Increase,
Month.
P.W.R. Hongkong.
Q 48
A comparative statement of the local rainfall for the year at various points is given in the following table:-
Royal Observatory Kowloon Reservoir Public Gardens Taitam Reservoir Taitam Tuk Reservoir Pokfulam Reservoir Taipo Quarters Wongneichong Reservoir January 2.660 1.70 1.95 1.44 1.48 1.55 1.25 1.36 February 5.490 6.36 5.49 5.18 6.10 4.76 7.68 3.30 March 3.675 2.95 4.80 4.02 4.39 2.41 7.03 2.68 April 2.020 2.59 2.30 2.43 2.33 2.10 2.17 3.02 May 5.495 5.96 5.87 7.30 8.02 5.67 8.64 6.35 June 6.525 8.22 7.20 6.85 8.32 8.04 16.46 7.86 July 12.800 16.71 16.33 16.50 14.87 15.00 17.03 25.31 August 17.585 19.80 20.15 20.86 17.35 17.83 19.30 24.75 September 9.935 9.22 8.51 7.53 7.62 7.43 9.88 10.59 October 2.025 0.64 2.92 1.91 2.45 1.80 1.37 1.18 November 0.535 0.51 0.64 0.50 0.61 0.55 0.48 ... December 0.740 0.69 1.01 0.58 0.81 0.53 0.80 0.77 Total 1922 69.435 74.84 77.17 74.60 74.35 67.67 91.81 87.65 1921 97.340 84.01 107.83 90.84 82.89 90.25 114.63 ... Decrease -27.905 9.17 -30.66 -16.24 8.54 -22.58 -22.82 $7.65*The total quantity of water supplied during the year amounted to 2,595.36 million gallons filtered and 52.60 million gallons unfiltered, making a grand total of 2,647.96 million gallons or 371.76 million gallons less than during 1921.
The average consumption of filtered water per head per day for all purposes throughout the year amounted to about 19.6 gallons. In arriving at this figure the population has been estimated at 361,180 (1921 Census figures).
Full details of consumption, etc., will be found in Annexes C & D.
The analyses made by the Government Analyst show that the water was of good quality throughout the year, and the results obtained by bacteriological examination were also satisfactory.
The quantity of water pumped to the High Level District of the City amounted to 150.33 million gallons, equal to an average daily consumption of about 412,000 gallons, whilst 60.36 million gallons were pumped to the Hill District, giving an average daily consumption of 165,000 gallons. As compared with 1921 there was a decrease of 11.98 million gallons pumped to the High Level District and an increase of 1.94 million gallons to the Hill District.
* No comparison with previous year is possible, as records only commenced from June, 1921.