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THE CALENDAR FOR 1907

xiii

MARCH-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

Hongkong TEMPERATURE

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

6h. 25m.

1905

1906

15th ...........6h. 33m.

6h. 31m.

Maximum

..61.8

65.9

Minimum

.56.3

58.1

Mean

.58.9

61.6

MOON'S PHASES

d.

12.

m.

BAROMETER, 1906.

Last Quarter

.30.12

7 4

42

P.M.

Mean.......

New Moon

14

2

05

P.M.

First Quarter 22

9

10

A.M.

1905

RAINFALL

1906

Full Moon

30

3

44

A.M.

11.485 inches

2.630 inches

WEEK

Молти

MOONS

Frid.

1

17

Sat.

2

18

Sun.

3

19

Mon.

4

20

Tucs.

5

21

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

8

Sat.

9

25

Sun. 10

26

Mon. 11

Tues.

12

Wed.

13

29

Thur.

14

Frid.

Sat.

16

Sun.

17

Mon.

18

Tues.

Wed. 20

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

23

Sun.

24

Mon.

25

Tues. 26

Werl.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun. 31

2o 1 * 22 *** * * * * *285

2

DAYS OF Days of 1 and 2

67

CHRONOLOGY of Remarkable Events

S. David's Day. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men of war, 1885. First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.

3rd. IN LENT. Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Taz Kuan

Po, 1891.

Emperor Kwang Hsu assumes the governinent, 1889.

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

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

23

22 2* * *2

24

7823

Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1852. Kongmoon opened

to Foreign trade.

Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1898.

Convention signed, 1902.

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

Russo-Chinese Manchurian

4th IN LENT, Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the_English in Ningpo and Chinl ai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842. The Japanese army after a sanguinary battle lasting several days occupied Moukden, and pursued the retreating Russians whose losses in the battle were estimated at 20,000, 1905. Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866.

Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canter as aj risener, 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, 1865.

Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1806.

4

6th IN LENT. S. Patrick's Day. Lord Macartney's Embassy left Chins, 1794.

earthquake in Formosa, 1906.

Severe

5

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

open to foreign trade, 1891.

19

6

Governor Sir Q. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.

7

Wreck of the steamer “**

'Nanzing,” near Hongkong, 1891.

8

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

22

9

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

10

Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1439. Aguinaldo captured by the Americans

in the Philippines, 1901.

11

12

13

PALM SUNDAY. First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891. Attempted

assassination of Li Hung-chang at Shimonoseki, 1895.

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

in Canton, 1839.

Great flood at Foochow, 1974. Newchwang placed under Russian martial law.

27

14

Death of the widow of the Emperor Tung-chi, 1873.

Protocol of Convention

between China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1897.

15

20,280 chests of opium burned by Lin at Canton, 1839.

16

17

18

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

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

of Connaught in Hongkong, 1890.

Digitized by

oogle

1893.