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THE CALENDAR FOR 1901

MARCH-31 DAYS

xiii

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st

....6h. 23m.

6h. 02m.

1899 1900

15th

...6h. 10m.

Ch. 08m.

Maximum

.80.1

74.4

Minimum

....52.8

49.7

Mean

.64.9

61.7

MOON'S PHASES

dl. 11. 111.

BAROMETER, 1900.

Full Moon

5 3

41

I'.M.

Mean....

30.07

Last Quarter 13

43

P.M.

New Moon

20

8

30

P.M.

1899

RAINFALL

1900

First Quarter 27

12

15

P.M.

0.315 inches

3.020 inches

DAYS OF DAYS OF

WEEK

MONTH

1 and 2 MOONS

CHRONOLOGY of RemaRKABLE EVENTS

Frid.

1

11

Sat.

2

12

Sun.

3

تت

13

Mon.

4

14

St. David's Day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.

2ND IN LENT. Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Tsz

Kuang Po, 1891.

Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1880,

Tues.

CT

15

Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.

Wed.

16

Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841.

Thur. 7

17

Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1882.

Frid.

18

Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1898.

Sat.

9

19

Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.

Sun. 10

20

Mon. 11

Tues. 12

Wed.

13

CO**

Wed. 20 Thur. 21

Frid. 22

Sat.

Sun. 24

Mon.

2 2 2 2 35

=

30-1

SONO DAN** 4 AN 88

Thur.

14

Frid. 15

25

Sat.

16

26

Sun. 17

27

Mon. 18

28

Tues.

19

29

21

22

23

.24

3RD IN LENT. Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English

in Ningpo and Chinhai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842 Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1860.

Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner, 1811.

Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.

Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.

8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi with great slaughter, 1842 New Law Courts at Yokolama opened, 1800, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank at Peking burnt down, 1990.

Governor Sir II. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865. Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1803.

4TH IN LEST. St. Patrick's Day.

Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.

surrender all opium in Canton, 1839. Chungking

Edict of Commissioner Lin to

declared open to foreign trade, 1891.

Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1845.

Wreck of the steamer "Nanzing," near Hongkong, 1891.

3

23

British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834. Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.D.M. Minister to China, 1885. Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.

5

5TH IN LENT. First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891.

assassination of Li Hung-chang at Shimonoseki, 1895.

Attempted

6

Tues. 26

7

Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.

Wed. 27

8

Thur. 28 Frid. 29

9

20,289 chests of opium burned by Lin, 1839.

10

Sat.

30

11

Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885. Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., 1883.

Sun.

31

12

PALM SUNDAY. Abolition of the coolie traile at Macao, 1874.

and Duchess of Connaught in Hongkong, 1890.

Arrival of the Duke

Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned

in Canton, 1839.

Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1873. Protocol of Convention between

China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1897.