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173. From the foregoing, it will be seen that the present works, though deficient in filter area, involved a capital expenditure of $2,053,000-$760,370 per million gallons supplied per diem.
2.7
The capital expenditure per million gallons supplied per diem on the completion of the works immediately necessary will be $515,000 = $722,812, and
3.2
The capital expenditure per million gallons supplied per diem on the completion of the gravita-■ tion works proposed will be $2,872,000-$718,000.
174. It seems probable that, when the works now in progress which are chargeable to the loan are completed, there will be a balance of $300,000 to meet further expenditure on Water Works in the City and Hill District.
175. The annual revenue derived from the Water Works in the City and Hill District, after deducting the cost of maintenance, is estimated at not less than $60,000, and there was at the end of 1895 a balance to the credit of the Water Account (Section 16, Ordinance 16 of 1890), after crediting it with the expenditure on works chargeable to the loan, of $105,272.07.
176. Under these circumstances, there appear to be ample funds available to meet the expendi- ture at present required, and the further expenditure proposed will be more than met by the annual balance accruing to the Water Account.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
I
Your most obedient Servant,
FRANCIS A. COOPER,
Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Sanitary Institute and Member of the Association of Municipal and County Engineers, Director of Public Works.
Appendix A.
HONGKONG.
Rainfall from May to August 1876-1895.
1876.
1877.
1878. 1879. 1880. 1881.
1882.
1883. 1881. 1885.
May,
June,
July,
22.51
14.56
Angust,
34.35
14.82 16.31
inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. inches.
11.02 5.75 20.58 5.39 15.58 4.50 14.68 15.88 9.04 4.86
7.23 10.36 15.69 12.26 27.85 6.91 10.55 11.28 11.03 31.86
5.78 18.43 12.03 23.38 17.09 16.20 13.08 13.54
16.43 11.56 27.38 17.53 26.28 10.81 27.87
75.11
15.49 58.36 52.51
67.02
62.17
59.85 69.64 43.96 77.63
1886. 1887. 1888.
1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895.
May,
June,
July,
August,..
inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. inches.
1.78 2.05 19.53 48.84 11.23 28.00 8.57 16.13 20.01 5.64
10.62 5.47 23.86 9.72 14.84 21.32 34.38 7.09 10.54 4.97
28.24 12.08 10.55 4.57 22.60 23.10 10.78 21.22 9.47 18.87
9.08 13.15 13.32 18.14 8.95 16.79 12.09 8.73 16.53 6.12
49.72 32.75
67.26 81.27 57.62
89.21
65.82
53.17
62.55 35.60