1947-1948

200.

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Periods when water was lost by overflow were:- (i) Island.

Reservoir Overflow periods Tytam Tuk 8th June, 1947--1st October, 1947. Aberdeen Lower 7th-18th June, 1947. 22nd June, 1947-1st October, 1947. 4th-7th October, 1947. Pokfulam 6th-10th June, 1947. 1st-4th July, 1947. 22nd-30th July, 1947, 1st August, 1947. 4th-10th August, 1947. 20th-21st August, 1947. 24th August, 1947. 1st-8th September, 1947. 12th-16th September, 1947. 18th September, 1947.

(ii) Mainland.

Reservoir Overflow periods Kowloon By-Wash 1st-31st July, 1947. Jubilee 1st-31st August, 1947. 1st-30th September, 1947. 1st-2nd October-4th-6th October, 1947. 3rd-31st July, 1947. 1st-31st August, 1947. 1st-30th September, 1947. 1st-2nd October-4th-6th October, 1947

201. During the year 1068.27 million gallons of filtered water and 1627.99 million gallons of unfiltered water were pumped out of a total consumption of 6825.44 million gallons.

In addition, at Aberdeen, the upper booster pump was run for 1190 hours and the lower booster pump for 302 hours.

Details of pumping and costs are given in Annex III A, B & C.