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THE CALENDAR FOR 1903

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MARCH-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

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

Ch. 02m.

1901

1902

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

6h. 08m.

Maximum

.78.7

79.5

Minimum

.54.5

53.7

Mean

.63.7

68.1

MOON'S PHASES

d.

h.

111.

BAROMETER, 1902.

First Quarter

7 3

20

A.M.

Mean.....

30.03

Full Moon

13

8

19

P.M.

List Quarter

21

10

14

A.M.

1901

RAINFALL

New Moon

29

9

32

A.M.

1.275 inches

1902 0.480 inches

Du« or Days or ¦ 2 and 3

MOSTH Mooxs

CHRONOLOGy of Remarkable EvenTS

18 IN LENT, S. David's Day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-

war, 1885.

First Duteh Embassy left China, 1657.

5 Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Ts% Kuang Po, 1591.

1-

Emperor Kwang Hsu assumes the government, 1889.

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

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

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

2nd is LENT. Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1898. Russo-Chinese

Manchurian Convention signed, 1902.

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

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, 1866,

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

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

Chinese Custom House closed at Macno, 1849.

8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi with great slaughter, 1842 New Law Courts at Yokohama opened, 1800. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank at Peking burnt down, 1900,

Sen.

1

3

Mon.

2

4

Tues.

Wel.

Thur.

Friel.

6

Sat.

9

8

10

Mon.

9

11

Tu.

10

12

Waal.

11

13

Thur.

12

14

Frid. 13

15

Sat.

14

16

Sen.

15

17

Mon. 16

18

Tues 17

Wel 18

20

Thur. 19

21

Frid. 20

22

Mt.

21

23

22

24

Mon.

23

25

Tur

24

26

WAL 25

27

Thur. 26 Friel. 27

28

Great Flood at Foochow, 1874.

29

St.

28 30

SD.

29

1

1...

30

2

Tiits. 31

3rd is LENT, Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1867,

Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, I260,

19 | 8. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794.

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Ediet 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,” frst free-truder, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.

4TH IN LENT. Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885,

Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. Aguinaldo captured by the Americans

In the Philippines, 1901.

First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1801. Attempted assassination of

Li Huy - lăng at Shimonoseki, 1845.

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

in Canton, 18:30).

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

China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1897.

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

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

Abolition of the coolie trade at Macao, 1974. Arrival of

Connaught in Hongkong, 1800,

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