THE CALENDAR FOR 1931
APRIL-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st 15th
6h. 17m.
SUNSET 6h. 38m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1929
1930
...
+++
6h. 04m.
6h. 43m.
***
...
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Mean
76.5
77.4
...
•••
67.8.
70.6
...
71.2
73.5
...
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1930, at SEA LEVEL
Full Moon
New Moon
3
4
5
A.M.
...
Mean
... 29.93 inches
Last Quarter...
10
15
A.M.
18
0
A.M.
...
First Quarter ..
25
9
40 P.M.
1929 1.540 inches
RAINFALL
WEEK
DAYS OF DAYS OF MONTH
2 & 3 MOONS
Wed.
1
14
Thurs.
2
15
Fri.
3
18
Satur.
17
Sun.
:5
18
Mon.
- - 19
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
7
20
8
∞
Fri.
10
Satur.
11
Sun.
12
** ***
21
22
23
24
25
Mon.
13
26
28
Tues.
14
27
Wed.
15
7883
28
Thurs.
16
Fri.
17
20
29
30
Satur.
18
1
Sun.
19
2
Mon.
20
Tues.
Wcd.
272
21
22
Thurs.
Fri.
225
23
24
CO EN LO
67
3
4
Satur.
25
Sun.
26
Mon.
Tue
28
27
10
28
11
-9=
Wed.
Thurs.
888
29
12
30
13
XI
CHRONOLOGY of REMARKABLE EVENTS
1930 2.100 inches
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-chau-wan, 1898. Belilios Reformatory opened at Hong-
kong, 1900.
GOOD FRIDAY. "Tai On" pirated between Hongkong and Kongmoon, 1913.
1891.
Protocol arranging the preliminaries of peace between France and China signed at Paris, 1885. The Tsarevitch and Prince George of Greece arrived ngkong, EASTER DAY. Bogue Forts destroyed by General D'Aguilar, 1847. Wheelbarrow Riot at Shanghai, 1897. Attempt to destroy with dynamite the Prince Regent's Palace at Peiping, 1910.
BANK HOLIDAY. Convention between Sir John Franois Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission of Europeans into the city of Canton, 1842. H.R.H. The Prince Wales visits Hongkong, 1922. Chinese raid Soviet Embassy at Peiping, 1927. Hongkong Mint opened, 1866. Indignation Meeting at Shanghai respecting Wheel- barrow Riot, 1897. Great powder explosion at Canton, 1913. Sir Henry Gollan, chief justice of Hongkong, left for Home, 1930.
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.
1ST AFTER EASTER. Presentation of colours to Hongkong Regiment, 1895. Russian flagship "Petropavlovsk "sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, nearly every man drowned,
including 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. H.M.S. "Tern" fired on by Szechuanese troops and Catholic Mission looted at Hankow, 1929. Shipping com- panies advised to get water elsewhere than Hongkong, 1929,
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. One-fourth of the opium divans at Shanghai closed, 1908. Town of Wagima, Japan, destroyed by fire, 1910. Inaugural ceremony of Chinese National Government at Nanking, 1927.
2ND AFTER EASTER. The "Sir Charles Forbes," the first steamer in China waters,
arrived, 1830. The Tsarevitch arrived at Hankow, 1891.
1915.
Arrival of Governor J. Pope
Resignation of Shanghai Municipal Council, 1897. East India Company ceased trade with China, 1834.
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,
P. M. steamer “Asia” wrecked near Foochow, 1911. ST. GEORGE'S DAY. 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 War Memo- rial Nursing Home, Hongkong, laid, 1930.
Foundation stone of Queen's College, Hongkong, laid, 1884. Contract for Quintuple
Loan of £25,000,000 signed at Peiping, 1913.
H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester arrived in Hongkong for a short visit, 1929. 3RD AFTER EASTER.
Appointed by Chinese Government a Day of Prayer for Christian Churches, 1913. 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 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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