THE CALENDAR FOR 1932
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st 15th
6h. 17m.
SUNSET 6h. 38m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
...
1930
1931
DIO
6h. 03m.
6h. 43mı.
Mean Maximum
77.4
75.0
...
...
MOON'S PHASES
Mean Minimum
... 70.6
67.8
d.
h.
m.
Mean
73.5 70.9
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
6
21 A.M.
14
11
15
A.M.
1930
RAINFALL
1931
21
5
27
A.M.
...
Last Quarter...
27
11
14 P.M.
2.100 inches
8.920 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF
WEEK
MONTH
2 & 3 MOONS
Fri.
1
Satur.
2
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
5
Wed.
Thurs.
7
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
10
Mon.
11
Tues.
12
Wed.
13
XI
26
23
27
2 223
28
29
339
30
1
N
3
667
00
=2
20
20
223
25
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
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-chan-wan, 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at Hong-
kong, 1900.
1ST AFTER EASTER. "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 Peiping, 1910.
Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission of Europeans into the city of Canton, 1842. H.R.H, The Prince Wales visits Hong- kong, 1922. Chinese raid Soviet Embassy at Peiping, 1927.
Hongkong Mint opened, 1866. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheel- barrow Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1913. Sir Henry Gollan, chief justice of Hongkong, left for Home, 1930.
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.
2ND AFTER EASTER. 37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738.
31
Presentation of colours to Hongkong Regiment, 1895. Russian flagship "Petro- pavlovsk sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, nearly every man drowned, including Admiral Makaroff, 1904. Arrival of Currency Commission, appointed in England, to solve the Hongkong "Low dollar" problem, 1931. Soldiers' Club opened at Hongkong, 1900. Imperial Palace, Seoul, destroyed by fire, 1904. Aliens given the right to own land in Japan, 1910. H.M.S. "Tern" fired on by Szechuanese troops and Catholic Mission looted at Hankow, 1929. Shipping com- panies advised to get water elsewhere than Hongkong, 1929.
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. King Alfonso XIII of Spain abdicated, 1931,
3RD AFTER EASTER. Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871.
Execution at Kowloon city
of 19 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. Town of Wagima, Japan, destroyed by fire, 1910. Inaugural ceremony of Chinese National Government at Nanking, 1927.
The "Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830. The
Tsarevitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
Resignation of Shanghai Municipal Council, 1897. Canton-Kowloon Railway train
derailed near No. 3 tunnel between Taipo and Shatin: 9 Chinese killed, 1931.
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.
ST. GEORGE's Day. P. M. steamer “ Asia" wrecked near Foochow, 1911.
4TH AFTER EASTER. Chinese Imperial Edict issued disranking Roman Catholic mission- aries, 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 War Memorial Nursing Home, Hongkong, laid, 1930.
Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884. Contract for Quintuple Loan of £25,000,000 signed at Peiping, 1913. II. R.H. the Duke of Gloucester arrived in Hongkong for a short visit, 1929.
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. Bloodless Coup in Canton, Governor fled to Hongkong, 1931.
Thurs.
14
Fri.
15
10
Satur.
16
11
Sun.
17
12
Mon.
18
13
Tues.
19
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
≈ 22 2
14
20
15
21
16
22
17
Satur.
Sun.
225
23
18
24
19
Mon.
25
25
Tues.
26
21
Wed.
Thurs.
28
27
28
Fri.
Satur.
28
29
24
30
25