14
SUNRISE
THE CALENDAR FOR 1914
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNSET
6h. 37m.
1st............6h. 18m.
15th............6h. 04m. 6h. 32m.
MOON'S PHASES
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
Maximum
Minimum
Mean
1912 1913
.74.9
75.8
.65.6 67.7
69.9 71.2
d. h.
111.
BAROMETER, 1913
First Quarter 4 3
41
A.M.
Full Moon
10
9
28
P.M.
Last Quarter 17
3
52
P.M.
New Moon
25
7
22
P.M.
Mean......
.29.03
1912
RAINFALL
3.995 inches
1913 2.175 inches
DAYS OF WEEK
DAYS OF 3 and 4 MONTH MOONS
Wed.
1
6
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
5
10
ප පණ 1
Mon.
11
Tucs.
12
Wed.
8
13
1
Thur. 9
14
Frid. 10
15
Sat.
11
Sun.
12
17
556
16
Mon.
13
Tues.
Wed. 15
Thur. 16 Frid. 17
Sat.
3 32 32 3
14
21
18
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18
19
20
22
Sun.
Mon. 20
Tues.
Wed.
Thur. 23
Frid.
2 222 **
19
21
* *** *
24
25
26
27
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Werl.
Thur.
9353 88
25
1
26
2
27
3
28
29
5
30
6
23
28
29
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
The port of Hoihow, Hainan, opened, 1876. The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu and Ichang opened, 1877. B. N. Borneo adopted the Straits Settlements currency, 1905. French flag hoisted at Kwang-chat-wan, 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at Hong-
kong, 19:0.
Tai On pirated between Hongkong and Kongmoon, 1913.
Protocol arranging the preliminaries of peace between France and China signed at Paris, 1855. The Tsarevitch and Prince George of Greece arrived in Hongkong, 1891. PALM SUNDAY. Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1847. Wheelbarrow Riot at Shanghai, 1897. Attempt to destroy with dynamite the Prince Regent's Palace at Peking, 1910.
Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission
of Europeans into the city of Canton within two months, 1842.
Hongkong Mint opened, 1866. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheelbarrow
Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1993.
Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1586 Chinese Parliament inaugurated 1913.
Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed and 10,000 lives lost, 1878. Tartar
General at Canton assassinated. 1911.
GOOD FRIDAY. 37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1788. Death at Peking of Marquis
Tseng, 1590.
EASTUR DAY.
Presentation of colours to Hongkong Regiment, 1805. Russian flagship Petropavlorsk sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, nearly every man drowned, including Adiniral Makaroff, 1904.
Soldiers' Club opened at Honghong, 1900, Imperial Palace, Seoul, destroyed by fire,
1004. Alions given the right to own land in Japan, 1910,
S. Framers Xavier left Gon for China, 1552. Riots at Changsha, 1910,
British Flag hoisted at Taipohu, Kowloon New Territory, 1899, Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy amived in Hongkong, 1872. Junk Bay Flour Mills, Hongkong, suspended operations, 1998.
Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Execution at Kowloon city of nineteen pirates (including “Namoa” pirates), 1891. Treaty of Peace between China and Japan signed at Shimonoseki, 1895.
Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences signed at Tientsin, 1885. The 0. & 0. steamer ** San Pablo wrecked near Turnabout, isss. One-fourth of the opium divans at Shanghai closed, 1968. Town of Wagima, Japan, destroyed by fire, cb40.
1ST AFTER Easter. 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. Arrival of Governor J. Pope Hennessy in Hongkong, 1877. Opening of new commercial port of Heungchow near Macao, 1909O.
S. GEORGE'S DAY. P. M. steamer dia wrecked near Foochow, 1911.
Cap-
ture 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 Bailway cut at Shanghai, 1905
2ND AFTER EASTER Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884.
Contract for Quintuple Loan of £25,000,000 signed at Peking, 1913.
Appointed by Chinese Government a Day of Prayer for Christian Churches, 1913. Ratifications of Corean Treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy Council for Japan constituted by Imperial decree, 1888. Sir F. D. Lugard laid foundation stone of Hongkong Seamen's Institute, 1909.
Battle of the Yalu (Russo-Japan War); Russians defeated with great slaughter, 1901 Arrival of Geueral Grant in Hongkong, 1879.
Chinese Imperial Ediet issued disranking Roman Catholic missionaries, 1908.
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