THE CALENDAR FOR 1924
MARCH-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
15th
...
...6h. 45m.
...6h. 33m. 6h. 33m.
MOON'S PHASES
6h. 27m.
1922
1923
Maximum
...68.5
70.3
Minimum
...61.1
61.5
Mean
...64.1
65.2
...
d.
h. m.
New Moon
BAROMETER, 1923
5 11
58
P.M.
First Quarter
Mean ...
...30.10
14
0
50
A.M.
Full Moon
21
0
30
1922
RAINFALL
1923
P.M.
Last Quarter
28
4
24
A.M.
3.675 inches
0.660 inches
DAYS OF Days of
1 & 2
Chronology of Remarkable EvenTS
WREK
MONTH
MOONS
ix
26
22
Satur,
Sun.
Mon.
ON CO
2
27
3
28
Tues.
4
29
Wed.
5
Thurs.
6
Fri.
7
1
Satur.
8
Sun.
Mon.
**
9
10
LO SP
7
Tues.
11
Wed.
12
8
Thurs.
13
9
Fri.
14
10
Satur.
15
11
Sun.
16
12
Mon.
17
13
Tues.
18
14
Wed.
19
15
Thurs. Fri.
20
18
21
17
Satur.
22
18
Sun.
23
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
24
22 2 * * *
28
27 2 28
19
20
27 1 2 2 2 2* * 19
25
21
26
22
23
24
Satur.
29
25
30
26
Sun.
Mon.
31
7
27
S. DAVID'S DAY. Bombardment of the Chinhai forts by French men-of-war, 1885. Twenty- six opium divans closed in Hongkong, 1909. Mr. Herrmann, manager of Siemens Schuckert at Yokohama, arrested in connection with Japanese Naval scandal, 1914. QUINQUAGESIMA, First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.
Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Ts Kuang Po, 1891.
SUROVE TUESDAY.
ASHI WEDNESDAY. Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral,
1849.
Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English, 1841
Departure of Governor, Sir J. P. Hennessy, from Hongkong, 1882. Kongmoon opened
to foreign trade.
Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1898. Russo-Chinese Manchurian Convention signed, 1902. Tiger killed in the New Territory, after a European and an Indian constable had lost their lives in the chase, 1915.
1ST IN LENT. Attack on Messrs. Farnham and Rohl at Shanghai, 1872.
Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and Chinhai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842. The Japanese army after a sanguinary battle lasting several days occupied Moukden, and pursued the retreating Russians, whose losses in the battle were estimated at 20,000, 1905. Yuan Shih Kai inaugurated as President of the Chinese Republic, 1912.
Governor Sir R. G. MacDonnell arrived in Hongkong, 1866. Hongkong University
opened by H.E Sir F. W. Lugard, 1912.
Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner,
1841. Capture of Bac-Ninh, by the French, 1884.
8,000 Chinese troops routed by the English at Tze-hi with great slaughter, 1842. New Law Courts at Yokohama opened, 1890. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank at Peking burnt down, 1900.
Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hongkong for Ceylon, 1865. Jubilee of Hongkong Chamber
of Commerce, 1912.
2ND IN LENT. Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghai for Europe, 1866. Japanese Diet resolved to nationalise the railway. China released the Japanese str. "Tatsu Maru” at Canton, 1908. H. E, Sir F. D. Lugard laid foundation-stone of Hongkong University, 1910.
S. PATRICK'S DAY. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794. Severe earthquake in
Formosa, 1906.
Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839. Chungking declared
open to foreign trade, 1891.
Governor Sir G. Bonham landed at Hongkong, 1848. General strike at Macao owing to a clash between the authorities and a crowd of Chinese who besieged the Police Station and were fired upon, 34 being killed and 31 wounded, 1922.
Mr. F. A. Aglen
British ship "Sarah," first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834.
appointed Deputy Inspector of Chinese Maritime Customs, 1910. Death, at Peking, of Sir Harry Parkes, H.B.M. Minister to China, 1885. Sir Robert Hart
left Peking for Home, 1908.
3RD IN LENT. Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. Aguinaldo captured by the
Americans in the Philippines, 1901.
First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891, Attempted assassination of Li
Hung-chang at Shimonoseki, 1895.
Captain Elliot demands passports for himself and all the British subjects imprisoned in
Canton, 1839.
Great flood at Foochow, 1874 Newchwang placed under Russian martial-law.
Launch of the Autolycus, the largest ship built in British Overseas Dominions, at Taikoo Dock, 1917. Protocol of Convention between China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887. 20,289 chests of opium burned by Lin at Canton, 1839. Foundation-stone of New Customs
House at Cantón laid, 1914.
Seizure and occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.
4TH IN LENT, Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., 1883. Chinese Regi- ment at Weihaiwei disbanded, 1904. Cantonese resolved on a boycott of Japanese products which lasted throughout the year, 1908.
Abolition of the coolie trade at Macao, 1874. Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught in Hongkong, 1890. All gambling saloons in Canton closed, 1912. T.K.K. liner Chiyo Maru wrecked off Lema Islands, 1916.
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