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THE CALENDAR FOR 1902

xiii

MARCH-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st............6h. 23m.

6h. 02m.

1900

1901

15th.... ......6h. 10m.

6h. 08m.

Maximum

..74.4

78.7

Minimum

...49.7

54.5

Mean

...61.7

63.7

MOON'S PHASES

d.

h. m.

BAROMETER, 1901.

Last Quarter 2

6

16

A.M.

Mean......

.30.14

New Moon

9

10

27

P.M.

First Quarter 16

5

50

P.M.

1900

RAINFALL

Full Moon

23

10

58

P.M.

3.020 inches

1901 1.275 inches

DAYS OF

DAYS OF 1 and 2

CHRONOLOGY or Remarkable Events

WERK

MONTH

MOONS

Sat.

1

22

Sun.

2

23

Mon.

3

24

Tues.

4

25

St. David's Day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885,

3rd is Lent. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.

Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Ta Kuang Po, 1891.

Emperor Kwang-su assumes the government, 1839.

Wed.

сл

5

26

Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Aniaral, 1849,

Thur.

6

27

Frid.

7

28

Sat.

8

29

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

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

Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1898.

Sun.

9

30

4TH IN LENT. Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.

Mon. 10

1

Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and

Chinhai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842.

Tues. 11

2

Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1806.

Wed. 12

3

Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner, 1841.

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

Thur. 13

Frid. 14

4

Chinese Custom House closed at Macao, 1849.

8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi with great slaughter, 1642

Law Courts at Yokohama opened, 1890. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank at Peking burnt down, 1900,

New

Sat. 15 Sun. 16

6

Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1985.

Mon. 17

Tues.

18

Wed.

19

Thur.

20

Frid.

21

Sat.

Sun.

23

Mon. 24

Tues. 25

Wed. 26 Thur. 27

Frid.

Sat.

Sun. 30

Mon.

31

7- 2222

* 2*2** ** ** 2887

9

10

11

12

6TH IN LEST, Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.

St. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.

Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839. Chungking

declared open to foreign trade, 1891.

Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.

•

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

British ship “Sarah,” first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.

13

Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H. B. M. Minister to China, 1885.

14

PALM SUNDAY. Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. Aguinaldo captured by

the Americans in the Philippines, 1901.

15

16

18

19

20

21

First Section of Manila-Dagupan milway opened, 1891. Attempted assassination of

Li Hung-chang at Shinorioseki, 1885.

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

in Canton, 1839.

17 Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.

Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1879. Protocol of Convention between

China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.

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

Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.

Easter Day. Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., 1889.

Abolition of the coolie trade at Macao, 1874. Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of

Connaught in Hongkong, 1890,

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