COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL.
are untrained mountain streams which contain anopheles mosquito, and partly to the intermittent nature of the rainfall during the year. The streams are being trained pari passu with the completion of the building works.
(c.) CLIMATE.
The average monthly temperature throughout the year was 72.0° F. as compared with 72.7° F. in 1909 and 72.0° F. during the ten preceding years. The maximum mean monthly temperature was attained in July, when it reached 87.0° F., and the mean minimum monthly temperature was recorded in December, when it was 54.9° F. The highest recorded temperature during the year was 91.3° F. on the 29th August, and the lowest 44.2° F. on the 25th January.*
The total rainfall for the year was 70.12 inches as compared with an average of 81.10 inches during the ten preceding years. The wettest month was June, with 18.19 inches, the dryest, October, when 0.04 inch was recorded. The greatest amount of rain which fell on any one day was 8.11 inches on the 1st July, while no rain fell on 254 days of the year. The mean relative humidity of the atmosphere for the year was 77 per cent., as compared with an average of 77 per cent. during the ten preceding years. The average daily amount of sunshine was 6.0 hours, being 53 per cent. of the possible duration.
These figures are those recorded at the Observatory, Kowloon, and there is a very considerable divergence between that place and Hong Kong (low levels), the Peak District, or Tai Po (New Territories), both in rainfall, temperature, and humidity.
POSTAL SERVICE.
The total amount paid into the Treasury in 1910 by the Postal Department was $756,295.02 from which sum $237,228.48 was transferred to other heads of General Revenue under which fees and duties are paid in postage stamps, which are now sold exclusively by the Post Office, leaving the sum of $519,066.54 as the approximate revenue from the Postal Service. The total expenditure amounted to $470,984.35. The result of the year's working shows a profit $48,082.19.
The Colony commenced to forward parcels viâ Shanghai, Dalny, and the Trans-Siberian railway on 1st September. The following agreements were entered into and came into operation during the year, viz.:-
Direct exchange of money orders with Indo-China on 1st October; direct exchange of parcels with New Zealand on 1st August; parcel post agreements with the Straits Settlements on 1st August, and with the Philippine Islands (revised) on 7th October.
* These are the temperatures recorded by the Observatory at sea-level. The temperature in the high levels at the Peak averages some 10° less.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS- -ANNUAL.
are untrained mountain streams which contain anopheles mos- quitoes, and partly to the intermittent nature of the rainfall during the year. The streams are being trained pari passu with the completion of the building works.
(c.) CLIMATE.
The average monthly temperature throughout the year was 72.0° F. as compared with 72-7° F. in 1909 and 72·0° F. during the ten preceding years. The maximum mean monthly temperature was attained in July, when it reached 87-0° F., and the mean minimum monthly temperature was recorded in December, when it was 54.9° F. The highest recorded temperature during the year was 91-3° F. on the 29th August, and the lowest 44-2° F. on the 25th January.*
The total rainfall for the year was 70:12 inches as compared with an average of 81·10 inches during the ten preceding years. The wettest month was June, with 18 19 inches, the dryest, October, when 0.04 inch was recorded. The greatest amount of rain which fell on any one day was 8'11 inches on the 1st July, while no rain fell on 254 days of the year. The mean relative humidity of the atmosphere for the year was 77 per cent., as compared with an average of 77 per cent. during the ten preceding years. The average daily amount of sunshine was 60 hours, being 53 per cent. of the possible duration.
These figures are those recorded at the Observatory, Kowloon, and there is a very considerable divergence between that place and Hong Kong (low levels), the Peak District, or Tai Po (New Terri- tories), both in rainfall, temperature, and humidity.
X-POSTAL SERVICE.
The total amount paid into the Treasury in 1910 by the Postal Department was $756,295.02 from which sum $237,228.48 was transferred to other heads of General Revenue under which fees and duties are paid in postage stamps, which are now sold ex- clusively by the Post Office, leaving the sum of $519,066.54 as the approximate revenue from the Postal Service. The total expen- diture amounted to $470,984.35. The result of the year's working shows a profit $48,082.19.
The Colony commenced to forward parcels viâ Shanghai, Dalny, and the Trans-Siberian railway on 1st September. The following agreements were entered into and came into operation during the year, viz.:-
.
Direct exchange of money orders with Indo-China on 1st October; direct exchange of parcels with New Zealand on 1st August; parcel post agreements with the Straits Settlements on 1st August, and with the Philippine Islands (revised) on 7th October..
* These are the temperatures recorded by the. Observatory at sea-level. The temperature in the high levels at the Peak averages some 10° less.
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