1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1901.
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open space has been given to the public by the opening of Blake Park in the Western Taipingshan District.
There were 495 deaths from plague; this was 756 less than in 1903 and except for the years 1895 and 1897 the lowest mortality since the first outbreak of the disease in 1894. Respiratory diseases accounted for 1,394 deaths among the Chinese, or 237 of the total number of Chinese deaths. The deaths from beri-beri were high, totalling 735 for the year. The result of the measures adopted for the prevention of malaria is seen in the continuous reduction in the number of deaths from this disease from 574 in 1901 to 301 in 1904.
(C.) CLIMATE.
The average monthly temperature throughout the year was 71.6° F. as compared with 71.5° F. in 1903 and 72.0° F. during the ten preceding years. The maximum monthly temperature was attained in August, when it reached 86.0° F., and the minimum monthly temperature was recorded in January, when it was 55.4° F. The highest recorded temperature during the year was 91.1° F. on the 26th of June, and the lowest 44.8° F. on December 24th.
The total rainfall for the year was 80.41 inches as compared with an average of 77.33 inches during the past ten years. The wettest month was August, with 27.64 inches, the driest, January, with only 0.12 inch. The greatest amount of rain which fell on any one day was 11.135 inches on the 25th August, while no rain fell on 137 days of the year. The relative humidity of the atmosphere throughout the year was 77 per cent., as compared with an average of 77 per cent. during the past ten years. The average daily amount of sunshine was 5.2 hours being 46 per cent. of the possible duration.
X.-POSTAL SERVICE.
The total receipts paid into the Treasury in 1904 by the Postal Department amounted to $532,742.94 from which sum $124,282 was transferred to other heads of General Revenue under which fees and duties are paid in stamps, which are now sold exclusively by the Post Office, leaving the sum of $408,418.92 as Revenue of the Postal Service. The net profit of the Postal Department after deducting $316,756.56 as expenditure, amounted to $91,702.36 being an increase of $11,012.56 more than that realised in 1903.
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Books containing 1, 2 and 4-cent stamps to the value of $1. were available from the beginning of the year and were purchased to the number of 3,040. A direct exchange of money orders.
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B 2.
1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1901.
19'
open space has been given to the public by the opening of Blake Park in the Western Taipingshan District.
There were 495 deaths from plague; this was 756 less than in 1903 and except for the years 1895 and 1897 the lowest mortality since the first outbreak of the disease in 1894. Respiratory diseases accounted for 1,394 deaths among the Chinese, or 237 of the total number of Chinese deaths. The deaths from beri-beri were high, totalling 735 for the year. The result of the measures adopted for the prevention of malaria is seen in the continuous reduction in the number of deaths from this disease from 574 in 1901 to 301 in 1904.
(C.) CLIMATE.
The average monthly temperature throughout the year was 71-6° F. as compared with 71-5° F. in 1903 and 72.0° F. during the ten preceding years. The maximum monthly temperature was attained in August, when it reached 86·0° F.,. and the minimum monthly temperature was recorded in January, when it was 55-4° F. The highest recorded tempera- ture during the year was 91 1° F. on the 26th of June, and the lowest 44.8° F. on December 24th.
The total rainfall for the year was 80-41 inches as compared with an average of 77-33 inches during the past ten years. The wettest month was August, with 27-64 inches, the dryest, January, with only 0-12 inch. The greatest amount of rain which fell on any one day was 11-135 inches on the 25th August, while no rain fell on 137 days of the year. The relative humidity of the atmosphere throughout the year was 77 per cent., as compared with an average of 77 per cent. during the past ten years. The average daily amount of sunshine was 5-2 hours being 46 per cent. of the possible duration.
X.-POSTAL SERVICE.
The total receipts paid into the Treasury in 1904 by the Postal Department amounted to $532,742.94 from which sum $124,282 was transferred to other heads of General Revenue under which fees and duties are paid in stamps, which are now sold exclusively by the Post Office, leaving the
the sum of $408,418.92 as Revenue of the Postal Service. The net profit: of the Postal Department after deducting $316,756.56 as ex-- penditure, amounted to $91,702.36 being an increase of: $11,012.56 more than that realised in 1903.
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Books containing 1, 2 and 4-cent stamps to the value of $1. were available from the beginning of the year and were purchased to the number of 3,040. A direct exchange of money orders.
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B 2.
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