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THE CALENDAR FOR 1908
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st............6h. 18m.
6h. 37m.
1906 1907
15th......
..6h. 04m. 6h. 32m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
......72.5
72.9
Minimum
.06.1
65.7
Mean
.69.0
69.2
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n.
m.
New Moon
1
1
02
P.M.
First Quarter
9
0
31
A.M.
Full Moon
17
0
55
A.M.
Last Quarter 24
3
07
A.M.
New Moon
30
11
33
P.M.
Barometer, 1907
Mean....
.29.96
1906
RAINFALL
1907
9.700 inches
11.755 inches
Days of Days of | 2 and 3
WEEK
MONTH
Wed.
Thur.
Frid. Sat.
MOONS
1
234
* 2 2
3
4
Sun.
5
5
Mon. 6
6
Tues.
7
Chronology of Remarkable EvextO
The port of Hoihow, Hainan, opened, 1876. The ports of Pakhoi, Wenchow, Wuhu and
Ichang opened, 1877. B. N. Borneo adopted the Straits Settlements currency, 1805. French Flag hoisted at Kwangchauwan, 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at
Hongkong, 1990.
Protocol arranging the preliminaries of peace between France and China signed at Paris, 1885. The Tsarevitch and Prince George of Greece arrive in Hongkong, 1991. 5TH IN LENT. Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1847. WheelbarroW
Riot at Shanghai, 1897.
Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission
of Europeans into the city of Canton within two months, 1842.
Hongkong Mint opened, 1886. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheel
barrow Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1903.
Wed. 8
8
Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1888.
Thur.
9
9
Frid. 10
10
Sat.
11
11
Sun.
12
12
Mon. 13
13
Tues. 14
14
Wed. 15
15
Thur. 16
16
Frid.
17
17
Sat. 18
18
Sun. 19
19
Terrific 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. PALM SUNDAY.
Presentation of colours to Hongkong Regiment, 1895. Russian flagship Petropavlovsk
sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, nearly every man drowned including Adıniral Maxuroff, 1904
Soldiers' Club opened at Honghong, 1900, Imperial Palace. Seoul, destroyed by fire, 1904
8. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552,
British Flag hoisted at Taipohu, Kowloon New Territory, 1899. Governor Sir Arthur
Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872.
GOOD FRIDAY, Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. nineteen pirates (including "Namoa" pirates), 1891, and Japan signed at Shimonoseki, 1895.
Execution at Kowloon city of Treaty of Peace between China
Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences signed at Tientsin, 1885.
The O. & O. steamer **San Pablo" wrecked near Turnabout, 1888,
·
EASTER SUNDAY. The "Sir Charles F›rb24” t': first steamer in China waters, arrived,
1830. The Tsarewitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur. Frid. 24
Sat.
272 ***
20
20
21
21
23
25
272 22
Resignation of Shanghai Municipal Council, 1897.
East India Company ceased trade with China, 1834.
Hennessy in Hongkong, 1877.
Arrival of Governor J. Pope
23
S. George's Day.
24
25
Sun, Mon.
Tues. 28
Wed.
Thur.
& N NNN
26
27
28
29
22
26
27
29
30
1
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 1905 ̧
1st after EastEK. Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884
Ratifications of Corean Treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy Council for
Japan constituted by Imperial decree, 1888.
Battle of the Yalu (Russo-Japan War), Russians defeated with great slaugh-
ter, 1901
Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong 1879.
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