ongkong, lst February. Welcome Rain.
There has at last been a break in the cheerful monotony of yolden days and pleasant weather. On the morning of thursday it broke grey and wet, and though the actual downpour ceased at 9a, m., it continued showery during the day. It has been fine since, but very angry and warm for the season, and. today it is overcast and again looks like rain, This is badly wanted, but it is too much to hope that we shall get any appreciable fall this side of March, and the water supply is shrinking woefully.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.