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THE CALENDAR FOR 1904

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MARCH-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

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

6h. 02m.

1902

1903

15th.....

..........6h. 10m.

6h. 08m.

Maximum

...79.6

70.1

Minimum

.53.7 63.0

MOON'S PHASES

Mean

.68.1 66.3.

d.

h.

m.

Full Moon

2

10

48

A.M.

Barometer, 1903.

Last Quarter

9

9

01

A.M.

Mean........

29.99

New Moon

17

1

39

P.M.

First Quarter 25

5

37

A.M.

1902

RAINFALL

1903

Full Moon

31

8

44

P.M.

0.480 inches

2.655 inches

Date of Days of ❘ 1 and 2

Vm

MOTTH MOOKS

Tues.

15

Wed

16

CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable EVENTS

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

First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.

Thur.

17

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

Frid.

4

18

Emperor Kwang Hsu assumes the government, 1889.

Sat.

5

19

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

Sun.

6

20

Mon.

7

21

Tues.

22

Wed. 9

23

Thur. 10

24

Frid. 11

Sat.

Sun. 13

26

12

27

** ** * * 28

Mon.

14

28

Tues.

15

29

Wed.

16

30

Thur. 17

Frid.

18 量

Sat..

19

3

Sun. 20

Mon.

21

Tues.

Wed.

23

1

-

8RD IN LENT. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. 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. 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 as a prisoner, 1841,

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

4TH IN LENT.

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.

Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1885.

Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866.

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

Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1889. Chungking

declared open to foreign trade, 1891.

Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.

6TH IN LEXT. Wreck of the steamer “Nanzing," near Hongkong, 1891. British ship "Sarah,” first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1894.

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, 1891. Attempted assassination of

Lá Hung chung at Shimonoseki, 1895.

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

in Canton, 1839.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

26

Sun.

27

Mon.

28

Tues.

Wed. 30 Thur. 31

2272* * * ** ***

24

9

10

11

6th 18 LENT.

12

13

14

15

2346

Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chỉ, 1878. Convention between China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887. 20,239 chests of opium burned by Lin, 1889.

Protocol of

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

Connaught in Hongkong, 1890.

Great flood at Foochow, 1974.