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THE CALENDAR FOR 1909

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MARCH-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st............Ch. 46m.

6h. 25m.

1907

1908

15th

6h. 33m.

6h. 31m.

Maximum

..68.4

65.9

Minimum

.59.7

7.50

Mean

.63.8

61.2

MOON'S PHASES

d. h.

ni.

Barometer, 1908.

Full Moon

7 10 56

A.M.

Mean.....

.30.09

Last Quarter

15

11

42

A.M.

New Moon First Quarter 29

22 4

11

A.M.

0

49

A.M.

1907

0.335 inches

RAINFALL

1908

0.765 inches

Days of Dats op. 2 and 2

WERK

MONTH MOONS

Mon

1

10

Tues.

11

Wed.

12

Thur.

13

Frid.

14

Sat.

6

15

Sun.

7

16

Mon.

8

17

Tues. 9

18

Wed. 10

19

22 NX

Thur.

20

Frid. 12

21

Sat.

13

22

Sun.

14

23

Mon. 15

24

Tues. 16

25

Wed. 17

26

Thur. 18

27

Frid. 19

28

Sat.

20

29

Sun.

21

30

Mon. 22

Tues.

23

Wed.

21

Thur.

25

Frid.

Sat.

Sun

* **888 =

Mon.

Tues.

Wed. 31

** ** **8- ~~

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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.

Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Tsz Kuang Po, 1891. Emperor Kwang Hsu assumes the government, 1889.

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

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

2ND IN LEXT._Departure of Governor Sir J. P. Hennessy from Hongkong, 1862. Kongmoon

opened to Foreign trade.

Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1808. 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. The Japanese aimy 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 Canton as a prisoner, 1841

Capture of Bacninh, by the French, 1884.

3RD 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 Horgkong for Ceylon, 1865,

Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 18€8. Japanese Diet resolved to nationalise the railway. China released the Japanese str. Tatsu Moru at Canton, 1908.

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

Formosa, 1906.

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

open to foreign trade, 1801.

Governor Sir G, Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848.

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

4TH IN LEST. British ship “Sarah,” first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.

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

left Peking for Home, 1968

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.

Li Hung-chang at Shimonɔsekí, 1895.

Attempted assassination of

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

in Canton, 1830.

Great flood at Foochow, 1974.

Newchwang placed under Russian martial law,

Protocol of Convention

between China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887.

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

5T IN LENT. 20,289 chests of opíum burned by Lin at Canton, 1889,

Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.

Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., 1883. Chinese Regiment at Weihaiwei disbanded. Cantonese resolved on a boycott of Japanese products which lasted through- out the year, 1908

Abolition of the coolie trade at Macao, 1874, Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Con-

naught in Hongkong, 1890.