The rainfall for the year under review was 81.12 inches, or 13 inches less than the average for the last five years. The only wet month was June when 29.31 inches fell.
The monthly rainfall during 1910 was as follows:-
January 1.09 February .57 March .70 April 3.84 May .03 June 29.31 July 14.12 August 15.58 September 2.83 October .46 November .92 December 11.67 Total, 81.12 inches.The annual rainfall for the last five years is as follows:
1906, 94.22 inches. 1907, 106.16 1908, 119.69 1909, 88.48 1910, 81.12X-PUBLIC WORKS.
The principal event of the year was the opening of the railway to passenger traffic on the 1st October. This is not the place to comment on traffic receipts but it is understood that the receipts from local passenger traffic have largely exceeded the estimate. The sections of the Castle Peak-Sha Tau Kok Road from Ping Shan to Au T'au and from San T'in to Au Ha were practically completed. The bank was finished and the bridges were, with one or two exceptions, completed. The necessary resumptions were effected with little trouble, the only objectors being two Hongkong Chinese who own land near Fan Ling. Their cases have been submitted to arbitration. The cost of resumption was $8,580.71. Money was in hand for the resumptions between Au T'au and San Tin and between Au Ha and Sha Tau Kok. The completion of the Au Ha-Sha T'au Kok section will be attended by notable developments in that district. It is anticipated that a flourishing market will spring up on the British side of the frontier when facilities of communication with Fan Ling and the railway have been thoroughly established. The Fan Ling-Au Ha section is much appreciated, people in the Sha T'au Kok district can now get into Hongkong by the morning train, have four hours there and be back in their homes by nightfall. The advantage of this can be realised by anyone acquainted with the old means of communication.
The following table will show the length of the road and the sections which have already been completed :-
Castle Peak-Ping Shan, 4.75 miles. Ping Shan-Yun Long, 1.50 Yun Long-Au Tau, 22.94 Au T'au-San Tin, 4.75 San T'in-Au Ha Gap, 9.25 Au Ha Gap-Sha T'au Kok Frontier, 2.50 Total, 23.69 11I 6
less than the average for the last five years. The only wet month was June when 29:31 inches fell.
The monthly rainfall during 1910 was as follows:-
January
1.09
February
*57
July August
March
*70
September
April- May June -
3.84
October
*46
November
- 29.31
December
- 11.67
-
14:12
15:58
03
2.83
*92
Total,......... 81 12 inches.
The annual rainfall for the last five years is as follows:
1906,
1907.
1908,
1909,
1910,
94.22 inches.
106.16
13
119.69
88:48
81.12
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X-PUBLIC WORKS.
The principal event of the year was the opening of the railway to passenger traffic on the 1st October. This is not the place to com- ment on traffic receipts but it is understood that the receipts from local passenger traffic have largely exceeded the estimate. The sections of the Castle Peak-Sha Tau Kok Road from Ping Shan to Au T'au and from San T'in to Au Ha were practically completed. The bank was finished and the bridges were, with one or two ex- ceptions, completed. The necessary resumptions were effected with little trouble, the only objectors being two Hongkong Chinese who own land near Fan Ling. Their cases have been submitted to arbi- tration. The cost of resumption was $8,580.71. Money was in hand for the resumptions between Au T'au and San Tin and between Au Ha and Sha Tau Kok. The completion of the Au Ha-Sha T'au Kok section will be attended by notable develop- ments in that district. It is anticipated that a flourishing market will spring up on the British side of the frontier when facilities of communication with Fan Ling and the railway have been thoroughly established. The Fan Ling-Au Ha section is much appreciated, people in the Sha T'au Kok district can now get in to Hongkong by the morning train, have four hours there and be back in their homes by nightfall. The advantage of this can be realised by anyone acquainted with the old means of communication.
The following table will shew the length of the road and the sections which have already been completed :-
Castle Peak-Ping Shan,
Ping Shan-Yun Long,
Yun Long-Au Tau,
Au T'au-San Tin,
San T'in-Au Ha Gap,
Au Ha Gap-Sha T'au Kok Frontier,
Total,....
4.75 miles.
1:50
22
*94
4.75
9.25
19
2:50
11
23.69
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