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THE CALENDAR FOR 1928
SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th
...
6h. 06m.
6h. 40m.
1926 1927
6h. 10m.
***
...
6h. 27m.
Maximum Minimum Mean
...
...
...
86.4
83.6
77.6
...
76.1
...
81.5
MOON'S PHASES
79.3
d.
h.
m.
Last Quarter
6
10
58
P.M.
...
Mean
New Moon
14
1
44
A.M.
First Quarter ...
22
3
21
A.M.
1926
Full Moon
...
29
1
6 P.M.
DAYS OF DAYS OF
WEEK MONTH
7 & 8 MOONS
BAROMETER, 1927, AT SEA LEVEL
...
...
17.300 inches
RAINFALL
Chronology of REMARKABLE EVENTS
29.88 inches
1927 6.165 inches
Satur.
1
18
Sun.
2
19
Mon.
3
20
Tues.
4
21
Wed.
Thurs.
22
23
66
LA CO
22 28
22295
Fri.
7
24
Satur. Sun.
8
26
c
283
28
Mon.
10
27
Tues.
11
Wed.
12
Thurs.
13
Fri.
Satur.
23
14
15
Sun.
16
1 4 2 ** 22 2
29
223
30
1
9238
5
LO SO
Mon.
17
Tues.
18
Wed.
19
Thurs.
20
7
Fri
Satur.
21
8
22
9
Sun.
23
10
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
25
24
* 248 2 3
11
2 343
25
12
26
13
27
14
15
29
16
30
17
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 Shantuug, 1914. Appalling eartbquake, followed by fire, wrought terrible havoc to life and property in Yokohama, Tokyo and surrounding districts, 1923. 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 fieets under Admiral Kuper, 1864.
Anglo-Cbinese 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.
Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891. War breaks out in China between
Chihli and Fengtien factions, 1924.
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. Chinese Government announces its intention to assume the administra tion of Russian Concessions and Russian Government property in China, 1920. 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 of 599 men, 1905. Sir Robert Hart died, 1911. 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.
Death of Sir John Jordan, in London, 1925.
New Convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1881.
The battle of the Yaln, 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
Kohe, 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.
Farewell parade of Hongkong Police Reserve, formed during the war, 1919.
Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai 1900. Sir Robert Hart died, 1911. Typboon 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. Appeal at Government House for $1,500,000 to meet inmediate needs of Hongkong University, 1919. Major Zanni, Ar- gentine aviator, reaches Hongkong, 1924.
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.
Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834.
Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840. Lord Kitchener in Hongkong, 1909.
Yellow Riverburst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887. H.A.L. str. "Lydia"
wrecked near Hainan Strait, 1910.
Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1865. S.S. “Charterhouse”
foundered in a typhoon of Hainan Head, 70 persons drowned, 1906.
All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fieet, 1841. S.S. "Hsiesho" sank after striking
a mine in Pechili Gulf, 1905.
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