16. On Mid-Autumn Festival Day, 22nd September, 1972, 13 spec trains were run in addition to the normal service to accommoda picnickers travelling to and from the New Territories. 24,158 passenge were carried on that day.
17. On 5th February, 1973, i.e. the third day in the First Mo of the lunar calendar, which was the peak of railway travel duri the Chinese New Year period, a total of 88,268 passengers w conveyed to all stations.
18. The figures for passenger traffic, showing the number of journe and revenue, appear in Appendix IV.
19. Goods Traffic. There was a considerable increase in goo traffic during the year. Comparative figures are as follows:
Carriage of general merchandise
Other goods services (Handling
charges, baggage, parcels, etc.)
Total goods revenue
1971-72
$7,044,690 (1,052,830)
(Metric tons)
$1,823,116
$8,867,806
1972-73
$ 8,118,062
(1,194,169) (Metric tons)
$ 2,107,674
$10,225,736
Percen
Increase
Incred
$1,073,372
(141,339)
+1
+1
(Metric tons)
+1!
$1,357,930
+1
$ 284,558
20. The principal commodities imported by rail into Hong Kc during the year under review are shown below:
Apples Bars, steel
Beans
Bean noodles
Beer
Biscuits
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4
Bleaching powder
Bricks
Calcium carbonate
Candies ...
Canned goods
Cardboard
Caustic soda
Cement
Chemicals
Chestnuts
Chinaware
Chinese medicine Coal
Commodes
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4
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***
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26,049 metric tons
25,483 3,738
>>
**
>>
>>
1,896
梦想
多多
40,880
1,340
1,870
2,813
多梦
2,048
>>
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2,493 11,003 13,284
15
$5
**
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11,300
ร
>>
27,563
3,336
"
多多
2,855
**
9.308
寥寥
**
6,645
1,468
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59
1,479
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