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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

I

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