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JANUARY, 31 Days.

Chinese XXXth Year, XIIth Moon.

The weather, during this month, is dry, cold, and bracing-differing but little, if at all, from that of November and December. The wind blows ge- nerally from the north, occasionally inclining to the NE. of NW. A change to the south-which may be expected at intervals of 10 or 15 days, during the winter-causes considerable variation in the temperature of the atmos- phere.

Days of Days of

month

moon.

Chronicle of events in China, &c.

Trade at Canton reöpened, 1839.

TWELFTH MOON Captain Gribble seized and brought to Canton, 1840.

Lin Tsihsü imperial commissioner, 1839.

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Second Sunday after Christmas. Epiphany.

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11 s

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12 S

Forts at Chuenpí taken, 1841.

Gunner of the Lady Hughes strangled, 1785.

British forces visit Funghwá, 1842. Ílipú arrived

in Canton, 1843.

First Sunday after Epiphany.

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C. Marjoribanks, pres. E. I. Co. left China, 1832. Second Sunday after Epiphany.

Elliot and Kishen's treaty, ceding Hongkong, 1841.

Death of Empress Dowager of Kiáking, 1850.

Third Sunday after Epiphany. Hongkong taken possession of, 1841. St. Paul's church at Macao burnt, 1835.

26 Interview between Kishen and Elliot, 1841.

Lord Saltoun leaves China with $3,000,000 of

ransom money.

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