THE CALENDAR FOR 1930
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APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st 15th
...
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6h. 16m. 6h. 04m.
SUNSET 6h. 38m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1928
J929
6h. 43m.
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Mean
75.5
76.5
...
67.8
67.8
...
...
70.9
71.2
...
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
11.
First Quarter
6
7
25
P.M.
Mean
...
BAROMETER, 1929, AT SEA LEVEL
30.00 inches
Full Moon
13
1
48
P.M.
Last Quarter...
21
6
8
A.M.
New Moon
29
3
8
A.M.
1928 4.105 inches
RAINFALL
1929 1.540 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF
3 & 4
WEEK MONTI
MOONS
Tues.
1
3
Wed.
2
Thurs.
3
5
Fri.
6
Satur.
5
Sun.
Mon.
7
9
Tues.
Wed.
co a
10
11
Thurs.
10
12
Fri.
11
Satur.
12
=2
13
14
Sun.
13
15
Mon.
14
16
Tues.
15
17
Wed.
16
18
Thurs.
17
19
Fri.
18
Satur.
Sun. Mon.
Tues.
19
227 2
20
21
22
17
Co ∞
20
20
21
22
2 23 2
24
1Q
2
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
The port of Hoihow (in Hainan) opened, 1876. The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu and lchang 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.
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 Peping, 1910. 5TH IN LENT. Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the adinission 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 Wheel-
barrow 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.
37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738. Death at Peping 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 Adiniral Makaroff, 1904.
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PALM SUNDAY. 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.
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, includ- ing "Namoa" pirates, 1891. Treaty of Peace between China and Japan signed at Shimonoseki, 1895.
GOOD FRIDAY. Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences signed at Tientsin, 1885. The O. & O. steainer "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.
EASTER DAY.
EASTER MONDAY. 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.
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.
1ST AFTER EASTER. Appointed by Chinese Government a Day of Prayer for Christian
Churches, 1913.
Ratifications of Corean Treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy Council of Japan constituted by Imperial decree, 1888. Sir F. D. Lugard laid foundation-stone of Hongkong Seamen's Institute, 1909. Daring piracy on the 8.8. "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.
Wed.
23
25
Thurs.
24
26
Fri.
25
27
Satur.
26
28
Sun.
27
29
Mon.
28
30
Tues.
Wed.
88
29
30