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THE CALENDAR FOK 1912
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
1st............6h. 18m.
6h. 37m.
15th............6h. 04m. 6h. 32m.
MOON'S PHASES
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
Maximum
Minimum
Mean
1910 1911
..73.9
74.0
.66.1 66.4
..69.6 69.7
d. h. m.
BAROMETER, 1911
Full Noon
2 6 05
A.M.
Mean
29.96
Last Quarter 9
11 24
P.M.
New Moon
17
7 40
P.M.
47
P.M.
1910 3.725 inches
RAINFALL
1911
5.935 inches
First Quarter 24
Days of Days or ¦ 2 and 3
WEEK
MORTH
MOONS
Mon.
14
Tues. 2
15
Wed.
16
Thur.
17
Frid.
18
Sat.
6
19
67 8 9
Sun.
20
Mon.
8
21
Tues.
9
Wed. 10
Thur. 11
Frid. 12
26
** *** * 22 27
22
23
24
Curoxology 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-chan-wan," 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at Hong-
kong, 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. GOOD FRIDAY. Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1847. Wheelbarrow Riot at Shanghai, 1897. Attempt to destroy with dynamite the Prince Regent's Palace 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.
EASTER SUNday. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866. Indignation Meeting at Shanghal
respecting Wheelbarrow 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. Tartar
General at Canton assassinated, 1911.
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 Adıniral Makaroff, 1904
Soldiers' Club opened at Honghong, 1900. Imperial Palace, Seoul, destroyed by fire, 1904.
Aliens given the right to own land in Japan, 1910.
1ST AFTER EASTER. S. Francis Xavier left Goa 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, Hongkong, suspended operations, 1908.
Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Execution at Kowloon city of nineteen pirates (including "Namoa" pîrates), 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 divans at Shanghai closed, 1908. Town of Wagima, Japan, destroyed by
fire, 10.
Sat.
13
Sun. 14
27
Mon. 15
28
Tues.
16
29
Wed.
17
1
Thur.
18
ลง
2
Frid. 19
3
Sat. Sun. 21 Mon. 22
20
4
5
2ND AFTER EASTER. Resignation of Shanghai Municipal Council, 1897.
Tues. Wed. 24
23
76
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. P. M. steamer Asia, wrecked near Foochow, 1911.
The "Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830. The
Tsarevitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
Thur. 25 Frid. 26 Sat.
9
Chinese Imperial Edict issued disranking Ronin Catholic missionaries, 1908.
ture 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
Cap.
10
Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884.
27
11
Sun. 28
12
3rd aythe EasTER. Ratifications of Corean Treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy Council for Japan constituted by Imperial decree, 1888. Sir F. D. Lugard lays foundation stoms of Hongkong Seaman's Institute, 1909.
Mon.
29
13
Tues.
30
14
Battle of the Yalu (Russo-Japan War), Russians defeated with great slaughter, Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong 1879.
1904.
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