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Appendix
(Chapter 13: Communication
for the year ending
Mechanized vessels under
XXXVIII
Communications)
'Statistics
31st December 1965
Passenger Journeys by Public Transport Annual
Traffics by Undertakings (Millions)
Vessels entered Tonnage entered Passengers landed
Cargo tons landed
Vessels cleared
Tonnage cleared
Passengers embarked
Cargo tons loaded
River
Junks
going
steamers
60 tons
6,385
20,268,277 33,038 7,079,736 6,376 20,150,358
34,995* 2,268,791
8,588 2,950,710
12,557 2,000,933
5,534 300,499
1959
Total 721.334 322.077
KMB
1960
1961
1,152,799
1962
6,193 8,600
2,955,472 1,145,360 9,857
1,734,117 15,556 2,007,142
203,088
1963
5,546
1964
1965
301,148
CMB HKT HYF
SFC 87.180 172.763 97.186 37.041 809.448 380.712 106.288 175.332 101.984 39.384 890.709 435.515 120.120 180.585 106.765 974.770 481.569 134.196 189.000 117.228 1,032.576 515.172 143.026 190.920 126,990 1,090.197 546.579 158.209 182.454 144.611 1,162.712 593.223 169,256 181.767 155.499
KCR
5.087
5.748
41.864
5.860
46.630
6.147
49.196
7.272
50.462
7.882
54.491
8.476
151,104
2,983
* Includes 2,976 Emigrants.
Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section
Length of line
Main line-22 miles
Passengers carried
Passenger kilometres
Freight carried (metric tons)
Total revenue
Net operating revenue
Capital expenditure
900,785.79
Total length of line-35 miles
1965
9,345,625
181,524,838
869,958.70
$14,906,496.85
$ 7,261,482.96
$
1964 8,758,494 168,374,329
670,441,89 $12,656,128.80
$ 5,436,669.84
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
Annual Traffics by Geographical Areas (Millions)
Urban
HK
Cross New Total
Kowloon Area
Island
Harbour Territories 721.334 689.944 259.943 298.352 131.649 31.390 809.448 772.756 281.620 353.155 137.981 36.692 890.709 840,066 300.705 394.500 974.770 913.101 323.196 430.678 1,032.576 961.483 333.946 456.698 170.839 1,090.197 1,007.697 340.663 478.123 188.911 82.500 1,162.712 1,072.987 351.023 518.926 203.038 89.725
144.861 50.643
159.227 61.669 71.093
Annual Traffics by Geographical Areas
(Index Numbers: Base 1959=100)
Urban
HK
Total
Kowloon
Area
Island
Cross
New Harbour Territories
$ 1,159,228.53
1959
100
100
100
100
100
100
1960
112
112
108
118
105
117
1961
123
122
116
132
110
161
Air Traffic
1962
135
132
124
144
121
196
1963
143
139
128
153
130
226
Passenger Aircraft
Passengers
Freight (kilos)
Mail (kilos)
In
10,047 449,117 3,847,381 941,760
Out
1964
151
146
131
160
144
263
10,048 445,125
1965
161
156
135
174
154
286
10,411,108
Postal Traffic
1,285,664
Number of post offices Total revenue
...
Vehicles
The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on the 31st December 1965 was 89,617. This represented an overall increase of 7,929 over 1964. There is now a density of 158.6 vehicles for every mile of roadway.
Private cars (including 29 on Lantau Island) ..
Value of remittance business (money orders and postal orders issued
and paid)
Wireless licences issued
Tons of mail despatched by air
Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway
1964
1965
40
44
$78 m
$84 m
$53 m
$59 m
142,181
162,878
1,131
1,250
485,335
490,068
Motor cycles (including scooters and four on Lantau Island)
Taxis
Buses
Goods vehicles (including 74 on Lantau Island)
Dual purpose vehicles (Private car/Goods vehicle) Public cars
Crown vehicles
Rickshaws
Tricycles Trailers
Total
:
:
54,272
Telegraph and Radio Traffic
9,771
2,526
Telegrams accepted for transmission
1964 1,206,520
1965 1,202,138
1,572
Telegrams delivered
1,455,416
1,454,930
15,035
Telegrams handled in transit
739,108
760,738
1,756
Telex calls-Outward minutes
Telex calls-Inward minutes
366,256
427,391
411,805
497,805
883
Telex calls-Relayed minutes
74,441
132,305
2,199
Overseas Radiotelephone calls--Outward minutes
626,056
935,654
Overseas Radiotelephone calls-Inward minutes
806
825,337
1,111,207
Radio Pictures-Transmitted
169
139
734
Radio Pictures-Received
8,660
14,852
53
Harbourphone calls
416,161
517,348
Press Broadcasts and Reception Services-Number of hours
31,842
34,647
89,617
Meteorological Broadcasts and Reception Services-Number of hours Inland Telegrams
78,560
79,917
6,444
7,144