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JULY, 31 Days.
Chinese XXIXth Year, Vth and VIth Moons.
During July-which is the hottest month in the year-the average height of the thermometer is 88° in the shade, at noon, both at Canton and Macao. This month is subject to frequent and heavy showers of rain, and-as is also the month of August-to storms of thunder and lightning. The winds, with very little variation, blow steadily during the whole month from the south or south- wert.
Days of Days of
month.
18
moon.
231
Chronicle of events in China, &c.
Fourth Sunday after Trinity. The Blonde visited Amoy, 1840.
The Rev. Dr. Milne arrived in Macao, 1831.
The Morrison sailed for Japan, 1837.
Tinghái first taken, 1840.
Bark Troughton plundered by pirates, 1835.
Lin Weihi killed, 1839. Queen's Road chapel
at Hongkong dedicated, 1842.
Riot, and several Chinese shot in Canton, 1846.
Fifth Sunday after T.
2 m 3 t
14
4 w
15
5 t
16
6 f
17
7 s
18
88
19
9 m
20
10 t
21
11 w
22
12 t
23
13 f
24
14 s
25
15 8
26
16 m
27
17 t
28
18 w
29
19 t
30
20 f
1
SIXTH MOON.
21 s
The Yángtsz' kiáng blockaded, 1840. Amherst's embassy arrived, 1816. Admiral Maitland arrived, 1838.
First English ship reached China, 1635.
Lord Napier and suite arrived, 1834.—Sixth Sun-
day after Trinity.
British trade reöpened, 1841.
Dutch envoys arrived at Peking, 1656.
Grand Canal blockaded, 1842.
2 Tyfoon, 1841. Chinkiáng fú carried by storm, 1842.
Seventh Sunday after Trinity.
22 B
4
23 m 24 t
4
5
25 w
6
126 t
7
127 f
8
28 s
9
29 S
10
30 m
11
31 t
12
Sixth moon.
A murderous attack on a party at Yiitáu in Honam,
1846.
A second tyfoon, this year, 1841.
Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Hon. A. II. Everett [died, 1847 Gov. Lin and Tang sentenced to banishment, 1841