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MARCH, 1848,-XXXI Days.
Chinese XXVIIIth Year, Ist and IId Moons.
The weather in the month of March is also damp and foggy, but the tem- perature of the atmosphere becomes considerably warmer; to preserve things |from damp, it is requisite to continue the use of fires and closed doors, which the heat of the atmosphere renders very unpleasant. From March till July| and August, the thermometer steadily increases in height and heat reaches its maximum degree.
Days of Days of
month.
moon.
Chronicle of events in China, &c.
Sir Hugh Gough arrived at Whampoa, 1841.
lipú died in Canton, 1853. SECOND MOON.
2 Napier's fort captured, 1831.
1 w
26
2 t
27
3 f
28
4
29
5 S
1
6 m
7 t
3
8 w
4
9 1
10 f
6
Il s
7
12 S
8
13 m 14 t
9
10
15 W
11
46
18 8
19 S
15
20 m 21 t
16
17
22 w
18
23 t
19
24 f
20
125 s
21
#26 S
22
27 m
23
28 t
24
429 w
25
30 t
26
B1 f
27
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Lin arrived in Canton, 1839. British in Chinhái
and Ningpo attacked, 1842.
British brig Aun lost on Formosa, 1842.
Kishen goes a state's prisoner to Peking, 1841.
Chinese forces at Tsz'kí routed, 1841.
13 Macartney's embassy leaves China 1794.
Canton under British guns, 1841.
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Foreigners detained in Canton by Lin, 1839. Armistice agreed upon at Canton, 1841.
British ship Sarah, first free trader, sailed from
Whampoa, 1834.
Kíying appointed commander-in-chief, 1842.
Captain Elliot forced his way to Canton, 1839.
Friend of China commenced, 1842.
Chests of opium, 20,283 surrendered 1839.
A committee for roads appointed in Hongkong 1842.
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