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THE CALENDAR FOR 1905

MARCH-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st............6h. 46m.

6h. 25m.

1903 1904

15th.....

....6h. 33m. 6h. 31m.

MOON'S PHASES

Maximum

.70.1

67.0

Minimum

.63.0

60.3

Mean

..66.3 63.2

d. h.

m.

BAROMETER, 1904.

New Moon

6 1

19

P.M.

Mean........

.30.00

First Quarter 14

4

59

P.M.

Full Moon

21

0

56

P.M.

1903

RAINFALL

Last Quarter

28

5

35

A.M.

2.655 inches

1904 3.755 inches

WEEK

DAYS OF Days of ❘ 1 and 2

MONTH MOONS

Wed.

1

26

Thur.

27

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.

Frid.

28

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

Sat.

29

Emperor Kwang Hsu assumes the government, 1889.

Sun.

5

30

Mon.

6

1

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

1849. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English,1841.

Tues. 7

2

Wed. 8

3

Thur. 9

4

Frid. 10

5

Sat. Sun.

11

12

67

7

Mon. 13

8

Tues. 14

9

Wed. 15 Thur.

10

16

11

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

Kongmoon opened to Foreign trade.

ASH WEDNESDAY. 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.

1ST IN LEXT. Imperial Cominissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a

prisoner, 1841 ; Capture of Bacninh, Tonkin, by the French, 1884.

8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi with great slaughter, 1842 New

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

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

Chinese Envoy l'ing and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 186O.

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

Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1859. Chungking-

declared open to foreign trade, 1891,

Frid. 17

Sat.

18

Sun. 19

Mon.

20

Tues.

21

Wed.

22

Thur. 23

Frid.

24

Sat.

Sun. Mon.

Tues.

Wedl.

25

27

29

26

* *27** * * * * * 28 -

13

14

15

212 3 LD070 2 2 2 2 *** &

2ND IN LENT. Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.

Wreck of the steamer “Nanzing,” near Hongkong, 1891.

16

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

17

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

18

21

22

28

23

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

24

Thur. 30

25

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

Frid.

31

26

Abolition of the coolie trade at Macao, 1874.

Connaught in Hongkong, 1890.

Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of

19

20

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. Attcmpted assassination of

Li Hung-chang at Shimonoseki, 1895.

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

in Canton, 1839.

3RD IN LENT. Great flood at Foochow, 1874. Newchwang placed under Russian martial law.. Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1873. Protocol of Convention

between China and Portugal signed at Lisboň, 1887.

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