AnnualReport-1930

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

Month Royal Observa-tory Public Gardens Tai Tam Reservoir Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir Pokfulam Reservoir Wong Nei Chong Reservoir Shing Mun Reservoir No. 1 Shing Mun Reservoir No. 2 Shing Mun Reservoir No. 3 Kowloon Reservoir No. 4 Pui Reservoir Tai Po Quarters Fanling Shek Li January 2.275 2.43 1.97 2.07 2.39 1.78 1.96 1.92 1.79 2.48 1.80 2.38 2.28 February 1.380 1.51 1.31 1.27 1.34 1.25 1.49 1.48 1.48 1.64 1.16 2.14 2.15 March 7.230 7.15 3.73 3.33 5.44 4.53 10.64 10.53 10.40 7.92 7.43 10.11 6.09 April 2.100 2.26 2.57 2.87 1.53 1.96 2.92 2.86 2.13 3.27 2.65 2.80 2.42 May 6.185 7.99 7.10 7.29 6.73 7.17 4.01 3.89 3.98 4.92 3.37 4.62 6.04 June 12.245 15.00 18.31 16.37 11.50 16.75 13.06 13.04 12.89 11.10 8.89 11.90 9.06 July 29.025 31.51 22.88 19.72 27.77 26.25 34.54 35.36 35.30 32.56 25.51 24.57 28.63 August 6.065 5.22 5.06 4.03 5.89 4.80 5.13 5.21 5.10 5.77 5.04 4.82 5.46 September 28.245 29.40 31.67 29.86 22.23 31.42 33.52 33.38 33.26 32.02 26.93 32.56 24.05 October .410 .02 1.36 .88 .90 .70 .09 .11 .27 .51 November .035 .07 .29 .31 .54 .1 .05 .04 .04 $2 .23 .26 .40 December .890 1.23 .76 1.03 .75 .79 .49 .43 .35 1.23 1.1 1.45 1.56 Total 1930 96.085 103.79 97.01 89.03 86.51 97.40 107.81 108.14 106.72 103.22 84.28 97.88 88.65 Total 1929 69.825 71.08 65.03 64.14 59.48 73.72 64.01 66.14 63.23 66.10 53.82 56.79 55.34 Increase or Decrease +26.260 +32.71 +31.98 +24.89 +27.03 +23.68 +43.80 +42.00 +48.49 +37.22 +30.46 +41.09 +33.31

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