THE CALENDAR FOR 1913
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st........ .....6h. 18m.
Ch. 37m.
1911 1912
15th............6h. 04m.
6h. 32m.
Maximum
.74.0 74.9
Minimum
..66.4 65.6
Mean
...69.7 69.9
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
in.
BAROMETER, 1912
New Moon
7 I
48
A.M.
Mean.
.30.03
First Quarter 14
1
39
P.M.
Full Noon
21
5
33
A.M.
1911
RAINFALL
1912
I
Last Quarter 28
2
09
P.M.
5.935 inches
3.995 inches
Sat.
WEER
DAYS OF Days or ↑ 2 and 3
MONTII MOONS
Tues.
25
Wed.
2
26
Thur.
3
27
Frid.
28
Sat.
5
29
Sun.
6
ප
30
Mon.
7
1
Tues.
8
Wed.
9
23
Thur.
10
Frid. 11
* LO CO
4
5
12
6
Sun.
13
7
Mon. 14
8
Tues. 15
9
Wed. 16
10
Thur. 17
11
Frid.
18
12
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
21
Tues.
Wed. 23
* 272
19
13
20
14
15
16
Thur.
24
Frid. Sat.
25
26
Sun. 27 Mon.
28
Tues. 29
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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, 1995. French Flag hoisted at Kwang-chau-wan," 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at Hong-
kong, 19.0.
Protocol arranging the preliminaries of peace between France and China signed at Paris, 1885. The Tsarevitch and Prince George of Greece arrive in Hongkong, 1801, Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1847. Wheelbarrow Riot at Shanghai, 1697. Attempt to destroy with dynamite the Prince Regent's Palace at Peking, 1910.
2ND AFTER EASTER 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, 1966. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheelbarrow
Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1903.
Arrival of M. Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1888.
Terrific tornado in Canton; 2,000 houses destroyed and 10,000 lives lost, 1878. Turtar
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 Adiniral Makaroff, 1904 3RD AFTER EASTER, Soldiers' Club opened at Honghong, 1900. Imperial Palace. Seoul,
des royed by fire, 1904. Aliens given the right to own land in Japan, 1910.
S. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552. Ri ts at Changsha, 19.0.
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” pirates), 1891. Treaty of Peace between China and Japan signed at Shimonoseki, 1895.
Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences signed at Tientsin, 18. The 0), & O. steamer San Pablo" wrecked near Turnabout, 1888, One-fourth or the opium divans at Shanghai closed, 1968. Town of Wagima, Japan, destroyed by fre, "10.
The Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830. The
Tsarevitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
4TH AFTER Easter
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 Heungchow near Macao, 1909.
S. GEORGE'S DAY. P. M. steamer dria wrecked near Foochow, 1911.
18
Chinese Imperial Edict issued disranking Roman 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- Nanuing Railway cut at Shanghai, 1905
Cap-
19
20
Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884.
21
ROGATION SUNDAY.
23
Wed. 30
Ratifications of Corean Treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy Council for Japan constituted by Imperial decree, 1888. Sir F. D. Lugard laid foundation stone of Hongkong Seaman's Institute, 1909.
Battle of the Yalu (R:1sso-Japan War); Russians defeated with great slaughter, 1904. 24 Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1879.
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