P.W.R. Hong Kong.
Q 30
The rainfall for the year amounted to 71.16 inches (Observatory) or 36.71 inches less than last year and was 14.56 inches below the average for the last forty-five years. Although there was considerable rainfall during March and April, the wet season did not set in until May. The first heavy rain fell on the 22nd April when the reservoirs commenced to rise, but the dry season set in early, the last considerable rain falling on the 31st August.
The maximum quantity of water impounded in all reservoirs during the year amounted to 2,118.41 million gallons on 4th June.
The total quantity of water remaining at the end of the year was 1,004.05 million gallons.
The total quantity of water pumped from Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir during the year amounted to 1,713.10 million gallons (the highest ever recorded) of which 1,574.33 million gallons were pumped by the new Simpson Engine and 138.77 million gallons by the Tangye Engines. This total exceeds that of last year by 408.49 million gallons.
No. Engine (Tangye) ran 20 days. (Simpson) No. 2 101 No. 3 197 No. 4 159 No. 5 186 ? 33The following is a statement of the cost of pumping during 1927 and 1928:--
TAI TAM TUK PUMPING STATION: 1927 1928 $ C. $ C. Coal, 55,644.50 72,038.40* Wages, 16,663.81 15,668.37 Miscellaneous, including repairs and stores other than coal, 7,697.45 7,653.33 TOTAL, 80,005.76 95,360.10*This is the value of coal consumed during the year.
Coal to the value of $12,325.00 was carried forward from 1927 to 1928, and coal to the value of $16,466.60 was carried forward from 1928 to 1929. The price of coal was $14.65 per ton during the whole year in 1928.
P.W.R. Hong Kong..
Q 30
The rainfall for the year amounted to 71.16 inches (Obser- tory) or 36.71 inches less than last year and was 14.56 inches below the average for the last forty-five years. Although there was considerable rainfall during March and April, the wet season did not set in until May. The first heavy rain fell on the 22nd. April when the reservoirs commenced to rise, but the dry season set in early, the last considerable rain falling on the 31st August.
The maximum quantity of water impounded in all reservoirs during the year amounted to 2,118.41 million gallons on 4th
June.
The total quantity of water rentaining at the end of the year was 1,004.05 million gallons.
The total quantity of water pumped from Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir during the year amounted to 1,713.10 million gallons (the highest ever recorded) of which 1,574.33 million gallons were pumped by the new Simpson Engine and 138.77 million gallons by the Tangye Eugines. This total exceeds that of last year by 408.49 million gallons.
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No. Engine (Tangye) ran 20 days.
(Simpson)
No. 2
101
No. 3
197
No. 4
159
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11
No. 5
186
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The following is a statement of the cost of pumping during 1927 and 1928:--
TAI TAM TUK PUMPING STATION:
1927.
1928.
$
C.
$
G.
Coal,
55,644.50
72,038.40*
Wages,
16,663.81
15,668.37
Miscellaneous, including repairs
and stores other than coal,
7,697.45
7,653.33
TOTAL,
80,005.76
95,360.10
*This is the value of coal consumed during the year.
Coal to the valac
of $12,325.00 was carried forward from 1927 to 1928, and coal to the value of $16,466.60 was carried forward from 1928 to 1929, The price of coal was $14.65 per ton during the whole year in 1928,
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