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the possibility of a really sorious water shortage beforc
the end of the dry weather unless we receive a generous
reinfall which will replenish our reservoirs.
It is not too
late for such rains to fall but the chances diminish as
every day brings us nearer to the dry autumn weather.
Restriction had to be imposed as a measure of precaution on
15th July in the middle of the hot weather, and July was
with the one exception of 1889 the hottest and dry est July
on record (sec enclosed extract from the Hong Kong Daily
Press of August 13th). Restriction causes considerable
hardship in the restricted areas of the city and as there seaned to be a risk of a somewhat serious agitation arising
I made a statement in Council on 2nd August of which a copy was enclosed in y despatch No.405 of 20th August. Rains in the early part of August enabled restriction to be removed on 9th August, but since then the position has
greatly deteriorated, and it became necessary on 11th September to re-impose restriction.
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reported:
On 10th September the later Engineer
"The total storage in hand in Hong Kong this "Lorning was 1,679.45 million gallons, which is the "least storage recorded, with the exception of 1922, "since Tytan Tuk Reservoir was complcted eleven years "ago. This position was only readied on the 4th "December last year a later period by almost three "months."
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"In the event of no more than oven average
"rainfall occurring restrictions during the winter
are likely to be very long and more severe than for "very many years, while in the event of a dry spring
the situation might be critical."
"It
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