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THE CALENDAR FOR 1910
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st............6h. 18m.
6h. 37m.
1908 1909
15th...
....6h. 04m.
6h. 32m.
Maximum
....71.7
75.8
Minimum
.65.5
67.4
Mean
...68.5 71.1
MOON'S PHASES
λ.
h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1909
Last Quarter 3
8
48
A.M.
Mean
.29.95
New Noon
10
5
25
A.M.
First Quarter 16
10
04
P.M.
1908
RAINFALL
1909
Full Moon
24
9 23
P.M.
11.150 inches
2.455 inches
WEEK
DAYS OF DAYS oF | 2 and 3
MONTH MOONS
Frid.
22
Sat.
2
23
Sun.
3
24
Mon.
4
25
Tues. 5
26
Wed.
6
27
Thur. 7
28
Frid.
8
29
Sat.
9
30
Sun.
10
1
Mon.
11
2
3
Tues. 12
Wed. 13 Thur. 14
2 222
1 GN 20
67
8
Co
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
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, 1905. French Flag hoisted at Kwang-chau-wan, 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at
Hongkong, 19 0
1ST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER.
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 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, 1833. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheel
barrow Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1903. Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886.
Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed and 10,000 lives lost, 1878.
2nd Sunday after Easter. 37,000 Christians butchered in Japan, 1738. Death at Peking of
Marquis Tseng, 1890.
Presentation of colours to Hongkong Regiment, 1805. Russian flagship Petropavlovsk sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, nearly every man drowned including Adiniral Makaroff, 1904
Soldiers' Club opened at Honghong, 1900. Imperial Palace, Seoul, destroyed by fire, 1904
S. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552.
British Flag hoisted at Taipohu, Kowloon New Territory, 1899. Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Junk Bay Flour mills, Hongkong, suspended operations, 1908.
3RD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 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. One-fourth of the opium divaus at Shanghai closed, 1908.
The "Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830. The
Tsarevitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
Resignation of Shanghai Municipal Council, 1897,
East India Company ceased trade with China, 1834. Arrival of Governor J. Pope Hennessy in Hongkong, 1877. Opening of new commercial port of Hengchow near Macao, 1909.
S. George's Day.
4TH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. Chinese Imperial Edict issued disrauking Romau Catholic missionaries, 1908. 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
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. Sir F. D. Lugard lays foundation store of Hongkong Seaman's Institute, 1909.
Battle of the Ÿa'u (Russo-Japan War), Russians defeated with great slaughter, 1901 Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong 1879,
5
Frid. 15
6
Sat.
16
Sun.
17
Mon. 18
9
Tues.
Wed. 20 Thur. 21
Frid.
2222
19
10
11
12
13
Sat.
23
14
Sun
Mon. 25
23
24
15
16
Tues.
Wed.
&N
26
17
27
18
Thur.
28
19
Frid. 29 Sat.
20
30
21
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