1926

THE CALENDAR FOR 1926
SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS
Sunrise Sunset
1st 6h. 05m. 6h. 41m.
15th 6h. 10m. 6h. 27m.
Moon’s Phases
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New Moon ... 7 1
First Quarter ... 15 12
Full Moon ... 22 4
Last Quarter ... 29 l
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45 p.m.
27 p.h.
19 A.M.
48 A.M.
Hongkong Temperature
1924 1925
Maximum 86.8 86.4
Minimum ... 78.6 77.2
Mean 82.2 81.4
Barometer, 1925
Mean 29.84
1924 Rainfall 1925
6.440 inches 9.940 inches
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Chronology of Remarkable Events
Foundation-stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890. Chinese Imperial
Decree published announcing a decision to grant Constitutional Government. Exten¬
sive Hoods in Shantung, 1914. Appalling earthquake, followed by Are, 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, 1864.
Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty signed, 1902.
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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.
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 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.
Farewell parade of Hongkong Police Reserve, formed during the war, 1919.
Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai 1900. Sir Robert Hart died, 1911. Typhoon 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 immediate 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 River burst 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 off Hainan Head, 70 persons drowned, 1906.
All the Bogue forts destroyed by the Britishfleet, 1841. S.S. “Hsiesho” sank after striking
amine in Pechili Gulf, 1905,