Table XI.
Statement of Rainfall for the year at various points in the Colony.
MONTH. Royal Observa-tory. Public Tytam Garden. Tytam Tuk Reservoir. Pokfulum Reservoir. Wong Nei Chong Reservoir. Aberdeen Reservoir. Valley No. 1. Valley No. 2. Shing Mun Reservoir. Shing Mun No. 4. Valley No. 3. Kowloon Reservoir. Shek Li Pui Quarters. Taipo. Fanling. Un Long. January 2.765 2.90 2.25 1.91 2.45 1.92 2.16 .68 2.23 1.96 2.37 2.07 1.90 2.02 February ..310 .19 1.07 1.15 .87 .80 .63 1.85 1.03 .77 .68 .52 .51 .53 No gauge March 3.445 2.97 3.38 3.48 2.48 2.71 2.84 2.36 2.76 2.69 3.67 3.01 2.59 2.09 April 2.260 1.41 3.99 3.40 .98 2.02 1.37 3.27 3.66 3.20 2.98 2.03 3.89 3.99 3.31 May 11.120 12.44 17.34 15.95 12.15 13.69 12.17 15.36 14.32 15.38 13.93 13.50 15.12 8.24 10.11 June 13.265 13.39 17.94 15.21 12.48 17.18 14.43 11.09 11.48 11.05 12.89 11.17 9.48 6.60 4.85 July 19.315 19.63 17.46 15.99 16.96 20.70 19.08 16.88 17.58 18.02 18.62 17.65 16.33 13.07 11.79 August 14.355 14.27 16.75 16.66 14.25 16.54 15.11 29.75 30.34 27.38 19.97 19.03 24.63 16.30 18.29 September 12.525 8.90 12.84 12.56 8.38 15.35 11.28 12.88 13.04 12.44 12.74 11.54 13.64 13.94 11.17 October 1.500 1.16 2.02 1.74 1.23 1.33 1.47 4.25 3.86 4.18 3.34 3.19 2.83 2.42 2.20 November 1.035 1.99 1.15 1.03 1.29 1.10 1.55 .60 .64 .69 1.13 1.05 1.24 .53 .10 December .605 .69 .73 .78 .60 .60 .49 .16 .14 .11 .53 .49 .67 .64 .25 Total 1937 82.500. 79.94 96.87 89.86 74.12 93.94 82.58 99.13 101.08 97.87 92.85 85.25 92.83 70.19 57.07 Total 1936 69.770 73.74 72.16 70.07 64.11 74.12 66.85 74.54 91.94 54.79 81.88 67.01 88.85 88.19 Increase or Decrease +12.730 +6.20 +24.71 +19.79 +10.01 +19.82 +15.73 +24.59 +9.14 +43.08 +10.97 +18.24 +3.98 -18.0075