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METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS.
The following table gives the meteorological data recorded by the Royal Observatory during the year :-
Month. Barometer at M.S.L. TEMPERA-TURE. HUMI-DITY. Cloudiness. Sunshine. WIND Rain. Max. Mean. Min. Rel. Abs. Direction. Vel. January, February. 30.20 30.06 64.0 67.8 63.6 56.3 59.4 72 0.39 81 0.49 54 83 179.4 82.6 E by N 10.9 E 13.1 0.345 0.505 March, 30.11 29.96 69.2 78.7 61.9 74.6 61.0 78 0.49 84 0.73 80 86 115.7 126.4 E by N 13.0 SE by E 13.6 2.640 1.795 April, 29.81 79.9 75.5 72.0 84 0.75 83 103.7 E by S 11.8 12.760 May, 29.82 86.2 81.6 78.4 83 0.90 79 175.9 SSE 8.0 11.960 June, 29.75 88.1 83.2 79.3 81 0.92 66 219.3 N 10.4 15.410 July, 29.07 88.5 83.5 79.7 82 0.94 69 205.3 S 8.9 10.520 August, 29.86 85.4 80.9 76.9 75 0.80 52 234.2 E by N 10.7 5.715 September, 29.90 82.7 78.9 75.4 77 0.75 67 187.3 E by N 13.9 11.710 October, 30.07 75.5 70.9 66.8 62 0.55 72 154.4 NE by E 12.0 1.890 November, December, 30.13 67.9 63.4 58.6 70 0.37 39 214.5 ENE 10.5 0.775 Mean or Total.... 29.95 77.8 73.3 69.6 77 0.67 69 1995.7 E 11.3 76.025The rainfall for the year (76.025 inches) was much less than during 1914 (100.2 inches). It corresponds however more nearly with the average rainfall for the decades ending 1914 and 1904 (81.8 inches and 74.9 inches respectively).
POPULATION.
The distribution of the population estimated to the middle of 1915 was as follows:-
Non-Chinese Civil Population.
13,320
Chinese Civil Population :-
City of Victoria (including Peak),
259,750
Villages of Hongkong.
15,200
Kowloon (including New Kowloon),
73,100
New Territories, (Land),
91,000
Population afloat,
56,790
Total Chinese Population,
495,840
Total Civil Population,
509,160
The Civil population consists chiefly of male adults but owing to disturbances in China during the last few years with consequent immigration of Chinese refugee families the proportion of Chinese