Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841–1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
without a sufficiency of other foods, and advising that beans should be supplied with the rice, when fresh meat or fresh fish cannot be afforded.
(c.)-CLIMATE.
The climate of Victoria is similar in its broad features to that of Kowloon and the New Territories, but at the higher levels, from 1,400 to 1,800 feet above sea-level the temperature is on the average about 3° lower than at the Observatory, Kowloon, in the winter, and 8° lower in the summer. The humidity is usually greater than in Kowloon and approaches saturation for several days at a time during March and April when mist is very prevalent. In summer the city of Victoria, and the rising terraces behind it, derive little or no benefit from the S.W. monsoon, being sheltered by steep hills from S.E. to S.W. In winter it is exposed to the N.E. monsoon, which occasionally blows along the harbour through Lyemun Pass with considerable violence. On the other hand, the south-west side of the island is protected from the N.E. monsoon in winter and enjoys the benefit of the S.W. monsoon in summer.
X-POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SERVICES.
The total revenue from the postal service in 1922 amounted to $662,862.11, being $18,704.57 more than that collected in 1921. The net expenditure amounted to $258,115.57. The balance of revenue over expenditure amounted to $404,746.54.
The revenue collected in 1922 from radio-telegrams amounted to $32,052.99, being $12,970.01 more than that collected in 1921. Advices of vessels signalled at the lighthouses yielded $725.80, and semaphore messages $13.60, making a total of $32,792.39 for the telegraph service. The expenditure amounted to $65,670.85. The number of radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 2,964, consisting of 40,928 words, and 7,865 received, consisting of 104,858 words.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
16th July, 1923.
Colonial Secretary.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841–1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
without a sufficiency of other foods, and advising that beans should be supplied with the rice, when fresh meat or fresh fish cannot be afforded.
(c.)-CLIMATE.
The climate of Victoria is similar in its broad features to that of Kowloon and the New Territories, but at the higher levels, from 1,400 to 1,800 feet above sea-level the temperature is on the average about 3o lower than at the Observatory, Kowloon, in the winter, and 8° lower in the summer. The humidity is usually greater than in Kowloon and approaches saturation for several days at a time during March and April when mist is very prevalent. In summer the city of Victoria, and the rising terraces behind it, derive little or no benefit from the S.W. monsoon, being sheltered by steep hills from S.E. to S.W. In winter it is exposed to the N.E. monsoon,which occasionally blows along the harbour through Lyemun Pass with considerable violence. On the other hand, the south-west side of the island is protected from the N.E. monsoon in winter and enjoys the benefit of the S.W. monsoon in summer.
X-POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SERVICES.
The total revenue from the postal service in 1922 amounted to $662,862.11, being $18,704.57 more than that collected in 1921. The net expenditure amounted to $258,115.57. The balance of revenue over expenditure amounted to $404,746.54.
The revenue collected in 1922 from radio-telegrams amounted to $32,052.99, being $12,970.01 more than that collected in 1921. Advices of vessels signalled at the lighthouses yielded $725.80, and semaphore messages $13.60, making a total of $32,792.39 for the telegraph service. The expenditure amounted to $65,670.85. The number of radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 2,964, consisting of 40,928 words, and 7,865 received, consisting of 104,858 words.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
16th July, 1923.
Colonial Secretary.
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