A MARKET
SHAM SHUI PO
D MARKET
HARBOUR
Or MEFUGE
14.
D MARKET
NONEKO KTSUI
YAUMATI
WAR DEPT
M 38-
KOWLOON H.D'S.
13.
DYAUHATI STATION
INDIAN CEMETERY
DISINFECTING STATION
EUROPLUN PROTESTANT
CEMETERY
I. C. CENDRIY
CHINES CEMETERY
MA TAU WAI
CHINESE CEMETERY
15.
CHINESE CEMETERY
□ MARKET
KING'S PARK
11.
MARKET
12.
HUNG HOM
BAHOM
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MARKET
87
MA TAU KOK
CATTLE DEPOT
TO KWA WAN
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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND CLIMATE,
1. The Colony of Hongkong consists of the Island of that name, a few islets in its immediate neighbourhood, the peninsula of Kowloon and the so-called New Territories which are held on leuse from the Chinese Government for a period of ninety-nine years from 1898,
The area of the Island is about 32 square miles, that of the Kowloon Peninsula about two and three-quarter square miles add, that of the lowseil New Territories about 282 square miles.
of the leased territory 266 square miles are without the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board.
The Colony is situute just within the limit of the northern tropie. The latitude and longitude at the Royal Observatory in Kowloon are :--
Latitude 22 18′ 139", Longituda 114° 10′ 27′′.
2. The Island of Hongkong while of very irregular contour and deeply indented has its greatest length rouglily East and West. The Harbour lies between the island and the mainland.
The Kowloon peninsula les roughly North and South. The Island of Hongkong consists of a range of hills rising steeply to approximately 1,800 feet at its highest point-The Peak with very little flat land except that which has been reclaimed from the sea in and near the City of Victoria situated on the northern shore.
South of the range of bills which divides the area of the New Territories not under the supervision of the Sanitary Board from the Kowloon peninsula, the land is much Hatter than in Hoogkong aud here a large amount of the land has been reclaimed by the filling of lays and estuaries of streams. Many snall hills have been razed for the purpose of such reclammation.
Geologically the Colony consists chiefly of decomposed granite and the sub-soil is permeable to and retentive of water,
The hillsides are generally well wouled or covered with a dense growth of shrubs,
The climate of the Colony is variable. The table following slows the monthly means or sums of the meteorological data recorded during the your under review.
The coincidence of high temperatures and humility is noticeable,
The rainfall for the year was only 69-435 inches as compared with 97-340 in 1922. This comparatively small rainfall was responsible for a shortage of water necessitating curtailment of supply during the drier months of the year.
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