THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH JUNE, 1899.
Appendix A.
CITY OF VICTORIA AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS, 1898.
Monthly Consumption, Contents of Reservoirs, &c.
925
POKFULAM.
TYTAM.
Collected
from Streams Total
MONTH.
In Reservoir, Discharged In Reservoir, Discharged
1st
of Month.
into Tunnel.
1st of Month.
into Tunnel.
intercepted Consumption, Observatory,
by Conduits.
Rainfall
at
(Filtered). Kowloon.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
inches.
January,
67,800,000
18,402,000
356,250,000
65,384,000
1,858,000
85,644,000
1.16
February,
57,880,000
9,142,000 305,000,000
68,548,000
1,237,000
78,927,000
2.52
March,.
54,740,000
9,664,000 249,400,000
77,909,000
349,000
87,922,000
.17
April,
49,080,000
20,936,000 183,080,000
67,325,000
5,020,000 93,291,000
3.44
May,
34,980,000
26,332,000 148,100,000
58,879,000
3,337,000 88,548,000
5.70
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December,
15,600,000 19,009,000 142,470,000 63,440,000 32,260,000 240,640,000
18,298,000 102,521,000 66,000,000 35,324,000 270,130,000 32,925,000 32,927,000 100,576,000 66,000,000 41,213,000 364,550,000 47,294,000 18,512,000 107,019,000 58,960,000 26,404,000 372,200,000 46,573,000 66,360,000 26,511,000 | 394,880,000 60,111,000 51,640,000 24,919,000 352,800,000 69,990,000
61,629,000
15,255,000
95,893,000
14.25
51,963,000
7.05
9.90
5.30
24,880,000 10,219,000 96,841,000 8,332,000 98,241,000
97,857,000
6.72
.79
.02
Total,......
290,116,000
708,530,000 134,624,000 1,133,270,000
57.02
The small quantity of water discharged from Pokfulam Reservoir during February and March is accounted for by Pokfulam Service Reservoir being under repairs during those months. During August and September all that could be got was used from Pokfulam to ensure the filling of Tytam Reservoir.
Appendix B.
CITY OF VICTORIA AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS, 1898.
Water pumped to Hill District and High Levels of the City.
HILL DISTRICT.
HIGH LEVELS OF THE CITY.
Combined Total, Hill District
and
MONTH.
Pumped
Pumped
by
by
Total.
Peak Road District.
Motion.
Engine.
Robinson Road District.
Total.
High Levels
of City.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallous.
gallons.
January,
291,000
444,000
735,000
477,000
1,001,000
1,478,000
2,213,000
February,
53,000
1,381,000
1,434,000
411,000
724,000
1,135,000
2,569,000
March,
128,000
865,000
993,000
489,000
915,000
1,404,000
2,397,000
April, .......
599,000
774,000
1,373,000
517,000
838,000
1,355,000 2,728,000
May,
840,000
547,000
1,387,000
631,000
977,000
1,608,000 2,995,000
June,
845,000
708,000 1,553,000
593,000
909,000
1,502,000 3,055,000
July,
878,000
740,000 1,618,000
727,000
886,000
1,613,000 3,231,000
August,
915,000
893,000 1,808,000
786,000
792,000
1,578,000 3,386,000
September,
October,
November,
December,
837,000 1,158,000 1,995,000 847,000 1,079,000 1,926,000 801,000 858,000 1,659,000 800,000 899,000 1,699,000
561,000
1,140,000
1,701,000 3,696,000
594,000
1,105,000 1,699,000 3,625,000
569,000 629,000
1,072,000 1,641,000 3,300,000 1,093,000 1,722,000 3,421,000
Total,...
7,834,000
10,346,000
18,180,000
6,984,000 11,452,000
18,436,000 36,616,000
The small quantity of water pumped by the Motor to the Hill District during February and March is accounted for by
the Pokfulam Service Reservoir being under repairs during those months.