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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1988

ON $1,000, APRIL 14, 1988 TO JULY 13, 1988

3 COMPLETE MONTHS AT $2.80 PER MONTH

$8.40

ON $1,000, MAY 14, 1988 TO JULY 13, 1988

2 COMPLETE MONTHS AT $2.80 PER MONTH

$5.60

ON $1,000, JUNE 14, 1988 TO JULY 13, 1988

1 COMPLETE MONTH AT $2.80 PER MONTH

COOL AND CLOUDY IN MARCH

*

$2.80

$16.80

IT WAS RATHER COOL AND CLOUDY IN CLOUD AMOUNT OF 90 PER CENT WHICH WAS ACCORDING TO A REPORT RELEASED BY {TUESDAY).

MARCH WITH A MONTHLY MEAN 14 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF BRIGHT SUNSHINE OF 37.1 PER CENT OF THE NORMAL AMOUNT FOR MARCH AND IS THE RECORD FOR THE MONTH.

THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 16.8 DEGREES DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL FOR MARCH.

ALTHOUGH RAIN WAS REPORTED ON 26 DAYS RAINFALL AMOUNT WAS ONLY 40.6 MILLIMETRES, NORMAL AMOUNT FOR MARCH.

FOR

HOURS WAS ONLY 37 EIGHTH LOWEST ON

THE MONTH WAS 1.7

IN MARCH, THE MONTHLY 26 PER CENT BELOW THE

DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988, THE RAINFALL AMOUNT TOTALLING 53.5 MILLIMETRES WAS 57 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL.

FOR THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS IN MARCH, THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN.

AN INTENSE SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST DURING THE DAY ON MARCH 2, CAUSING THE TEMPERATURE то DROP TO JUST ABOVE 10 DEGREES EARLY NEXT MORNING.

/SOME RAIN