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THE CALENDAR FOR 1924
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st 15th
...6h. 16m.
6h. 38m.
1922
1923
...6h. 03m.
6h. 43m.
Maximum
...75.7
76.1
Minimum
...67.6
68.6
MOON'S PHASES
Mean
...71.0
71.5
d.
h.
m.
New Moon
4
3
17
BAROMETER, 1923
P.M.
First Quarter
12
7
12
Mean...
.29.94
...
P.M.
Full Moon
19
10
11
P.M.
Last Quarter
26
0
28
P.M.
1922 2.020 inches
RAINFALL
1923 8.370 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 2&3
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
A
28
29
30
1
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
6
3
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
∞ a
5
Thurs.
10
t
Fri.
Satur.
12
=2
11
Sun.
13
10
Mon.
14
11
Tues.
15
12
Wed.
16
Thurs.
17
**
95
13
14
Fri.
18
15
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
The port of Hoihow (in 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. French flag hoisted at Kwang-chan-wan, 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at Hong-
kong, 1900.
Tai On pirated between Hongkong and Kongmoon, 1913.
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. Bogne 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. 5TH IN LENT. Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for
the adinission of Europeans into the city of Canton within two months,1842. H.R.H. The Prince of Wales visits Hongkong for two days on his way to Japan, 1922. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheelbarrow
Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1913. 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.
Chinese Parliament inaugurated 1913.
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 drowued, including Adıniral Makaroff, 1904. PALM SUNDAY. Soldiers' Club opened at Hongkong, 190. 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 Taipohui, Kowloon, Kennedy arrived in Hongkong, 1872. operations, 1908.
New Territory, 1899. Governor Sir Arthur Junk Bay Flour Mills, Hongkong, suspended
Telegraph to Shanghai opened, 1871. Execution at Kowloon city of 19 pirates, including "Namoa" pirates, 1891. Treaty of Peace between China and Japan signed at Shimonoseki, 1895.
"
GOOD FRIDAY. Convention between China and Japan settling Corean differences signed at Tientsin, 1885. The O. & O. steainer "San Pablo wrecked near Turnabout, 1888. One-fourth of the opium divans at Shanghai closed, 1908. Town of Wagima, Japau, destroyed by fire, 1910,
The "Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters, arrived, 183^. The
Tsarevitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
Satur.
19
16
Sun.
Mon.
22
20
17
EASTER DAY.
21
18
Tues.
22
19
Wed.
23
Thurs.
24
225
20
21
Fri.
25
22
Sat.
26
23
Sun.
27
24
Mon.
28
25
Tues.
29
25
26
Wed.
20
27
EASTER MONDAY. 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.
S. GEORGE'S DAY. P. M. steamer Asia wrecked near Foochow, 1911.
Chinese Imperial Edict issued disranking Roman Catholic missionaries, 1908. Capture of the citadel at Hanoi, Tonkin, by the French forces, 1882. First sod of the Shanghai. Nanking Railway cut at Shanghai, 1905.
Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884. Contract for Quintuple
Loan of £25,000,000 signed at Peking, 1913.
A crowded public meeting in Hongkong demands exclusion of Germans from the Colony
after the War, 1917.
1ST AFTER EASTER. 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, 1904. Arrival of General Grant in Hongkong, 1879.
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