DITY.
Max. Mean Min.¦ Rel.] Abs.
K 5
METEOROLOGICAL RETURN.
The following Table records the meteorological conditions which prevailed during the year:--
Month. Barometer at M. S. L. TEMPERA-The average annual rainfall during the ten years ending 1899 was 83.16 inches and ranged from 117.12 inches in 1891 to 45.83 inches in 1895; the average for the decade ending 1909 has been 81.09 inches. The rainfall for last year is therefore somewhat below the average of recent years.
/ POPULATION.
The population of the Colony is primarily divided into Chinese and Non-Chinese. The Non-Chinese comprised at the Census of 1906 a white population of 12,925 of whom 6,085 were civilians while 4,429 belonged to the Navy and 2,411 to the Army. The coloured races (Non-Chinese) numbered 8,500 and included East Indians, Asiatic Portuguese, Japanese, Filipinos, Malays, Africans, Persians, and a few others. The Table on page 12 shows a similar classification of the Non-Chinese population for the year 1909 and from this it will be seen that the total Non-Chinese population for 1909-inclusive of Army and Navy-is estimated at 20,479 (including 446 Malays), while the total Chinese population- inclusive of Army and Navy-is estimated at 323,398.
DITY.
Max. Mean Min.¦ Rel.] Abs.
K 5
METEOROLOGICAL RETURN.
The following Table records the meteorological conditions which prevailed during the year:--
Month.
Barometer
at M. S. L.
TEMPERA- HUMI-
TURE,
Clondiness.
Suushine.
WIND.
Rain.
Dir.
Vel.
ins.
p. c. ins. p.
hours. ing.
Points. miles p. h.
January,
30.10 61.1 60.6 57.6, 80 | 0.43
83
85.0
1.460
E by N
14.1
March,
April.
May,
June,.
July,
August,
**
February,... 30.11 64.3 60 4 57.0 81 0.43 30.05 67.6 64.1| 60.8| 81 0.50 29.95 75.8 71,167.4 79 | 0.61 29.88 78.6 74.8 71.5 83 0.72) 29 79 86.5 81.8 78.6 810.88 29.77 86.5 81,9 78.2 82 | 0.89 29.78 87.5 82.8 78.8 81 0.91] September,. 29.78 87.0 82.2) 78.5) 80 | 0.88] October, 29.89 81.5 77.8 74.0] 77 0.74 November, 30.07 75.5 70.4 65.4) 62 | 0.47] December, 29.96 68.9 63.6) 58.9) 59 | 0.36)
80
85 6
1.660
E by N
14.2
92
64.2
2.345
E
16.5
78
155.4 2.455 | E by N
14.1
85
113 91 6.700 E
13.4
78
230.3 7.385 S by E
12.5
70
252.0 12.825; E by S
14.1
61
215.3 8.340 SW by S
7.8
G3
1 202.6 8.505 E
9.0
80
137.5 23.985 ENE
16.8
57
187.1 0,065 NE by Nj
12.6
30
249.7 0.000 ENE
11.4
Mean or Total, 29.94 76.7 72.6 68.9 77 0.65)
72
1978.6 75.725
E
13.0
The average annual rainfall during the ten years ending 1899 was 83.16 inches and ranged from 117:12 inches in 1891 to 45.83 inches in 1895; the average for the decade ending 1909 has been 81-09 inches. The rainfall for last year is therefore somewhat below the average of recent years.
/ POPULATION.
The population of the Colony is primarily divided into Chinese and Non-Chinese. The Non-Chinese comprised at the Census of 1906 a white population of 12,925 of whom 6,085 were civilians while 4,429 belonged to the Navy and 2,411 to the Army. The coloured races (Non-Chinese) numbered 8,500 and included East Indians, Asiatic Portuguese, Japanese, Filipinos, Malays, Africans, Persians, and a few others. The Table on page 12 shows a similar classification of the Non-Chinese population for the year 1909 and from this it will be seen that the total Non-Chinese population for 1909-inclusive of Army and Navy-is estimated at 20,479 (including 446 Malays), while the total Chinese population- inclusive of Army and Navy-is estimated at 323,398.
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