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THE CALENDAR FOR 1909
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st............6h. 18m.
6h. 37m.
1907 1908
15th............6h. 04m. 6h. 32m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
72.9
71.7
Minimum
.65.7 65.5
Mean
.6).2 68.5
d.
h.
m.
Full Moon
4
28
A.M.
Last Quarter 13 10 3)
P.M.
New Moon
20
0
51
P.M.
4
39
P.M.
First Quarter 27
DAYS OF Days or | 2 and 3
WEEK
MONTH | Moors
14
Thur.
11
Frid.
12
Sat.
3
13
Sun.
Mon.
CT
5
15
Tues.
6 !
16
Wed.
7
1
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
10
Sun. 11 Mon. 12
∞ BONE
8
18
9
19
20
21
22
Tues.
Wed. 14
Thur. 15 Frid. 16
** ** N
* *22* ***
Sat.
17
27
Sun.
18
28
Mon. 19
29
Tues. 20
13
23
21
25
26
Wed. Thur.
21
123
BAROMETER, 1908
Mean....
..20.94
1907
RAINFALL
11.755 inches
1908 11.150 inches
CHRONOLOGy of Remarkable EveNTB
The port of Hoihow, Hainan, opened, 1873. The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu and Ichang opened, 1877. B.N. Borneo adopted the Straits Settlements currency, 1903, French Fing hoisted at Kwangehanwan, 1893. Belilios Reformatory opened at
Hongkong, 1990.
PALM SUNDAY. Protocol arranging the preliminaries of peace between Frvis? and China signed at Paris, 1885. The Tsarevitch and Prince George of Greece arrive in Hongkong, 1891. Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1847. Wheelbarrow Riot at Shanghai,
1897.
Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admissiɔn
of Europeans into the city of Canton within two months, 1842.
Hongkong Mint opened, 1833. Indignition Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheel
barrow Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1903. Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1888.
Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed and 10,000 lives lost, 1878. 37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1739. Death at Peking of Marquis Tseng, 1830. EASTER SUNDAY,
Presentation of colours to Hongkong Regiment, 1805. Russian flagship Petropavlovsk sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, nearly every min drowned 'including Admiral Maxuroff, 1904
Soldiers' Club opened at Honghong, 190). Imperial Palace. Seoul, destroyed by fire, 1974
S. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552,
British Flag hoisted at Taipohu, Kowloon New Territory, 1899. Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Junk Bay Flour mills, Hongkong, suspended operations, 198,
Execution at Kowloon city of
GOOD FRIDAY. Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871.
nineteen pirates (including “Namna" pirates), 1891. Treaty of Peace between China and Japan signed at Shimonoseki, 1895.
1st after EastER. Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences signed at Tientsin, 1885. The 0.1& O. steamer “San Pablo" wrecked near Turnabout, 1838. One-fourth of the opium divans at Shanghai closed, 1908.
The "Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830. The
Tsarevitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
Resignation of Shanghai Municipal Council, 1897.
East India Company ceased trade with China, 1834.
Hennessy in Hongkong, 1877.
Arrival of Governor J. Pope
Chinese Imperial Edict issued disranking Roman Catholic missionaries 1908.
2nd After EasTER. Capture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonkin, by the French forces, 1882. Departure of Sir William Marsh, acting Governor of Hongkong, 1887. First sod of the Shanghai-Nanking railway cut at Shanghai 1905
Frid. 23 Sut.
4
S. George's Day.
24
5
Sun. 25
6
Mon. Tues. Wed. 28
26
27
GN
8
9
Thur.
29
10
Frid.
30
11
Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong 1879.
Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884
Ratifications of Corean Treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy Council for
Japan constituted by Imperial decree, 1888.
Battle of the Yalu (Russo-Japan War), Russians defeated with great slaugh-
ter, 1901