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5. In the following table the monthly rainfall at the Observatory is compared with other records in the Colony.
Month Obser-vatory Police
Station
(Hong
Kong) Matilda
Hospital
(Kowloon) Botanical
Gardens
(Hong
Kong) (Mount
Kellet,
Fanling) January 2.765 inches 2.27 inches 2.02 inches 1.90 inches 2.90 inches February 0.310 inches 0.36 inches 0.33 inches 0.51 inches 0.19 inches March 3.445 inches 3.27 inches 2.09 inches 2.59 inches 2.97 inches April 2.260 inches 1.38 inches 3.99 inches 3.89 inches 1.41 inches May 11.120 inches 12.01 inches 8.24 inches 15.12 inches 12.44 inches June 13.265 inches 12.40 inches 6.60 inches 9.48 inches 13.39 inches July 19.315 inches 15.74 inches 13.07 inches 16.33 inches 19.63 inches August 14.355 inches 12.03 inches 16.30 inches 24.63 inches 14.29 inches September 12.525 inches 6.73 inches 13.94 inches 13.64 inches 8.90 inches October 1.500 inches 1.35 inches 2.42 inches 2.83 inches 1.16 inches November 1.035 inches 1.48 inches 0.35 inches 1.24 inches 1.99 inches December 0.605 inches 0.88 inches 0.64 inches 0.67 inches 0.69 inches Year 1937 82.500 inches 69.90 inches 70.19 inches 92.83 inches 79.96 inches
During the year raingauges have been installed at the Police Stations in Cheung Chau, Sai-Kung, Lok ma-Chau and Ping Shan.
III. PUBLICATIONS,
6. The following publications have been made during 1937:
Magnetic Results, 1936.
Meteorological Results, 1936.
The Typhoons of August 16-17, 1936 & September 1-2, 1937.
The following are in the press:
Magnetic Results, 1937.
Meteorological Results, 1937.
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.
B. Turnabout to Hong Kong.
C. Hong Kong and neighbourhood.
D. Hong Kong to Hainan.
E. Northern China Sea.