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JUNE, 36 Days.

Chinese Ist Year, Vth Moon.

The month of June is also a very wet month, although, on an average, the number of rainy days is less than in the other summer months. The ther- mometer in June rises several degrees higher than in the month of May, and falls but little at night—it is this latter circumstance, chiefly, which causes the exhaustion often felt in this region from the heat of summer-no opportunity being afforded for regaining strength.

Day of Day of month. ¡ moon.

Chronicle, of events in China. &c.

Lord John S. Churchill died off Macao, 1840.

Kíying arrived in Canton, 1843.

1 S

2

Sunday after Ascension.

2 m

3

3 tu

4 w 5 th

5

6

6 f

7

7 s

8

8 S

9

9 m

10

10 tu

11

11 w 10

12

14 s

15

15 S

16

16 m

17

17 tu 18

18 w

19

19 th

20

20 f

21 s

22 S

23 m

24 tu

25 w

26 th

27 f

28 8 29 S

30 m

Mr. Summers released from Mačao, 1849. Pentecost.

Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.

Hongkong, 1841. Russian and Chinese treaty, 1728. Capt Elliot

appointed chief sup. of British trade, 1836. British troops arrived before Wúsung, 1842. Trini-

ty Sunday.

Wúsung taken, 1842.

Shanghái occupied by British forces, 1842. 21 Macartney's embassy arrived, 1793.

2 2 2

23

24

25

26

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accession, 1837.

Victoria's

Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer arrived in the Wellesley,

1840.

Port of Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840.

First S. after Trinity.

The destruction of 20,283 chests of opium com- pleted by Lin at the Bogue, 1839. Kiying visits Hongkong, 1843.

Fall of Trinity Church at Shánghái, 1859. Midsum-

mer day. St. John's.

Treaty of Nanking exchanged at Hongkong, 1843.

Queen Victoria crowned, 1837.

SIXTH MOON. Second Sunday after Trinity. Expedition to China arrived, 1840.