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THE CALENDAR FOR 1927
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th
6h. 17m.
6h. 3am
1
925
1926
6h. 05m.
...
6h. 43.
Maximum Minimum Mean
70.0
72.9
...
...
61.8
66.1
...
***
65.2 68.9
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1926, AT SEA LEVEL
New Moon
2
12
24
P.M.
Mean
29.92 inches
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
9
8
21
A.M.
17
11
35
...
A.M.
25
...
6
21 A.M.
1925 7.935 inches
RAINFALL
1926 17.165 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF WEEK MONTH
2 & 3 MOONS
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Fri.
1
29
Satur.
2
1
Sun.
3
2
Mon.
3
Tues.
Wed.
ما
Thurs.
Fri.
980
7
Satur.
8
Sun.
10
9
Mon.
11
10
Tues.
12
11
Wed.
13
12
Thurs.
14
13
Fri.
15
14
Satur.
16
Sun.
17
55
15
16
Mon.
18
17
Tues.
19
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri,
2 22 2
18
20
19
21
20
22
21
Sat.
23
Sun.
24
22
22
23
Mon.
25
24
Tues.
26
25
Wed. Thurs.
27
26
28
27
Fri. Satur.
888
29
28
20
29
5
29 XN
8888
The port of Hoihow (in Hainan) opened, 1876. The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu and Ichang opened, 1877. B.N. Borneo adopted the Straits Settlements currency, 1905. Dowager Empress of Japan died, 1914. French flag hoisted at Kwang-chau-wan, 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at Hong
kong, 1900.
"Tai On" pirated between Hongkong and Kongmoon, 1913.
1891.
Protocol arranging the preliminaries of peace between France and China signed at Paris, 1885. The Tsarevitch and Prince George of Greece arrived in Hongkong,
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. ́H.R.H, The Prince of Wales visits Hongkong for two days on his way to Japan, 1922.
Hongkong Mint opened, 1866. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheelbarrow
Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1913.
Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886. Chinese Parliament inaugurated 1913. Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed and 10,000 lives lost, 1878. Tartar
General at Canton assassinated, 1911.
PALM SUNDAY. 37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738. Death at Peking of Marquis
Tseng, 1890.
Presentation of colours to
Hongkong Regiment, 1895. Russian flagship "Petropavlovsk" sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, nearly every man drowned, includ- ing Admiral Makaroff, 1904.
Soldiers' Club opened at Hongkong, 19: 0. Imperial Palace, Seoul, destroyed by fire,
1904. Aliens given the right to own land in Japan, 1910.
S. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552. Riots at Changsha, 1910.
GOOD FRIDAY. British Flag hoisted at Taipohui, Kowloon, New Territory, 1899. Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Junk Bay Flour Mills,. Hongkong, suspended operations, 1908.
EASTER SUNDAY. Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Execution at Kowloon oity of 19 pirates, including "Namoa" pirates, 1891. Treaty of Peace between China and Japan signed at Shimonoseki, 1895.
EASTER MONDAY. Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences sigued at Tientsin, 1885. The O. & O. steamer "San Pablo" wrecked near Turn- about, 1888. One-fourth of the opium divans at Shanghai closed, 1908. Town of Wagima, Japan, destroyed by fire, 1910,
The Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1839. 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, 1909. Bank of China authorised to issue $3,000,000 in subsidiary notes,
1915.
S. GEORGE'S DAY. P. M. steamer "Asia" wrecked near Foochow, 1911.
1ST AFTER EASTER. Chinese Imperial Edict issued disranking Roman Catholic mission--
aries, 1908. Capture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonkin, by the French foroes, 1882. First sod of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway cut at Shanghai, 1905.
Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884. Contract for Quintuple
Loan of £25,000,000 signed at Peking, 1913.
A crowded public meeting in Hongkong demands éxclusion of Germans from the Colony
after the War, 1917.
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. Daring piracy on the s.s. "Tai On" off Kai Au, 1914, Battle of the Yalu, Russo-Japan War: Russians defeated with great slaughter, 1904. Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1879,