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THE CALENDAR FOR 1931
SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st 15th
6h. 05m. 6h. 10m.
SUNSET 6h. 41m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
6h. 28m.
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum
1929 1930 85.4 83.7
Mean
77.8 81.2 79.4
76.4
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MOON'S PHASES
d.
b.
m.
BAROMETER, 1930, at SEA LEVEL
Last Quarter
5
3
21 P.M.
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Mean
29.87 inches.
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New Moon
12
12
26 P.M.
First Quarter Full Moon
19
4
37 A.M.
1929
RAINFALL
..
27
3
45 A.M.
10.795 inches
1930 28.245 inches
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DAYS OF DAYS OF
WEEK
MONTH
7 & 8 MOONS
Tues.
1
19
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
N
20
21
22235
LO SO
23
2223
24
25
26
25
ง
00
27
888
Thurs.
10
28
Fri.
11
29
Satur.
12
Sun.
13
2
Mon.
14
Tues.
15
Wed.
16.
Thurs.
17
6
Fri.
18
7
Satur.
19
8
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
22 2
20
9
21
10
22
11
Wed.
4
CO
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23
12
24
13
Thurs.
13
Fri.
25
14
Satur.
26
15
Sun.
27
16
Mon.
28
17
Tues.
Wed.
8888
29.
18
80%
19
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Foundation-stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890. Chinese Imperia. Decree published announcing a decision to grant Constitutional Government. Extenl sive floods in Shantung, 1914. Appalling earthquake, 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 fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1884.
Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty signed, 1902.
14TH AFTER TRINITY. H.R. H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1860
Chinese Court left Hsianfu on the way to Peiping, 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 Rnd Fengtien factions, 1924.
Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867. H.1.H. Prince Tsai Hsun visits Hongkong, 1909.
Naval raid on Bias Bay, 50 houses destroyed, 1927.
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. Full water supply to all distucts in Hongkong stopped, 1928.
Japanese flagship "Mikasa" foundered in Sasebo harbour, 1905. Sir Robert Hart died,
1911. Rider main districts restricted to 2 hours per day Hongkong, 1928. JEWISHI NEW YEAR. Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hung-
chang, 1876.
15TH AFTER TRINITY. 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 Yalu, in which the Chinese were defeated by the Japanese, losing five
vessels, 1894.
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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. 16TI AFTER TRINITY,
Typhoon at Swatow, 1891. Piracy of
Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai 1900. "Delhi Maru," pirates led by woman, 1929. 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. Swatow captured by "Reds," children shot in the streets, 1927.
U. S. brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. many thousands of lives lost, 1874. inaugurated 1904.
Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao, Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association
H.M.S. “Rattler" lost off Japan, 1868. Piratical attack on the German barque "Apenrade," near Macao, 1869. The Satsuma rebels in Japan 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. Piracy, of s.s. “Anking," 1928. 17TH AFTER TRINITY. Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840. Lord Kitchener in Hongkong, 1909. Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887. H.A.L. str. "Lydia”
wrecked near Hainan Strait, 1910.
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. 8.S. "Hsiesho" sank after striking.
amine in Pechili Gulf, 1905.
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