23. A summary of passenger traffic for the past two years illustrat- ing the features referred to in para. 22 is given below:
Terminal
1949/50
1950/51
Pass. Up. Revenue Pass. Dn. Revenue
Pass. Up.
Revenue
Pass. Dn. Revenue
thro' traffic
between
Kowloow &
Canton
332,796 $ 753,379
377,814 $ 878,483
Sectional
Thro' traffic
147,649
224,549
93,771
163,677
Total (foreign)
480,445
$ 977,928 471,585
$1,042,160
Local Passgrs.
Carried.
Bkgs. to
& from
Shum Chun
572,530 $450,548
465,028 $ 450,723
Bkgs. to &
from Lowu
708,860
963,382 753,737
971,520 1,749,123
$2,588,720 1,579,472 $2,205,119
Local Bkgs. (other)
894,150
693,541 918,031
690,745 1,315,390
1,012,676 1,411,413 1,104,853
Total (local) 2,175,540
$2,107,471 2,136,796 $2,112,988 3,064,513
$3,601,396 2,990,885 $3,309,972
Total passgrs.
(thro' and Local)
Up- 2,655,985 Revenue-$3,085,399
Dn. 2,608,381
""
3,155,148
Up 3,064,513 Revenue-$3,601,396
Dn. 2,990,885
"
3,309,972
5,264,366
$6,240,547
6,055,398
$6,911,368
24. A feature brought out in the above figures is the rise in local bookings (other) from 1,812,181 in 1949/50 to 2,726,803 in 1950/51. The causes were the growth in population, picnic parties at weekends and the conveyance of Military personnel. There was also an increase of 156,266 in passenger bookings to and from Sheung Shui, the close proximity of this station to the frontier making it a convenient collecting centre and base of operations for travelling traders.
25. The very great increase in goods traffic was caused by the buying and selling of raw materials in the Colony by the Chinese Government, and restricted shipping round the China coast. In consequence, a large proportion of goods traffic by rail has been cargo to and from Shanghai and points further north which normally would have been conveyed by
sea.
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