P.W.R. Hong Kong.
Q 38
There were only light rains during May and June and the wet season did not set in until the middle of July. The first heavy rain fell on the 12th July when the reservoirs commenced to rise, but the dry season set in early, the last considerable rain falling on the 30th September.
The maximum quantity of water impounded in all reservoirs during the year amounted to 1,905.06 million gallons on the 10th September.
The total quantity of water remaining at the end of the year was 1,308.83 million gallons.
The total quantity of water pumped from Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir during the year amounted to 1,306.01 million gallons of which 1,287.06 million gallons were pumped by the Simpson Engines and 18.95 million gallons by the Tangye Engines. This total is less than that of last year by 407.09 million gallons.
No. 1 Engine (Tangye) ran 6 days.
No. 2 " 16 days.
No. 3 (Simpson) " 35 "
No. 4 " 99 "
No. 5 " 192 "
" " 1 "
" " 222 "
" 99 "
The following is a statement of the cost of pumping during 1928 and 1929:
TAI TAM TUK PUMPING STATION.
1928 1929 Coal, $ c. 72,038.40 $ c. 60,097.10* Wages, 15,668.37 16,501.56 Miscellaneous, including repairs and stores other than coal, 7,653.33 9,764.23 Total, $95,360.10 $86,362.89*This is the value of coal consumed during the year.
Coal to the value of $16,466.60 was carried forward from 1928 to 1929, and coal to the value of $17,269.50 was carried forward from 1929 to 1930. The price of coal was $14.50 per ton during the whole year in 1929.
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P.W.R. Hong Kong.
Q 38
There were only light rains during May and June and the wet season did not set in until the middle of July. The first heavy rain fell on the 12th July when the reservoirs commented to rise, but the dry season set in early, the last considerable rain falling on the 30th September.
The maximum quantity of water impounded in all reservoirs during the year amounted to 1,905.06 million gallons on the 10th September.
The total quantity of water remaining at the. end of the year was 1,308.83 million gallons.
The total quantity of water pumped from Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir during the vear amounted to 1,306.01 million gallons of which 1,287.06 million gallons were pumped by the Simpson Engines and 18.95 million gallons by the Tangye Engines. This total is less than that of last year by 407.09 million gallons.
No. 1 Engine (Tangye) ran
6 days.
No. 2
16 "7
""
No. 3
(Simpson) 35
No. 4
No. 5
99
192
1
"}
"
222
99
*
The following is a statement of the cost of pumping during 1928 and 1929:
TAI TAM TUK PUMPING STATION.
Coal,
Wages,
Miscellaneous, including repairs
and stores other than coal,
Total,
1928.
1929.
$ c. 72,038.40
$
C.
60,097.10 *
15,668.37
16,501.56
7,653.33
9,764.23
$95,360.10
$86,362.89
*This is the value of coal consumed during the year.
Coal to the value
of $16,466.60 was carried forward from 1928 to 1929, and coal to the value
of $17,269.50 was carried forward from 1929 to 1930. was $14.50 per ton during the whole year in 1929.
The price of coal
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