620 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 11, 1906.
These include the training of nullahs to the extent of 5,145 feet and the building of public latrines and urinals as follows:-one latrine in Third Street, one urinal on the Praya opposite Douglas Street, and one urinal at the upper terminus of the Peak Tramway.
The resumption of property by the Government to the extent of 18,092 square feet during the year under review, has greatly improved the Kau U Fong area.
A considerable improvement is always taking place in the matter of scavenging lanes but the full effect of the Ordinance in this respect will not be noticeable for a considerable number of years. Nevertheless the total length of lanes obtained for scavenging purposes during the year has been 18,977 feet.
As the re-building of a house necessitates the sacrifice of ground to be devoted to open space, owners will of course always prefer to patch the existing houses rather than re-build. However 48 old houses have been pulled down and re-built during the year.
During the year three wells the water of which was unsatisfactory were closed by order of the Sanitary Board.
METEOROLOGICAL RETURN.
The following Table records the meteorological conditions which prevailed during the year:
MONTH.
BARO-
METER
AT
TEMPERATURE.
HUMIDITY.
WIND.
CLOUDI SUN-
SHINE. NESS.
RAIN.
M.S.L. Max. Mean. Min. Rel. Abs.
Dir.
Vel.
ius. January,. 29.93 69,0 64.3
February, 30.01 58.9 55.3
Marcb,........ 29.94 61.8 58.9
April,
29.85 72.0
p.c. ius. 60.7 79 0.49
p. c. hours.
ins. 69 142.9 1.800
Points. miles p. b.
E
11.5
51.6
84
56.3 88 0.44
0.37
92
26.3
1.100 E by S
11.3
96
31.1 11.485
E by N
17.9
67.8 63.7 85 0.59
May,
June,
29.80 83.0 78.1 74.3 82 078
29.62 85.0
July,
29.61 87.8
August,
29.65 86.7
September, 29.77 84.7
October,
82.3 78.1 80 0.88
66
81.1 77.1 83 0.87 80
63
32
86
100.7 1.235
E
15.1
212.0 6.825
ESE
10.1
144.3 19.695
ESE
11.4
81.2
77.3 84 0.89
80.1 76.5 81 0.83
3.28 18
243.5 9.015 SSE
7.8
68
228.4 12.115 SE by E
9.3
65 199.5 3.195
E
14.8
+
November, 30.05 73.6 69.2 65.0 66 0.46 48
29.89 80.4 75.9 72.0 71 0.64 49 201.7 1.830 E by N
209.0 0.280 E by N
12.4
12.4
December, 30.00 69.6 65.3 62.1 80 0.50 73 117.0 2.370 ENE
12.9
POPULATION,
The following is the estimated population to the middle of 1905:—
Non-Chinese Civil Community,
Chinese :-
City of Victoria including the Peak and Stonecutters
10,452
Island,
..194,950
Villages of Hongkong,
16,296
Old Kowloon,
73,473
New Kowloon (approximate),
21,000
Floating population,
54,154
Total Chinese Civil population,
.359,873
Army, (average strength),
4,274
Navy, (average strength),
3,251
Total population of the Colony,
..377,850
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