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Appendix XXXVI
(Chapter 15
Communication
Communications)
Statistics
for the year ending
31st December 1964
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Marine
Ocean- going
River steamers
Water tankers
Junks
Mechanized vessels under
80 tons
6,150
...
19,703,947
34,231
7,131,333
-
...
37,065* 856,038
Cargo tons loaded
***
2,275,194
11,681
Vessels entered Tonnage entered Passengers landed Cargo tons landed Vessels cleared
Tonnage cleared
Passengers embarked..
6,167 19,706,078
1,892,203 5,794,728 1,621,306 267,077
3,589 1,892,253 5,765,461
764
11,885
1,805,648 266,960
5,147
Vehicles
The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on the 31st December 1964 was 84,634. This represented an overall increase of 11,666 over 1963. There is now a density of 155.8 vehicles for every mile of roadway.
Private cars (including 39 on Lantau Island)
51,073
Motor cycles (including scooters and two on Lantau Island) Taxis
...
9,173
1,932
866,285
Buses
1,525
9,983
3,597
1,484,964 166,193
769
11,773 5,167
Goods vehicles (including 77 on Lantau Island) Dual purpose vehicles (Private car/Goods vehicle) Public cars
Crown vehicles
Rickshaws
15,653
1,278
445
1,973
808
151,900 2,000
Tricycles Trailers Chairs
...
735
+++
39
* Includes 3,052 Emigrants.
Total
Postal Traffic
:
:
84,634
Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section
Length of line...
Main line-22 miles
Total length of line-35 miles
1963
Number of post offices
35
1964
40
Total revenue
$75 m
$78 m
Value of remittance business (money orders and
postal orders issued and paid)
$47 m
$53 m
Wireless licences issued
144,922
142,181
Passengers carried
Passenger kilometres
Freight carried
Total revenue
•
Net operating revenue
Capital expenditure
1964
8,758,494
1963
Tons of mail by air (despatched)
1,107
1,131
Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway
511,382
485,335
7,932,442
:
::
:
:
:
::
:
168,374,329
145,579,219
Telegraph and Radio Traffic
:
670,441.89
462,262.42
1963
$12,656,128.80
$11,427,350.27
$ 5,436,669.84 $ 5,502,448.41
$ 1,159,228.53
Telegrams accepted for transmission
1,084,173
1964 1,206,520
Telegrams delivered
1,300,926
1,455,416
Telegrams handed in transit
766,473
739,108
$2,864,114.52
Telex calls-Outward minutes
258,926
366,256
Telex calls-Inward minutes
300,527
411,805
Telex calls-Relayed minutes...
56,302
74,441
Air Traffic
Overseas Radiotelephone calls-Outward minutes... Overseas Radiotelephone calls-Inward minutes
481,930
626,056
681,871
825,337
Radio Pictures-Transmitted...
210
169
Passenger Aircraft
Passengers
Freight (kilos)
Mail (kilos)
:
:
In
9,357
Out
Radio Pictures-Received
6,183
8,660
Harbourphone calls
:
390,058 2,936,482
:
:
831,539
9,355
393,193
7,360,732
1,149,554
355,603
416,161
Press Broadcasts and Reception Services-Number
of hours
26,761
31,842
Meteorological Broadcasts and Reception Services-
Number of hours
76,244
78,560
Inland Telegrams
:
5,081
6,444