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Under 'Regular Charges' gas consumed in excess of 7 units per month is charged for at the following rates:
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20 Units @ $1.30 per Unit
100 Units @ $1.28 per Unit
101 250 Units @ $1.25 per Unit 251 - 500 Units @ $1.20 per Unit 501-1,000 Units @ $1.15 per Unit 1,001-2,000 Units @ $1.10 per Unit Over--2,000 Units @ $1.05 per Unit
The Company considers applications for special bulk supply rates on an individual basis for consumers using over 5,000 Units per month.
The total quantity of gas sold in 1961 was 845,227,300 cubic feet compared with 772,372,200 cubic feet in 1960. The number of consumers rose from 13,840 to 15,446.
Ferries. The 'Star' Ferry Company Ltd runs a passenger ferry service across the narrowest part of Victoria Harbour, about one mile from the commercial centre of the city to Tsim Sha Tsui at the southern tip of the Kowloon Peninsula. There are eight vessels in operation, giving a daily service of 19 hours. During the busy times of the day a ferry leaves from each side once every three minutes on the seven-minute journey, and an unbroken service continues until 1.30 a.m. During 1961 there were 152,107 crossings and a grand total of nearly 42 million passengers, the highest. daily total being 172,735. The vessels steamed 121,685 miles.
The Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry Co Ltd began to operate on 1st January 1924 with an authorized capital of $400,000 with 11 small wooden steam-vessels and three cross-harbour ferry services as well as services to outlying districts in the New Territories.
The routes inside the harbour are between Wilmer Street, Jubilee Street, Stewart Road and Tonnochy Road on the Island, and Sham Shui Po, Mong Kok, Jordan Road and Kowloon City on Kowloon Peninsula. The Company also operates a combined vehicular and passenger ferry service across the harbour between Jubilee Street and Jordan Road. This service is supplemented by a temporary ferry service for vehicles only between Rumsey Street and Jordan Road, pending the completion of new vehicular ferry piers at North Point and Kowloon City in 1962.