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THE CALENDAR FOR 1916

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APRIL 30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

1st 15th

..6h. 17m.

6h. 28m.

1914

1915

....6h. 04m.

6h. 43m.

Maximum

.76.3

78.7

Minimum

..68.0

71.3

Mean

71.5

74.6

MOON'S PHASES

d. h.

m.

BAROMETER, 1915

New Moon

3 0

21

A.M.

Mean

29.96

First Quarter

10

10 36

P.M.

Full Moon

18

1

7

P.M.

1914

RAINFALL

1915

Last Quarter

25

6 38

A.M.

4.465 inches

1.795 inches

DAYS OF DAYS OF 2 and 3

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. Dowager Empress of Japan died, 1914.

4TH IN LENT, French flag hoisted at Kwang-chau-wan, 1898.

opened at Hongkong, 1900.

Belilios Reformatory

Protocol arranging the preliminaries of peace between France and China signed at Paris,

1885. The Tsarevitch and Prince George of Greece arrived in Hongkong, 1891.

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,

Hongkong Mint opened, 1866. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheelbarrow

Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1903.

Arrival of M, Paul Bert at Hanoi, 1886. Chinese Parliament inaugurated 1913.

5TII IN LENT. 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.

Count Okuma chosen Premier of Japan, 1914.

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 Hongkong, 1900. Imperial Palace, Seoul, destroyed by fire,

1904. Aliens given the right to own land in Japan, 1910.

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.

WREK

MONTH

MOONS

Sat.

29

Sun.

2

30

Mon.

3

1

Tai On pirated between Hongkong and Kongmoon, 1913.

Tues.

2

Wed. 5

3

Thur.

6

H

Frid.

7

Sat.

8

Sun.

9

67

6

Mon.

10

Tues. 11 Wed. 12

9

10

Thur. 13

11

Frid. 14

12

Sat.

15

13

Sun. 16

14

Mon. 17

15

Tues. 18

16

Wed.

19

Thur.

Frid. 21

Sat.

Sun. 23 Mon. 24

2222 **

17

20

18

19

20.

21

22

Tues.

Wed.

Thur.

Frid.

Sat.

Sun.

UN NNN N

25

23

26

27

28

29

30

* *** NG

24

25

26

27

28

PALM SUNDAY,

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 divans at Shanghai closed, 1908. Town of Wagima, Japan, destroyed by fire, 1910,

The

"Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 1830. The Tsarevitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.

GOOD FRIDAY. 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. Bank of China authorised to issue $3,000,000 in subsidiary notes, 1915. EASTER SUNDAY, S. GEORGE'S DAY. P. M. steamer Asia wrecked near Foochow, 1911. Chinese Imperial Edict issued disranking Roman Catholic missionaries, 1908. Cap- ture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonkin, by the French forces, 1882, First sod of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway cut at Shanghai, 1905.

FESTIVAL OF S. MARK. Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884.

Contract for Quintuple Loan of £25,000,000 signed at Peking, 1913.

Appointed by Chinese Government a Day of Prayer for Christian Churches, 1913. 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 Seamen's Institute, 1909. Daring Piracy on the s.s. "Tai On” off Kai Au, 1914. Battle of the Yalu (Russo-Japan War): Russians defeated with great slaughter, 1901, Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1879.