
26
15
27
16
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+
Fri.
Satur.
T
Sun.
389 2
28
17
29
30
22
IS
19
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