1st 15th
THE CALENDAR FOR 1929
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
6h. 15m.
...
SUNSET 6h. 11m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1927
1928
6h. 20m.
5h. 59m.
MOON'S PHASES
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Mean
79.6
80.1
...
70.9
71.1
...
...
74.8
75.1
XV
BAROMETER, 1928, AT SEA LEVEL
5.420 inches
d.
h.
m.
New Moon
First Quarter...
3
6
19 A.M.
Mean
11
2
5
A.M.
Full Moon
18
8
6
P.M.
1927
Last Quarter
25
4
21 P.M.
...
DAYS OF DAYS OF
WRKK MONTH
3 & 9 MOONS
Tues.
1
20
32-4
Wed. Thurs.
923
30
1
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon. Tues.
2
LO SO
700
00
8
Wed.
Thurs.
10
Fri.
11
9
Satur.
12
10
Sun.
13
11
Mon.
14
Tues.
15
Wed.
16
456
12
13
14
Thurs.
17
15
Fri.
18
16
Satur.
19
17
Sun.
20
18
Mon.
21
19
Tues.
22
20
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
21
2 22 23
23
* 24 25
25
23
26
24
27
25
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
2 23
28
26
29
27
30
28
2288
Thurs.
31
29
...
...
...
30.03 inches
RAINFALL
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKASLE EVENTS
1928 0.435 inch
The Hongkong Daily Press started, 1857. 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 H.E. Sir R. E. Stubbs to assume the Governorship, 1919.
Tamsni bombarded by French, 1884. Piracy of s.s. Ningshin near Wenchow, 1924, Serious riot at llongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok, 1893. Withdrawal of British steamers from West River, 1900. Chiuese National Assembly inaugurated, 1910.
Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Terrible fire at Amoy, 1902. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1894. Canton-Kowloon Railway opened for through traffic, 1911. Founda- tion-stone of new wing to the Tung Wah Hospitai, Hongkong, laid by H.E. The Governor to commemorate the Hospital's Jubilee, 1920.
French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Voeux, 1887. Marshal Tsao Kun elected President of China, 1923. 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.H. Prince Alfred visited Peping, but not received by the Emperor, 1869. Great public meeting at Ilougkong to consider increase of crime iu Colony, 1878. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peking, 1901. Hougkoug Legislative Council passed a Bill to prevent trading with the eneiny, 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 Russia11; 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 banks in l'eping suspended payment, 1910. Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by the
Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfn, 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 Tsit- sihar, resulting in many deaths, 1916. Sun Yat Sen's troops give battle to Merchants Volunteer Corps, causing much loss of life and destruction of property in Canton, 1924. St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British str.
'Greyhound," 1885.
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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 dainage 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, Ĥ.M. ships "Columbine” and Fury," 1849. Hongkong Legislative Council voted $100,000 to the Prince of Wales' National Relief Fund, 1914. Arms and anmmunition consigned to India by Germans discovered at Shanghai, 1915.
King Chulalongkorn of Siam died, 1910. Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang deserts Wu Pei-fu, takes
possession of Peping, 1924.
Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 844. 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, Colouial 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. Great battle at Shanhai-
kuan between Fengtien and Chihli forces, 1924.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Sir R. E. Stubbs, Governor of Hong-
kong, leaves for Home, 1925.
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