The Colony's bus services carried 169.8 million passengers, compared with 126 million in 1949.
The ferry services carried 102 million passengers, the highest figure ever recorded.
Over $17 million worth of postage stamps were sold compared with $13 million in 1949.
The amount of fish sold in the Government wholesale markets increased from 26,930 tons in 1949 to 32,729 tons in 1950.
The number of cars on the roads increased during the year from 14,551 to 16,028.
area.
The Colony now has 426 miles of roadway in its 391 sq. miles
Detailed economic statistics are published regularly in Supple- ment No. 4 to the Government Gazette; the statistics for 1950 were summarized in Supplement No. 12 of 16th February 1951. One of the tables of this summary, consisting of index figures of economic significance, appears as Appendix II of this Report, and a summary of totals appears as Appendix III.
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