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A comparative statement of the total rainfall for the year, recorded at various points, is given in the following table:—
Month Observatory, Kowloon Kowloon Reservoir Public Gardens, Tytam Reservoir Tyram Tuk Pokfulam Reservoir Tai Po Quarters January .73 1.02 .67 .45 .66 .48 1.99 February .04 .05 .07 .04 .53 March 3.82 3.45 2.79 2.04 2.33 2.38 3.70 April 5.94 3.59 5.52 4.71 3.91 3.87 8.65 May 22.14 25.07 23.07 23.37 26.43 18.61 21.36 June 5.09 3.89 5.83 5.52 5.23 4.40 5.13 July 8.06 8.84 9.50 6.01 7.34 7.55 12.41 August 30.06 36.15 22.63* 24.75 25.04 23.72 36.33 September 6.21 9.06 8.19 7.53 8.07 6.35 7.60 October 5.61 6.13 6.31 6.51 6.38 5.73 5.77 November 2.72 1.89 2.93 2.28 2.90 1.81 3.65 December .10 .07 .25 .18 .2 .19 .10 Total 1911 99.55 98.16 ... 86.45 88.59 75.12 107.28 1910 70.08 76.29 77.28 75.33 73.33 70.43 81.12 Increase 20.47 21.88 10.50 11.12 13.26 4.69 26.16* Gauze reported choked.
The total quantity of water supplied during the year amounted to 1,633,723,000 gallons filtered and 43,162,000 gallons unfiltered, making a grand total of 1,676,885,000 gallons or 40,680,000 gallons more than in 1910.
The average consumption of filtered water per head per day for all purposes amounted to ... gallons, taking an estimated population of 247,219. The figure for the population is based upon the census taken during the year.
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