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Annexe 15.

City of Victoria and Hill District Water Works.

ULTIMATE CAPACITY OF WORKS ON THE HONGKONG ISLAND.

DATA.

Catchment area

1 inch rain on 5,167 acres

Storage capacity.......

Assumed consumption average

:

5,167 acres.

117 million gallons.

2,166

"

10 million a day.

January

February

March ...

April

May

June

July

August

September October November

December

Balance Sheet.

:

:

270

230

270

270.

320

340

340

340

340

340

320

280

3,660 million gallous.

Assumed dry period as Nocember, 1894–May, 1896. Assumed consumption average 10 million gallons a day.

1891. J November

2,166 (Reservoirs assumed full.,

November use

320

1,846

December use

280

1,566

1895. January use

270

1,296

February use

230

1,066

117

March collect

Carried forward

...

1,183