Q 37
P.W.R. Hongkong.
A comparative statement of the local rainfall for the year at various points is given in the following table :--
Month. Royal Observatory. Kowloon Reservoir. Public Gardens. Taitam Reservoir. Taitam Tuk Reservoir. ugil,K,{ Reservoir. January, 0.195 0.20 0.28 0.29 0.19 February... 1.040 1.12 1.20 1.09 1.12 1.12 1.48 March, 4.505 4.20 4.74 3.09 2.88 3.14 5.70 April, 2.820 2.49 3.01 1.94 1.37 1.77 2.70 May. 33.785 33.81 33.50 39.06 34.28 June. Taipo Quarters. Reservati 29.89 35.40 Part of June, 14.740 5.01 16.59 10.56 9.20 14.72 20.32 July, 11.875 3.03 13.88 10.53 11.37 0.85 15.47 4.49 August,..... 15.445 17.38 15.95 11.49 9.94 15.68 15.27 26.90 September, 12.100 15.94 15.77 12.57 11.53 13.48 16.31 20.91 October, 0.395 0.48 0.15 0.38 0.63 0.14 0.80 0.16 November, 0.220 0.07 2.43 0.10 0.17 0.09 0.88 0.08 December. 0.220 0.28 0.33 0.03 0.08 0.02 0.02 Total 1921, 97.340 1920.. 107.880 114.17 107.83 124.03 90.84 82.89 90.25 114.63 104.67 102.32 104.63 120.56 11 Increase, or -10.540 -30.16 -16.20 -13.83 -19.43 -14.36 -5.93 Decrease,The total quantity of water supplied during the year amounted to 2,960.30 million gallons filtered and 59.42 million gallons unfiltered, making a grand total of 3,019.72 million gallons, or 241.59 million gallons more than during 1920.
The average consumption of filtered water per head per day for all purposes throughout the year amounted to about 23.1 gallons. In arriving at this figure, the population has been estimated at 650,860 (1921 Census figures).
& D.
Full details of consumption, etc., will be found in Annexes C.
The analyses made by the Government Analyst show that the water was of good quality throughout the year and the results obtained by bacteriological examinations were also satisfactory.
The quantity of water pumped to the High Level District of the City amounted to 162.31 million gallons, equal to an average daily consumption of about 444,000 gallons, whilst 58.42 million gallons were pumped to the Hill District, giving an average daily consumption of 160,000 gallons. As compared with 1920, there was an increase of 17.18 million gallons pumped to the High Level Districts and an increase of 10.23 million gallons pumped to the Hill District.
The grand total pumped during the year to the High Level and Hill Districts amounted to 220.73 million gallons as compared with 193.32 million gallons pumped during 1920, an increase of 27.41 million gallons.