AnnualReport-1933

5. In the following table the monthly rainfall at the Observatory is compared with other records in the Colony.

Month Observatory Police Station (Kowloon) Matilda Hospital (Hong Kong) Botanical Gardens (Hong Kong) Taipo Kellet, Mount Fanling January 0.480 inches 0.69 inches 0.49 inches 0.49 inches 0.68 inches February 0.100 inches 0.36 inches 0.10 inches 0.19 inches March 1.015 inches 1.24 inches 1.34 inches 1.39 inches 1.29 inches April 1.915 inches 1.40 inches 1.95 inches 2.05 inches 1.63 inches May 4.515 inches 6.62 inches 5.22 inches 6.42 inches 5.78 inches June 16.440 inches 21.39 inches 21.95 inches 16.36 inches 16.97 inches July 14.310 inches 7.63 inches 15.58 inches 15.00 inches 7.27 inches August 17.35 inches 5.30 inches 2.94 inches 2.27 inches 3.02 inches September 12.580 inches 13.22 inches 14.65 inches 13.25 inches 15.91 inches October 3.745 inches 2.62 inches 3.27 inches 2.34 inches 1.75 inches November 4.135 inches 6.82 inches 4.44 inches 2.80 inches 6.75 inches December 1.375 inches 2.78 inches 1.53 inches 1.65 inches 2.30 inches Year 52.345 inches 70.07 inches 73.256 inches 64.12 inches 63.54 inches

III.—PUBLICATIONS.

6. The following publications have been made during 1933

Magnetic Results, 1932.

Magnetic Results, 1884 to 1931.

The following are in the press :-

Magnetic Results, 1933. Meteorological Results, 1933.

The Upper Winds of Hong Kong.