5. In the following table the monthly rainfall at Observatory is compared with other records in the Colony.
Month. Observatory Matilda Hospital (Mount Kellet, Hong Kong). Police Station (Kowloon). Botanical Gardens (Taipo). Police Station (Hong Kong). inches. inches. inches. inches. inches. January 0.580 0.61 0.70 0.54 0.67 February 3.345 4.04 3.50 3.76 2.32 March 0.465 0.60 0.56 0.61 0.61 April 4.600 4.39 5.09 4.52 3.69 May 10.160 11.82 11.02 9.43 10.75 June 5.700 7.08 5.72 7.00 6.04 July 8.810 10.21 10.85 9.02 13.73 August 21.305 23.78 20.99 18.27 24.27 September 12.380 22.33 13.24 10.23 24.03 October 1.885 2.17 1.00 0.91 0.76 November 0.165 0.22 0.32 0.23 0.05 December 0.375 1.60 0.75 0.56 1.27 Year 1936 69.770 88.85 73.74 65.08 88.19III.—PUBLICATIONS.
6. The following publications have been made during
Magnetic Results, 1935.
Meteorological Results, 1935.
The following are in the press:—
Magnetic Results, 1936.
Meteorological Results, 1936.
A monthly abstract of meteorological observations is published in the Government Gazette and copies are supplied to any firm or individual requiring them, and a monthly seismological bulletin is issued and distributed to other observatories.
7. A weather map of the Far East for 6 a.m. of 120th meridian time is constructed daily and forecasts are issued for the following districts:-
A Shanghai to Turnabout.
D. Hong Kong to Hainan.
B. Turnabout to Hong Kong.
E. Northern China Sea.
C. Hong Kong and neighbourhood.
The map, weather report and forecast are exhibited at the Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry piers, the Harbour Office, Telegraph Offices and General Post Office. The weather map may be purchased by the public at a subscription rate of 15 dollars per annum. There were 30 subscribers in 1936.
A weather map for 2 p.m. is also prepared but is not published. Morning and afternoon weather reports and forecasts, together with observations made at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., are published in the local press.