CO129-166 - Public Offices & Others - 1873 — Page 45

of

dum for 24 hours.

The Main fall has been registered for several years past at three places in the Coloniy viz : At Victoria peuk - being the Siegal Station - at nearly the highest point of the Island.-

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It the Girl Hospital situated in the "Western Central district of the City and at the Reservoir at Jokfoolum _ the records, shew, that for a long period - the greatest annual fall is qle niches and the Cast Sto mches... The heaviest fall of raw - in 24 hours has been 6.25 wiches - but of this quite 5

in 10 hours only.

wiches felt

be

The longest perived of drought may

extending from the 12th of betober

laken as

to the Pt of June or about 240 days.

"The gathering ground of this Reservver has un extent of 396 (Three hundred and muiety six ) acres and is skeurr on the accom panying plan colored pale blue ;- the area of the Reservoir itself being colored dark blue).

I may

may briefly recapitulate the more guunal purposes for which water is

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required - as being for - drinking, manufacturing, washing of persons (the beat of the churate rendering frequent bathing enjoyable) and Clothes :- the Watering of Streets and Gardens the extinction of fires . _ and in the case of

Nong Kong,

now under consideration for delivery to the shipping in the harbour which is an item of great insportance - from

svily

its yielding a large remuneration.

Bearing the above mentioned uses in mind - I. ann of opinion that a daily

supply of 20 ( twenty / Gallons per head of the popslation will barely be found!' sufficient but allowing this rate for the supply of the City containing 40,000 ) (Munchy thousand) inhabitants, the quantity

(Ove of water

required will be 1, 800, 000 (Cow) million eight hundred thousand) gallons

her

dum. -

Tthe reason why

the

eupply

un the

long- has been because

Reservoir has hitherto lasted out so

the

seasons-

during dry the 10 wich conduit pipe leading wito the City - has been capable of delivering a quantity