AnnualReport-1928

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A comparative statement of the local rainfall for the year at various points is given in the following table:

Royal
Observa-
tory. Hong Kong
Public
Gardens. Tai Tam
Reservoir. Pokfulam
Reservoir. Wong Nei
Chong
Reservoir. Tai Tam
Tuk
P.W.D.
Quarters. Tai Po
Reservoir. Shing Mun
Reservoir
No. 1. Shing Mun
Reservoir
No. 2. Shing Mun
Reservoir
No. 3. Kowloon
Reservoir
No. 4. Pui
Reservoir
No. 5. Shek Lei
P.W.R. January 1.880 2.17 1.63 1.68 1.62 1.57 1.19 2.48 2.68 2.32 1.74 1.10 February 3.570 3.87 2.75 2.59 2.99 2.46 2.18 2.49 2.74 2.48 3.26 2.61 March 5.185 6.37 4.95 5.01 4.24 4.66 3.26 3.89 4.05 3.93 5.05 3.84 April 4.105 6.68 8.77 10.11 8.17 7.96 4.81 4.17 4.34 3.98 4.09 3.29 May 18.410 19.13 20.55 23.22 10.26 16.99 13.61 19.22 19.58 19.25 15.43 13.90 June 15.130 13.64 18.34 11.93 13.26 15.12 16.91 14.88 14.89 14.41 18.20 15.63 July 4.780 3.37 3.42 3.37 3.46 4.52 3.71 5.24 5.46 5.06 6.96 5.36 August 12.910 17.88 12.26 10.70 14.08 11.50 8.63 11.05 11.60 10.68 13.06 9.67 September 3.915 6.34 4.77 4.49 4.76 3.63 3.50 5.56 6.06 4.95 4.29 3.36 October 0.435 0.38 1.23 0.53 0.55 0.64 0.09 0.14 0.15 0.07 0.44 0.17 November 0.815 0.94 1.00 1.06 0.70 0.36 3.94 3.19 3.52 3.00 3.12 2.24 December 0.020 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.08 Total, 1928, 71.155 80.29 79.67 74.69 64.09 69.41 61.83 72.37 75.11 70.21 75.64 61.17 Total, 1927, 107.865 120.12 114.64 99.52 97.18 114.03 95.20 107.08 128.58 116.46 109.23 86.16 Increase or Decrease. -36.710 -39.83 -34.97 -24.83 -33.04 -44.62 -33.37 -34.71 -53.47 -46.25 -33.59 -24.99