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Me 137

C.O.

12555

273

26. September 1902.

Hong Kong,

18 SEP 1902

Hongkong Government Hill Bungalow Peter Supply

I have the honour to submit the following Report on Water Supply caused by deficient rain and the steps taken to tide over the scarcity during the year 1901-1902.

The rainfall during 1901 was the second lowest on record, amounting to 55.78 inches as compared with an average of 86.57 inches. The effect of this inadequate rainfall on the water supply was probably intensified by the low rainfalls of the preceding years, which amounted to 54.02, ... and ... inches respectively, all considerably below the average, so that, during 1901, only ...

The Storage Reservoir, (Pokfulam), Tai Lam (Taftain), and Wongnichong, never being full...

The Honourable

The Colonial Secretary

However, to follow the exact format required and improve readability, here is the revised version in HTML, with proper paragraph handling and minimal necessary line breaks:

Me 137
C.O.
12555
273
26 September 1902.

Hong Kong,
18 SEP 1902

Hongkong Government Hill Bungalow Peter Supply

I have the honour to submit the following Report on Water Supply caused by deficient rain and the steps taken to tide over the scarcity during the year 1901-1902.

The rainfall during 1901 was the second lowest on record, amounting to 55.78 inches as compared with an average of 86.57 inches. The effect of this inadequate rainfall on the water supply was probably intensified by the low rainfalls of the preceding years, which amounted to 54.02, ... and ... inches respectively, all considerably below the average, so that, during 1901, only ...

The Storage Reservoir, (Pokfulam), Tai Lam (Taftain), and Wongnichong, never being full...

The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary

Let's correct and refine it according to the given rules. ## Step 1: Correcting OCR output and formatting The given text is the OCR output of a historical document. The first step is to correct the obvious errors such as "Leviciarif" to "September", "sain" to "rain", "lide" to "tide", "ucoceeding" to "succeeding", "CA" to "...", "Sefencel" to "supplies", "ciclou sified" to "intensified", "unted" to "amounted", "conviégrably" to "considerably", "Coloccial" to "Colonial", "fille" to be left as is or corrected if context allows. ## Step 2: Applying the corrections After applying the corrections: "26. Leviciarif 1902." becomes "26 September 1902.", "deficient sain" becomes "deficient rain", "lide over" becomes "tide over", "the rainfall during at or 1901" is corrected to "the rainfall during 1901", "aMCI CA" is unclear but seems to be a placeholder or error, "Sefencel the water seepply" becomes "supplies the water supply", "ciclou sified" becomes "intensified", "unted to" becomes "amounted to", "conviégrably" becomes "considerably", "Coloccial" becomes "Colonial". ## Step 3: Formatting the text The text should be formatted into proper paragraphs and Markdown syntax should be avoided in the final output as per the instructions. Instead, HTML is used. ## Step 4: Checking for missing words and reordering The text has some missing words or unclear parts (e.g., "yong and yo. y3 inches"), which should be indicated with "...", and sentences should be reordered or completed if necessary for clarity. ## Step 5: Finalizing the output Given the constraints, the output should be in HTML format using

for paragraphs. The final answer is:

Me 137
C.O.
12555
273
26 September 1902.

Hong Kong,
18 SEP 1902

Hongkong Government Hill Bungalow Peter Supply

I have the honour to submit the following Report on Water Supply caused by deficient rain and the steps taken to tide over the scarcity during the year 1901-1902.

The rainfall during 1901 was the second lowest on record, amounting to 55.78 inches as compared with an average of 86.57 inches. The effect of this inadequate rainfall on the water supply was probably intensified by the low rainfalls of the preceding years, which amounted to 54.02, ... and ... inches respectively, all considerably below the average, so that, during 1901, only ...

The Storage Reservoir, (Pokfulam), Tai Lam (Taftain), and Wongnichong, never being full...

The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary

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Me 137 C.O. 12555 273 26. September 1902. Hong Kong, 18 SEP 1902 Hongkong Government Hill Bungalow Peter Supply I have the honour to submit the following Report on Water Supply caused by deficient rain and the steps taken to tide over the scarcity during the year 1901-1902. The rainfall during 1901 was the second lowest on record, amounting to 55.78 inches as compared with an average of 86.57 inches. The effect of this inadequate rainfall on the water supply was probably intensified by the low rainfalls of the preceding years, which amounted to 54.02, ... and ... inches respectively, all considerably below the average, so that, during 1901, only ... The Storage Reservoir, (Pokfulam), Tai Lam (Taftain), and Wongnichong, never being full... The Honourable The Colonial Secretary However, to follow the exact format required and improve readability, here is the revised version in HTML, with proper paragraph handling and minimal necessary line breaks: Me 137 C.O. 12555 273 26 September 1902. Hong Kong, 18 SEP 1902 Hongkong Government Hill Bungalow Peter Supply I have the honour to submit the following Report on Water Supply caused by deficient rain and the steps taken to tide over the scarcity during the year 1901-1902. The rainfall during 1901 was the second lowest on record, amounting to 55.78 inches as compared with an average of 86.57 inches. The effect of this inadequate rainfall on the water supply was probably intensified by the low rainfalls of the preceding years, which amounted to 54.02, ... and ... inches respectively, all considerably below the average, so that, during 1901, only ... The Storage Reservoir, (Pokfulam), Tai Lam (Taftain), and Wongnichong, never being full... The Honourable The Colonial Secretary Let's correct and refine it according to the given rules. ## Step 1: Correcting OCR output and formatting The given text is the OCR output of a historical document. The first step is to correct the obvious errors such as "Leviciarif" to "September", "sain" to "rain", "lide" to "tide", "ucoceeding" to "succeeding", "CA" to "...", "Sefencel" to "supplies", "ciclou sified" to "intensified", "unted" to "amounted", "conviégrably" to "considerably", "Coloccial" to "Colonial", "fille" to be left as is or corrected if context allows. ## Step 2: Applying the corrections After applying the corrections: "26. Leviciarif 1902." becomes "26 September 1902.", "deficient sain" becomes "deficient rain", "lide over" becomes "tide over", "the rainfall during at or 1901" is corrected to "the rainfall during 1901", "aMCI CA" is unclear but seems to be a placeholder or error, "Sefencel the water seepply" becomes "supplies the water supply", "ciclou sified" becomes "intensified", "unted to" becomes "amounted to", "conviégrably" becomes "considerably", "Coloccial" becomes "Colonial". ## Step 3: Formatting the text The text should be formatted into proper paragraphs and Markdown syntax should be avoided in the final output as per the instructions. Instead, HTML is used. ## Step 4: Checking for missing words and reordering The text has some missing words or unclear parts (e.g., "yong and yo. y3 inches"), which should be indicated with "...", and sentences should be reordered or completed if necessary for clarity. ## Step 5: Finalizing the output Given the constraints, the output should be in HTML format using for paragraphs. The final answer is: Me 137 C.O. 12555 273 26 September 1902. Hong Kong, 18 SEP 1902 Hongkong Government Hill Bungalow Peter Supply I have the honour to submit the following Report on Water Supply caused by deficient rain and the steps taken to tide over the scarcity during the year 1901-1902. The rainfall during 1901 was the second lowest on record, amounting to 55.78 inches as compared with an average of 86.57 inches. The effect of this inadequate rainfall on the water supply was probably intensified by the low rainfalls of the preceding years, which amounted to 54.02, ... and ... inches respectively, all considerably below the average, so that, during 1901, only ... The Storage Reservoir, (Pokfulam), Tai Lam (Taftain), and Wongnichong, never being full... The Honourable The Colonial Secretary
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Me 137 C.O. 12555 273 26. Leviciarif 1902. Hong Kong, I 18 SEP 1902 Hougrong belys Hill Bichiel Peter Supply I have the honour to submit So. the of fall in to following Report on Watch caused 190. The Scarcity by deficient sain and the steps taken lide over the Day leason, 1901 -190th the rainfall during at or 1901 die year March the second lowest on ucoceeding to 55.78 inem record, aMCI CA as compared with average of 86.57 inches. The effect of thes - three inadequate rainfall Sefencel the water seepply was probably ciclou sified by the low racefalls of the preceding year's which unted to 5.4.02, yong and yo. y3 inches respectively, all conviégrably below the average s that, decrees The woult was 1901, only The Storage Reservoir, the Cookfularu). Op exflowers, fee Livo, (Teftain and never king Wong nichong), never The Honourable The Coloccial Suretary fille
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Me 137

C.O.

12555

273

26. Leviciarif 1902.

Hong Kong, I

18 SEP

1902

Hougrong belys Hill Bichiel Peter Supply

I have the honour to submit

So.

the

of

fall in

to

following Report on Watch caused

190.

The Scarcity

by deficient sain

and the steps taken

lide over the Day leason, 1901

-190th the rainfall during at or

1901

die

year

March

the second lowest on ucoceeding to 55.78 inem

record, aMCI CA

as

compared with

average of

86.57 inches. The effect of thes

-

three

inadequate rainfall Sefencel the water seepply was probably ciclou sified by the low racefalls of the

preceding year's which unted to 5.4.02, yong and yo. y3 inches respectively, all conviégrably below the average s that, decrees

The woult was

1901, only

The Storage Reservoir,

the

Cookfularu). Op exflowers, fee

Livo, (Teftain and

never king

Wong nichong), never

The Honourable

The Coloccial Suretary

fille

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