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Annexe 15.
City of Victoria and Hill District Water Works.
ULTIMATE CAPACITY OF WORKS ON THE HONGKONG ISLAND.
DATA.
Catchment area
1 inch rain on 5,167 acres
Storage capacity.......
Assumed consumption average
:
5,167 acres.
117 million gallons.
2,166
"
10 million a day.
January
February
March ...
April
May
June
July
August
September October November
December
Balance Sheet.
:
:
270
230
270
270.
320
340
340
340
340
340
320
280
3,660 million gallous.
Assumed dry period as Nocember, 1894–May, 1896. Assumed consumption average 10 million gallons a day.
1891. J November
2,166 (Reservoirs assumed full.,
November use
320
1,846
December use
280
1,566
1895. January use
270
1,296
February use
230
1,066
117
March collect
Carried forward
...
1,183