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Table XI.

Statement of Rainfall for the year at various points in the Colony.

MONTH. Royal
Observatory Public
Garden Tytam
Reservoir Tytam Tuk
Reservoir Pokfulum
Reservoir Wong Nei
Chong
Reservoir Aberdeen
Reservoir Shing Mun Valley
No. 1 Shing Mun
Valley
No. 2 Shing Mun
Valley
No. 3 Kowloon
Reservoir Shek Li Pui
Reservoir Taipo
Quarters Fanling
No. 4 January .580 .70 .60 .83 .59 .41 .58 .23 .43 .29 .62 February 3.345 3.50 3.55 3.30 3.75 3.08 3.38 3.14 4.47 3.34 3.48 .42 2.87 .61 .67 4.04 2.32 March .465 .56 .60 .68 .45 .51 .39 .18 .35 .20 .66 .46 .60 .61 April 4.600 5.09 2.42 2.37 1.83 2.05 2.26 1.74 2.36 1.50 2.34 1.99 4.39 3.69 May 10.160 11.02 11.10 10.95 11.59 12.13 11.11 9.08 10.56 9.95 12.05 11.33 11.82 10.75 June 5.700 5.72 6.92 6.04 5.14 7.16 5.60 5.61 6.98 6.17 6.32 5.06 7.08 6.04 July 8.810 10.85 11.04 10.90 9.58 11.23 10.49 8.25 11.39 9.00 11.00 7.85 10.21 13.73 August 21.305 20.99 19.76 18.35 17.23 23.12 20.17 23.01 28.70 6.00 28.46 20.68 23.78 24.27 September 12.380 13.24 12.80 13.65 12.96 12.36 11.44 21.69 24.47 16.92 15.09 14.83 22.33 24.03 October 1.885 1.00 2.39 2.18 .61 1.55 .85 1.06 1.29 .76 1.34 1.07 2.17 .76 November .165 .32 .33 .27 .10 .16 .16 .08 .14 .12 .03 .09 .22 .05 December .375 .75 .59 .55 .28 .36 .42 .47 .80 .54 .49 .36 1.60 1.27 Total 1936 69.770 73.74 72.16 70.07 64.11 74.12 66.85 74.54 91.94 54.79 81.88 67.01 88.85 88.19 Total 1935 71.320 76.34 79.56 70.10 65.94 73.70 66.12 88.12 98.50 77.08 85.70 70.32 84.59 65.11 Increase or
Decrease - 1.550 -2.60 - 7.40 .03 - 1.83 + .42 + .73 - 13.58 -6.56 - 22.29 - 3.82 - 3.31 + 4.26 + 23.08

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