Q 41
P.W.R. Hongkong.
17th to the 31st December a total of 181 days. The two Tangye engines, erected in 1908, were in operation for 197 days during the year.
The total quantity of water pumped during the year amounted to 731.72 million gallons as compared with 705.45 millions during 1917.
The following is a comparative statement of the cost of pumping during 1917 and 1918.
Taitam Tuk Pumping Station.
1917 1918 Coal, Wages, $47,058.32 $65,503.45 4,928.71 4,463.66 Miscellaneous, including repairs and stores other than coal,... 3,917.40 5,101.92 Total, $55,901.43 $75,069.03A comparative statement of the local rainfall for the year at various points is given in the following table:--
Month Royal Observatory January, 0.010 Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. February 0.015 Nil. Nil. 0.06 0.11 0.02 0.22 March, 1.105 1.12 1.30 1.10 1.29 0.94 1.29 April, 1.440 3.99 4.13 4.08 3.05 5.23 4.65 May, 6.655 6.74 8.80 7.04 6.81 6.55 7.66 June, 24.795 21.50 26.24 28.06 21.52 28.18 23.64 July, 11.640 16.23 12.50 12.01 9.94 13.08 30.87 August, 29.230 34.83 30.28 29.11 24.42 31.51 40.48 September, 18.450 19.33 19.87 25.65 26.52 17.39 13.17 October, 0.050 Nil. 0.04 0.46 0.26 0.06 0.85 November, 5.075 4.47 5.83 3.90 2.85 4.70 5.74 December, 0.140 0.16 0.70 0.68 0.74 0.42 0.58 Total 1918, 101.605 108.37 109.64 112.15 97.51 108.08 129.15 " 1917..... 81.485 83.85 83.78 80.37 72.42 81.58 93.09 Increase, or Decrease. +20.120 +24.52 +25.86 +31.73 +25.09 +26.50 +36.06* This is the value of the coal consumed during the year. Coal to the value of $3,622.50 was carried forward from 1917 to 1918 and coal to the value of $4,335.00 was carried forward from 1918 to 1919. The price of coal during 1918 varied from $19.20 to $25.20, the average price being $22.07 per ton. In 1917, the price varied from $15.80 to $20.30 per ton,