GENERAL SURVEY
ONCE again the year closed with very good financial results with a nett profit of $3,673,108. It has also been one of many new records. The record figures are shown as follows:
(a) Gross railway revenue $15,266,791 was $1,978,046 more than the
record of $13,288,745 in 1964-65.
(b) Passenger revenue $7,455,399 was $297,192 more than the record
of $7,158,207 in 1950-51.
(c) Goods revenue $7,038,352 was $1,358,551 more than the record
of $5,679,801 in 1964-65.
(d) Number of passengers 9,513,395 was 629,294 more than the
record of 8,884,101 in 1964-65.
(e) Goods tonnage 895,066 was 176,730 more than the record of
718,336 in 1964-65.
2. An important feature on this short line is the continuous increase in both the passenger and goods traffic (see Appendices XV and XVI). It is expected that both the passenger and goods traffic will continue to rise in future years. As great difficulties had already been experienced in recent years in handling such heavy traffic it is apparent that the traffic is nearing the maximum that can be carried by a single line.
3. Local passenger traffic continued to show an upward trend. The total number of local passengers carried during the year was 8,535,854, an increase of 6.89% over the previous year. The movement of pas- sengers to and from China fluctuates unpredictably and the number of these passengers carried was 911,168, an increase of 10.22% over the previous year (see Appendix XIV).
4. In the case of goods traffic 99.5% of it was imported goods from China. The imported tonnage was 890,608, an increase of 25.28% over the previous year. The exported tonnage was only 1,486 tons, an increase of 7.92%.
5. The import of live pigs has traditionally been an important feature of incoming goods traffic. The total imported by rail during the year was 1,013,500 head, the highest figure ever recorded and 10,326 more than the record of 1,003,174 in 1964-65.
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