334
Vessels entered Tonnage entered
Passengers landed
Cargo tons landed
Vessels cleared
Tonnage cleared
Passengers embarked
Cargo tons loaded
Marine
Ocean-
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Appendix
(Chapter 13: Communication
for the year ending
Mechanized vessels under
XXXVIII Communications) Statistics
31st December 1966
Passenger Journeys by Public Transport: Annual Traffics by Undertakings (Millions)
River
going
steamers
6,775
22,155,875
10,863 3,466,980 34,479 1,334,581
Junks
300 tons
12,073 1,942,320
5,873
1959
Total KMB 721.332 322.077
CMB HKT 87.180 172.763
HYF
SFC
KCR
97.186
37.039
5.087
373,858
1960
809.447 380.712 106.288 175.332
101.983
39.384
5.748
1961
1962
7,272,867
6,791 22,188,493
7,942 10,865 3,460,395
1,633,250 12,015 1,924,420
317,478
1963
5,829
1964
377,859
1965
34,131* 2,803,441
1,322,088
1966
890.716 435.515 120.120 180.585 974.777 481.569 134.196 189.000 117.228 1,032.576 515.172 143.026 190.920 126.990 1,090.195 546.579 158.209 182.454 1,162.710 593.221 169.256 181.767 155.499 1,237.096 642.700 186.561 181.589 161.180
106.765
41.864
5.867
46,630
6.154
49.196
7.272
144.611
50.460
7.882
54.491
8.476
56.332
8.734
―
7,432
138,531
1,418
Annual Traffics by Geographical Areas (Millions)
* Includes 2,367 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...
Passenger Aircraft
Passengers
Freight (kilos)
Mail (kilos) ..
1959
1960
1961
1962
Total length of line-35 miles
1963
1966
1964
1965
1965
9,553,124
9,345,625
1966
170,300,142
1,036,927.3
$16,395,084.86
181,524,838
869,958.71
$14,906,496.85
$ 7,261,482.96
Urban
HK
Cross New Total
Kowloon Area Island
Harbour Territories 721.332 689.942 259.943 298.352 131.647 31.390 809.447 772.756 281.620 353,155 137.981 36.691 890.716 840.066 300.705 394.500 144.861 50.650 974.777 913.101 323.196 430.678 159.227 61.676 1,032.576 961.483 333.946 456,698 170.839 71.093 1,090.195 1,007.695 340.663 478.123 188.909 82.500 1,162.710 1,072.985 351.023 518.924 203.038 89.725 1,237.096 1,146.639 368.150 568.250 210.239 90.457
Annual Traffics by Geographical Areas
(Index Numbers: Base 1959=100)
$ 6,957,147.57
$ 2,077,998.08
$ 900,785.79
Urban
HK
Cross
New
Total
Area
Island
Kowloon
Harbour Territories
1959
100
100
100
100
100
100
Air Traffic
1960
112
112
108
118
105
117
1961
123
122
116
132
110
161
In 12,099
Out
1962
135
132
124
144
121
196
1963
143
139
128
12,086
153
130
226
1964
151
146
131
160
144
263
557,743
552,537
1965
161
156
135
174
154
286
5,721,119 1,029,318
16,001,540
1966
172
166
142
190
160
288
1,451,846
Postal Traffic
56,911
Vehicles
The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on 31st December 1966 was 94,506. This represented an overall increase of 5,198 over 1965. There is now a density of 157.8 vehicles for every mile of roadway.
Private cars (including 32 on Lantau Island) ...
Number of post offices
Total revenue
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
1965
1966
44
49
$84 m
$95 m
$59 m
$67 m
162,878
179,467
1,250 490,068
2,099
354,989
Motor cycles (including scooters and 3 on Lantau Island)
10,432
Motor tricycles
117
Telegraph and Radio Traffic
Taxis
2,763
Buses (including 8 on Lantau Island)
1,920
Telegrams accepted for transmission
1965 1,202,138
1966 1,292,970
Goods vehicles (including 79 on Lantau Island)
15,319
Telegrams received
1,454,930
1,534,585
Dual purpose vehicles-Private car/Goods vehicle (including 5 on Lantau Island) Public cars (including 7 on Lantau Island)
Telegrams handled in transit
2,065
760,738
783,416
Telex calls-outward minutes
427,391
495,846
965
Telex calls-inward minutes
497,805
539,262
Crown vehicles
2,411
International telephone calls-outward minutes
935,654
1,278,245
Rickshaws
806
International telephone calls—inward minutes
1,111,207
1,556,767
Pedal tricycles
Pictures transmitted
139
734
304
Pictures received
Trailers
14,852
18,042
63
Harbourphone calls
517,348
787,224
Press broadcasts and reception services-number of hours
Total
94,506
Meteorological broadcasts and reception services-number of hours Inland telegrams
34,647
33,187
79,917
80,792
7,144
7,036