13. On Dragon Boat Festival Day, 23rd June, 1966, 22 special trains in addition to the normal service were run to and from the New Terri- tories to transport spectators to the Dragon Boat Races held at Yuen Chow Tsai in Tai Po. On that day 54,968 passengers were carried to all stations.
14. On 11th February, 1967, the Third Day in the First Moon of the lunar calendar, which was the peak for railway travel during the Chinese New Year period, a total of 80,941 passengers was carried to all stations.
15. On Mid-Autumn Festival Day, 29th September, 1966, 16 special trains for Tai Po Market and 2 special trains for Sha Tin were added to the normal daily train services for the picnickers in the New Territories. On that day 53,629 passengers were conveyed to all stations.
16. The figures for passenger traffic, showing the number of journeys and the revenue, appear in Appendix IV.
17. Goods Traffic. There was a large increase in goods traffic during the year. The increase over the previous year was 149,085 metric tons in weight and $1,111,177 in revenue representing percentage increases of 16.66 and 15.79 respectively. The increase in goods traffic was due to the increased amount of exports from China. The overall receipts on goods handling charges also increased by $150,717 or 11.05%.
18. The principal commodities imported by rail into Hong Kong during the year under review are shown below:
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Apples Bamboo poles
Bars, steel
Beans
Bean noodle
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23,627 metric tons
2,257
Beer
Bricks
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Calcium carbonate
Canned goods
Cardboard Caustic soda
Cement ...
China wares
Chestnuts
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Chinese medicine
Coal
Commodes
Cotton clothing
Cotton piece goods
Eggs
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Fish, frozen
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2,028
影梦
事警
26,007
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10,897
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27,740
禁婆
3,050
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1,900 10,055 16,635 8,482 14,049
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梦梦
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3,231
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1,920
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5.211
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梦想
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5,624
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1.178
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2,508 38,587
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34,140
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9,044
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