DITY.
Max. Mean Min.¦ Rel.] Abs.
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METEOROLOGICAL RETURN.
The following Table records the meteorological conditions which prevailed during the year:--
Month. Barometer at M. S. L. TEMPERA-TURE, HUMI-
DITY. Cloudiness. Sunshine. WIND. Rain. ins. p. c. hours. Dir. Vel. Points. miles p. h. January, 30.10 61.1 60.6 57.6 80 0.43 83 85.0 1.460 E by N 14.1 February,... 30.11 64.3 60.4 57.0 81 0.43 80 85.6 1.660 E by N 14.2 March, 30.05 67.6 64.1 60.8 81 0.50 92 64.2 2.345 E 16.5 April. 29.95 75.8 71.1 67.4 79 0.61 78 155.4 2.455 E by N 14.1 May, 29.88 78.6 74.8 71.5 83 0.72 85 113.9 6.700 E 13.4 June,. 29.79 86.5 81.8 78.6 81 0.88 78 230.3 7.385 S by E 12.5 July, 29.77 86.5 81.9 78.2 82 0.89 70 252.0 12.825 E by S 14.1 August, 29.78 87.5 82.8 78.8 81 0.91 61 215.3 8.340 SW by S 7.8 September,. 29.78 87.0 82.2 78.5 80 0.88 63 202.6 8.505 E 9.0 October, 29.89 81.5 77.8 74.0 77 0.74 80 137.5 23.985 ENE 16.8 November, 30.07 75.5 70.4 65.4 62 0.47 57 187.1 0.065 NE by N 12.6 December, 29.96 68.9 63.6 58.9 59 0.36 30 249.7 0.000 ENE 11.4 Mean or Total, 29.94 76.7 72.6 68.9 77 0.65 72 1978.6 75.725 E 13.0
The average annual rainfall during the ten years ending 1899 was 83.16 inches and ranged from 117.12 inches in 1891 to 45.83 inches in 1895; the average for the decade ending 1909 has been 81.09 inches. The rainfall for last year is therefore somewhat below the average of recent years.
/ POPULATION.
The population of the Colony is primarily divided into Chinese and Non-Chinese. The Non-Chinese comprised at the Census of 1906 a white population of 12,925 of whom 6,085 were civilians while 4,429 belonged to the Navy and 2,411 to the Army. The coloured races (Non-Chinese) numbered 8,500 and included East Indians, Asiatic Portuguese, Japanese, Filipinos, Malays, Africans, Persians, and a few others. The Table on page 12 shows a similar classification of the Non-Chinese population for the year 1909 and from this it will be seen that the total Non-Chinese population for 1909-inclusive of Army and Navy-is estimated at 20,479 (including 446 Malays), while the total Chinese population- inclusive of Army and Navy-is estimated at 323,398.