THE CALENDAR FOR 1928
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st 15th
6h, 16m.
SUNSET 6h. 38m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1926
1927
***
6h. 03m.
6h. 43m.
Maximum
72.9
71.6
***
Minimum
...
66.1
64.1
Mean
68.9
67.2
...
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1927, at Sea Level
Full Moon
5
4
2 A.M.
...
Mean
29.94 inches
...
Last Quarter...
13
32 A.M.
New Moon
20
5
48
A.M.
1926
RAINFALL
First Quarter...
26
10
5 P.M.
17.165 inches
1927 7.125 inches
Days of Days of 2 int, & 3}
WEEK MONTH MOONS
Sun.
1
11
Mon.
2
12
Tues.
3
13
Wed.
14
Thurs.
5
15
Fri.
16
Satur.
7
Sun.
8
Mon.
Tues.
10
Wed.
11
Thurs.
12
* * * 222
20
21
Fri.
13
23
Satur.
14
24
Sun.
15
25
*Mon. Tues.
16
17
Wed.
18
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE Events
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19
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26
27
28
28
20
12
11
PALM SUNDAY. The port of Hoihow (in Hainan) opened, 1876. The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu and Ichang opened, 1877. B.N. Borneo adopted the Straits Settle- ments currency, 1905. Dowager Empress of Japan died, 1914. French flag hoisted at Kwang-chau-wan, 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at Hong
*Tai On" pirated between Hongkong and Kongmoon, 1913.
kong, 1900.
Protocol arranging the preliminaries of peace between France and China signed at Paris, 1885. The Tsarevitch and Prince George of Greece arrived in Hongkong,
1891.
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.
GOOD FRIDAY. 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.
EASTER SUNDAY. Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886. Chinese Parliament in-
augurated 1913.
EASTER MONDAY. Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed and 10,000 lives
lost, 1878. Tartar General at Canton assassinated, 1911.
Presentation
37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738. Death at Peking of Marquis Tseng, 1890.
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, 1900. 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.
1st After EASTER, 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.
Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Execution at Kowloon city of 19 pirates, inolud- ing "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 O. & O. steamer "San Pablo" wrecked near Turnabout, 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, 1830. The
Tsarevitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
Resignation of Shanghai Municipal Council, 1897.
2ND AFTER EASTER. 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.
ST. GEORGE'S DAY. P. M. steamer "Asia" wrecked near Foochow, 1911.
Chinese Imperial Edict_issued disranking Roman Catholic missionaries, 1908.
Capture
of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonkin, by the French forces, 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 exclusion 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 Counoil for Japan constituted by Imperial decree, 1888. Sir F. D. Lugard laid foundation-stone of Hongkong Seamen's Institute, 1909. Daring piracy on thes.s. "Tai On" off Kai Au, 1974. 3RD AFTER EASTER. Battle of the Yalu, Russo-Japan War: Russians defeated with great
slaughter, 1904.
Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1879.
Thurs.
19
29
Fri.
Satur.
27
20
21
Sun.
22
Mon.
23
· Tues.
21
5
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
225
288
26
7
27
8
28
9
Sun.
Mon.
30
888
29
10