THE CALENDAR FOR 1929
IX
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st
...
6h. 17m.
SUNSET 6h. 38m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1927
1928
15th
***
...
6h. 03m.
6h. 43m.
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Mean
71.6
75.5
***
***
...
64.1
67.8
67.2
70.9
...
...
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1928, AT SEA LEVEL
Last Quarter.....
2
3
29 P.M.
Mean
New Moon
9
4
33
A.M.
First Quarter.....
16
10
9 P.M.
Full Moon
24
5 47 A.M.
1927 7.125 inches
RAINFALL
...
29.95 inches
1928 4.105 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF
2 & 3
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
WEEK MONTH
MOONS
Mon.
222
Tues.
23
Wed.
24
:
25
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
12
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
5
26
26
27
28
29
30
123
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Wed.
10
Thurs.
11
Fri.
12
Satur.
Sun.
14
Mon.
***
13
15
Tues.
16
Wed.
17
Thurs.
18
The ports of Pakhoi,
EASTER MONDAY. The port of Hoihow (in Hainan) opened, 1876.
Wenchow, Wuhu and Ichang opened, 1877. B.N. Borneo adopted the Straits Settle- ments currency, 1905. Dowager Empress of Japan died, 1914. French flag hoisted at Kwang-chau-wan, 1898.
kong, 1900.
Belilios Reformatory opened at Hong-
'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. Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1847. Wheelbarrow Riot at Shanghai, 1897. Attempt to destroy with dynamite the Prince Regent's Palace at Peping, 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. H.R,H. The Prince of Wales visits Hongkong for two days on his way to Japan, 1922. 1ST AFTER EASTER. 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. Chinese Parliament inaugurated 1913.
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 Peping 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, includ ing Admiral 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.
2ND AFTER EASTER, S. Francis Xavier left Goa for China, 1552. Riots at Changsha, 1910. British Flag hoisted at Taipohui, 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 19 pirates, includ- ing "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.
Tsarevitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
The
7
28
•
Fri.
Satur. Sun.
21
222
19
10
20
11
12
3RD AFTER EASTER. Resignation of Shanghai Municipal Council, 1897.
Mon.
22
13
Tues.
Wed.
223
23
14
24
15
Thurs.
25
16
Fri.
26
17
Satur.
27
18
Sun.
28
19
Mon.
Tues.
30
223
29
22
20
21
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.
ST. 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.
Appointed by Chinese Government a Day of Prayer for Christian Churches, 1913. 4TH AFTER EASTER. Ratifications of Corean Treaty with England exchanged, 1884. Privy Council of Japan constituted by Imperial decree, 1888. Sir F. D. Lugard laid foundation-stone of Hongkong Seamen's Institute, 1909. Daring piracy on the 8.8. “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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