charges was conveyed free during the year under review, as compared to 16,901 bags, amounting to $3,965.25, last year.
22. Details relating to goods traffic are shown in Appendix VII.
23. Operation. An electric token instrument of Chinese manufacture for the despatch and receipt of trains was installed at Lowu in April 1956 in anticipation of a through train service. This instrument links up with another instrument installed at Shum Chun station across the border in Chinese territory.
24. In May 1956, a private telephone connexion was also installed at the Headquarters of the two sections, but is not yet being used.
25. Owing to the absence of platforms adjoining the main line at Hung Hom signal cabin, a token delivery apparatus was built there in July which is a modification of a type used by the Chinese section. It is no longer necessary for an employee to stand close to the running train in order to deliver the token to the engine crew.
26. On 23rd July, 1956, His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government, Mr. E. B. David, inspected the Depart- ment.
27. A new station was built on a spot about mid-way between Shatin and Taipo. It has been named Ma Liu Shui and was put into operation on 24th September, 1956. It serves Chung Chi College which is built in the valley to the west of the station.
28. On 10th October, 1956, two days prior to the Chung Yeung Festival, riots broke out in the Sham Shui Po urban area. Soon, Mong Kok, Yaumati and Tsim Sha Tsui areas were also affected as well as at other points further afield. Only a very attenuated train service was run during the riots.
29. On 8th January, 1957, at the request of the Canton Hankow Railway Administration, the standard loading gauge of the line was slightly modified in order to accept wider loads from them.
30. Two diesel electric locomotives supplied by the Clyde Engineering Co. Pty. Ltd. of Sydney, Australia, have been employed almost continuously working the local passenger train
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