AnnualReport-1939

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Appendix II.

STATEMENT OF RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR AT VARIOUS POINTS IN THE Colony.

(INCHES).

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Month. Royal Observatory. Public Garden. Tytam Reservoir. Tytam Tuk Reservoir. Wong Nei Chong Reservoir. Aberdeen Reservoir. Mun Valley Catch-water Reservoir No. 1. Mun Valley Reservoir No. 2. Mun Valley Reservoir No. 3. Mun Valley Reservoir No. 4. Pui Reservoir. Taipo Quarters. Fanling. Un Long. Tai Lam Chung. Shek Li Pui Reservoir No. 1. January 1.100 1.15 1.39 1.41 .82 1.09 1.05 .58 .50 .59 .47 .88 .69 1.19 1.14 .33 1.06 February .020 .13 .08 .01 .04 .01 .06 .10 .01 .06 March 3.540 3.40 3.88 4.34 2.72 3.70 2.93 6.02 5.46 4.60 4.37 4.23 6.13 4.32 5.09 5.49 April 15.800 17.24 20.22 18.08 15.75 20.55 18.94 20.70 17.96 16.47 15.54 14.56 14.95 10.30 15.11 17.15 May 20.985 23.79 20.34 18.24 19.52 18.57 19.93 28.05 23.37 21.03 5.88 21.42 19.52 20.78 17.57 14.30 18.03 June 8.645 7.43 11.23 8.32 5.96 9.54 7.10 11.33 11.12 9.30 9.05 9.30 6.71 11.13 6.94 4.67 6.68 July 12.695 10.53 13.25 11.87 8.93 11.94 9.50 10.49 9.53 9.42 11.03 9.42 9.19 9.61 8.82 5.09 7.73 August 12.820 10.81 12.98 12.03 11.96 11.87 9.90 15.60 11.48 10.01 7.35 13.04 12.14 7.21 6.90 6.62 6.62 September 4.865 5.64 6.47 4.91 4.87 5.71 5.06 6.00 4.93 4.45 5.13 8.15 6.80 7.01 6.22 3.10 4.35 October 1.410 2.00 1.58 1.13 1.08 1.04 1.14 2.20 2.54 1.04 1.55 1.62 1.58 1.29 .94 .88 1.63 November 4.825 4.49 5.14 4.71 3.07 5.15 4.28 7.55 7.85 2.24 5.05 6.22 6.26 6.47 6.38 7.15 7.42 December 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 1939 86.705 86.48 96.61 85.12 74.68 89.20 79.83 108.52 94.74 79.03 45.04 89.96 80.68 85.82 69.63 62.34 76.22 Total 1938 55.355 57.48 66.39 62.54 57.26 65.52 60.02 70.65 68.87 60.61 59.46 52.24 61.26 64.17 49.48 Increase or Decrease. +31.350 +29.00 +30.22 +22.58 +17.42 +23.68 +19.81 +37.87 +25.87 +18.42 +30.50 +28.44 +24.56 +5.46 +12.86

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