Potatoes
Pressed wood
Soda
Steel bars
Vegetables, fresh
4,688 metric tons
2,712
1,648
19,920
9,917
*
18. The figures of livestock imported by rail for the same period were as follows:
Buffaloes
Cows
Goats Pigs
19. A total of 2,867 cold storage wagons was
1,226 head
3,291
1,348
435,721
梦想
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sent over to the
British Section by the Chinese Section containing the following goods:
Weight in metric tons
No. of wagons
Description of goods
58
903
Chestnuts Eggs
234
Fish
801
Fresh fruits
197
Meat
37
Potatoes
36
Poultry
117
Shrimps
411
73
1,035
14,421
4,962
13,556
3,836
677
649
2,500
5,647
1,232
Vegetables Sundries
20. During the year 2,535 metric tons of foodstuffs were sent to China. Other notable freights to China included 4,367 metric tons of personal effects, 40 metric tons of fertilizer, 44 metric tons of buntal | fibre and 64 metric tons of cotton piece goods.
21. Some 7,250 metric tons of mail and mail packets were conveyed by rail to China for the Post Office.
22. One transformer weighing 17 metric tons was conveyed by rail from Kowloon to Fanling for China Light & Power Co., Ltd. on 16th April, 1962.
23. On 23rd May, 1962, 3 wagons of barbed wire and iron rods were conveyed to Lo Wu for the erection of fences at the border by the" Public Works Department.
24. Details of goods traffic appear in Appendix V.
25. Operation. Train punctuality for the year under review was satisfactory, in spite of speed restrictions. These restrictions were imposed at No. 1 Cutting at Hung Hom for the greater part of the year, owing to the Nairn Road extension project, and on the section between Sha Tin and Tai Po as a result of the extensive damage to the railway embankment and seawalls by typhoon 'Wanda'.
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