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THE CALENDAR FOR 1911
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st............6h. 18m.
6h. 37m.
1909 1910
15th............6h. 04m. 6h. 32m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
.75.8 73.9
Minimum
67.4 66.1
Mean
.71.1 69.6
d.
h.
111.
BAROMETER, 1910
First Quarter
6
1
55
I.M.
Mean...
.29.95
Full Noon
13 10
37
P.M.
Last Quarter 22 New Moon
2
36
A.M.
1909
RAINFALL
1910
29
6 25
A.M.
2.455 inches
3.725 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF | 3 and 4 WEEK MONTII MOONS
Sat.
3
Sun.
Mon.
5
Tues.
6
Wed.
Thur.
6
8
Frid.
7
Sat.
8
10
Sun.
9
11
Mon. 10
12
Tues. 11
13
Wed. 12
Thur. 13
15
Frid. 14
16
Sat.
15
17
Sun. 16
IS
EASTER SUNDAY.
Mon. 17
19
Tues. 18
20
Wed. 19
21
Thur. 20
22
Frid. 21
Sat.
22
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thur. 27
Frid.
Sat.
29
Sun. 30
*** *** 88
23
25
26
25
27
26
28
888888
29
30
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. 5TH IN LENT. French Flag hoisted at Kwang-chau-wan, 1898. Belilios Reformatory
opened at Hongkong, 1900.
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, 1997. Attempt to destroy with dynamite the Prince Regent's Palac: at Peking, 1910 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, 1836. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheel
barrow Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1903. Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886.
PALM SUNDAY. 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.
Presentation of colours to Hongkong Regiment, 1895. 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
Aliens given tae right to own land in Japan, 1910.
GOOD FRIDAY. 5. Francis Xavier left Gou for China, 1552. Riots at Changsha, 1910 British Flag hoisted at Taipohu, Kowloon New Territory, 1899. Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. Junk Bay Flour mills, longkong, suspended operations, 1908.
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. & 0. steamer "San Pablo" wrecked near Turnabout, 1888. One-fourthi of the opium divans at Shanghai closed, 1908. Town of Wagina, Japan, destroyed by
fire, 110,
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.
1ST AFTER Easter. S. George's Day.
Chinese Imperial Edict issued disranking Roman Catholic missionaries, 1908.
Cap-
ture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonkin, by the French forces, 1882. Departure of Sir William Marsh, acting Governor of Hongkong, 1887. Firstsad of the Shanghai- Nanking railway cut at Shanghai, 1905
28 Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884
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Ratifications of Corean Treaty with England exchanged, 1884.
Japan constituted by Imperial decree, 1888, Sir F. D. Lugard lays foundation store of Hongkong Seaman's Institute, 1909.
Battle of the Yalu (Russo-Japan War), Russians defeated with great slaughter, 1901 2ND AFTER EASTER. Arrival of Geueral Grant in Hongkong 1879.
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