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THE CALENDAR FOR 1932

MARCH-31 DAYS

SUNRISE

1st 15th

6h. 46m.

SUNSET 6h. 27m.

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

...

1930

1931

6h. 33m.

6h. 33m.

...

Mean Maximum

68.8

67.7

...

...

MOON'S PHASES

Mean Minimum

60.1

60.5

...

...

a.

h.

m.

Mean

63.9 63.6

...

...

...

New Moon

7

3

44

P.M.

First Quarter...

15

8

41

P.M.

1930

RAINFALL

1931

Full Moon

22

8

37

P.M.

...

Last Quarter ...

29

11

43 A.M.

7.230 inches

3.175 inches

DAYS OF Days of 1 & 2

WEEK

MONTH

Tues.

1

25

Wed.

Thurs.

Fri.

234 KO

5

Satur.

Sun.

в

లు

30

Mon.

7

Tues.

Wed.

9

3

Thurs.

10

Fri.

11

Satur.

12

6

Sun.

Mon.

**

13

7

14

Tues.

15

9

Wed.

16

10

MOONS

26

27

28

NG

29

00

16

17

N

2878

**

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

ST. 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 Scbuckert at Yokohama, arrested in connection with Japanese Naval scandal, 1914. 6,000 British Troops in Shanghai, 1927.

First Dutch Embassy left China, 1657.

Foreign Ministers received in audience by the Emperor at the Tsz Kuang Po, 1891.

Expulsion of Chinese Custom House from Macao by Governor Amaral, 1849.

4TH IN LENT. Hostilities at Canton recommenced. Fort Napier taken by the English,

1841.

Departure of Governor, Sir J. P. Hennessy, from Hongkong, 1882.

Arrival in Hongkong of Prince Henry of Prussia, 1898.

Convention signed, 1902.

Earthquake in Tokyo, 1927.

Russo-Chinese Manchurian

Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. 12,000 Chinese troops attacked the English in Ningpo and Chinbai and were repulsed with great slaughter, 1842. The Japanese army occupied Moukden, 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. King Eward Hotel, Hongkong, completely gutted by fire with serious loss of life, 1929.

Imperial Commissioner Ki-chen, degraded by the Emperor, left Canton as a prisoner, 1841. Capture of Bac-Ninh, by the French, 1884. Death of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, in Peiping, 1925.

5TH IN LENT.

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 Peiping burnt down, 1900.

Jubilee of Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, 1912.

Chinese Envoy Ping and suite left Shanghal 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.

Severe earthquake in

ST. PATRICK'S DAY. Lord Macartney's Embassy left China, 1794,

Formosa, 1906.

Edict of Commissioner Lin to surrender all opium in Canton, 1839.

open to foreign trade, 1891.

Chungking deolared

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.

PALM SUNDAY. Fall of Shanghai to Southerners, 1927.

"

British ship "Sarah,' first free-trader, sailed from Whampoa, 1834. Pirating of "Hop Sang," 1927. Mr. G. W. Brophy lost while attempting to open an airmail routed between Shanghai and Manila, 1931.

Hongkong Aerodrome opened, 1928.

Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839. British naval raid on Bias Bay, 1927. Foundation Stone of new Po Leung Kuk building at Leighton Hill laid by H. E. Sir William Peel, 1931.

MAUNDY THURSDAY. First Section of Manila-Dagupan railway opened, 1891. Attempted assassination of Li Hung-chang at Shimonoseki, 1895. Nanking taken by Southerners foreign women shamefully outraged by Nationalist soldiers, 1927. $12,000,000 bequeathed to the methodist Theological Seminary at Nanking by Miss Ella Wendel "the loneliest and richest woman in the world” who left $100,000,000, 1931. ANNUNCIATION. GOOD FRIDAY.

Great flood at Foochow. 1874 Newchwang placed under Russian martial-law, FASTER DAY. Protocol of Convention between China and Portugal signed at Lisbon, 1887. 20,289 chests of opium hurned by Lin at Canton, 1839. Foundation-stone of New Customs House at Canton laid, 1914. Sino-Japanese agreement settling the Tsinan incident signed, 1929.

Seizure and: occupation of the Pescadores by the French fleet, 1885.

Arrival of Governor Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., 1883. 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.

Thurs.

17

11

Fri.

18

12

Satur.

19

13

Sun.

Mon.

223

20

14

21

15

Tues.

Wed.

223

Thurs.

24

18

Fri.

Satur.

Sun.

Mon.

2222

25

19

26

20

27

21

28

22

Tues. Wed.

29

23

30

24

Thurs.

31

25

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