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THE CALENDAR FOR 1906
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st.......6h. 18m.
Ch. 37m.
1904 1905
15th............6h. 04m. 6h. 32m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
.75.2 72.0
Minimum ..............................................67.8
63.7
Mean
............70.7 67.8
d. h. 111.
First Quarter
2
0 02
P.M.
Full Moon
9
2
12
P.M.
·
Last Quarter
16
4
36
PM.
24
0
06
A.M.
BAROMETER, 1905
Mean......
29.97
1904 1.905 inches
RAINFALL
1905
t.235 inches
New Moon
DATS OF Days or | 3 and 4 WEEK MONTI MOONS
CHRONOLOGy of RemarKABLE EVENTS
TH IN LEST The port of Hoihow, Hainan, opened, 1876. The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu and Ichang opened, 1877. B.N. Borneo adopted the Straits Set lenients currency, 1905
French Flag hoisted at Kwangchauwan, 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at
Hongkong, 19 -0.
Protocol arranging the preliminaries of peace between France and China signed at Paris, 1885. The Tsarevitch and Prince George of Greece arrive in Hongkong, 1891. Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1847, Wheelbarrow Riot at Shang-
hai, 1897.
Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Kl-ying for the admission
of Europeans into the city of Canton within two months, 1842. Hongkong Mint opened, 1868. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheel-
barrow Riot, 1897. Great powiler explosion at Canton, 1903.
PALM SUNDAY. Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886.
Terrifle tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed and 10,000 lives lost, 1878. 37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738. Death at Peking of Marquis Tseng, 1890.
GOOD FRIDAY. Presentation of colours to Hongkong Regiment, 1895. Russian flagship Petropaclock sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, „nearly every man drowned including Admiral Makaroff 1901 Soldiers' Club opened at Honghong, 1900. Imperial Palace. Seoul, destroyed by fire 1904 EASTIK DAT. S. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552.
Sun.
I
8
Mon.
2
9
Tues.
3
10
Wed. 4
11
Thur. 5
12
Frid. 6
13
Sat,
7
14
Sun.
8
15
Mon.
9
16
Tues. 10
17
Wed. 11
18
Thur. 12
19
Frid. 13
20
Sat.
14
21
Sun. 15 Mon. 16
22
23
Tues. 17
24
Wed. 18
25
Thur.
19
26
Frid. 20
Sat.
21
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
222 ***
27
28
29
23
30
24
I
25
2
Thur. 26 Frid.
Sat.
Sun, 29
Mon. 30
*** 8.8
3
27
28
6
7
Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong 1879.
British Flag hoisted at Taipohu, Kowloon New Territory, 1809. GovernorSir Arthur
Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872.
Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Execution at Kowloon city of nineteen pirates (including "Namoa" pirates), 1891, Treaty of Peace between China and Japan signed at Shimonoseki, 1895.
Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences signed at Tientsin, 1885.
The O. & O. steamer "San Pablo" wrecked near Turnabout, 1888,
The "Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830. The
Tsarewitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
Resignation of Shanghai Municipal Council, 1897.
Low SUNDAY. East India Company ceased trade with China, 1834. Arrival of Governor
J. Pope Hennessy in Hongkong, 1877.
S. George's Day.
Capture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonkin, by the French forces, 1882. Departure of Sir William Marsh, acting Governor of Hongkong, 1887. First sod of the Shanghai- Nanking railway cut at Shanghai 1995
Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884
Ratifications of Corean Treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy Council for
Japan constituted by Imperial decrec, 1888.
2ND AFTER EASTER. Battle of the Yalu (Russo-Japan War), Russians defeated with
great slaughter, 1904
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