Month.
Q 59
P.W.R Hong Kong."
Taitam Tuk Pumping Station.
1924.
1925.
1924 1925 Coal. $74,588.60 $103,439.18 * Wages, 13,957.89 15,111.44 Miscellaneous, including repairs and stores other than coal, 12,534.71 12,835.40 Total, $101,081.20 $131,386.02*This is the value of coal consumed during the year. Coal to the value of $8,806.40 was carried forward from 1924 to 1925, and coal to the value of $16,757.22 was carried forward from 1925 to 1926.
The prices of different kinds of coal per ton were $16.91, $12.50, $14.68 and $16.78 during 1925.
A comparative statement of the local rainfall in inches 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. Wongneichong Reservoir. Taipo Quarters. January, 4.335 2.93 4.90 3.07 3.13 4.73 4.00 3.57 February, 0.385 0.20 0.34 0.14 0.17 0.25 0.17 0.56 March, 8.280 7.75 8.38 5.04 6.90 7.28 10.45 5.49 April, 7.935 7.22 8.20 6.52 5.07 8.76 6.80 9.30 May, 2.580 4.78 3.28 4.21 4.36 3.96 6.09 2.35 June, 23.355 19.00 24.74 28.03 24.33 21.99 37.46 21.17 July, 20.665 18.91 23.08 20.10 22.21 27.72 29.28 26.42 August, 5.625 7.46 6.94 9.36 10.00 7.99 8.53 6.34 September, 9.940 7.52 10.04 8.03 6.33 6.50 13.00 5.50 October, 3.165 1.13 3.76 3.10 2.89 3.22 3.67 3.51 November, 1.090 0.14 1.19 3.23 1.62 1.21 2.11 1.04 December, 0.225 0.10 0.29 0.31 0.18 0.09 0.24 0.26 Total 1925 87.580 77.17 95.14 94.14 1924 98.570 105.59 105.51 95.17 87.18 93.72 121.83 85.49 Increase 105.76 132.23 96.16 Decrease — 10.990 — 28.42 — 10.37 1.03 5.80 —12.04 —10.40 —10.67The total quantity of water supplied during the year amounted to 3,017.24 million gallons filtered, and 39.65 million gallons unfiltered, making a grand total of 3,056.89 million gallons or 157.47 million gallons less than during 1924.
The average consumption of filtered water per head per day for all purposes throughout the year amounted to about 21.0 gallons. In arriving at this figure the population has been estimated at 393,000.