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Marine
Appendix
(Chapter 13: Communication
for the year ending
Mechanised vessels under
XXXVIII Communications) Statistics
December 31, 1969
Passenger Journeys by Public Transport: Annual
Traffic by Undertakings (Millions)
305
Vessels entered Tonnage entered Passengers landed* Cargo tons landed
Vessels cleared Tonnage cleared
Passengers embarked
Cargo tons loaded
* Includes 365 Emigrants.
Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section*
Length of line
Main points of call...
Main line-22 miles
Ocean- going
River steamers
Junks
300 tons
1959
1960*
6,816
22,277,138 23,410 8,431,358 6,793 22,386,558 22,105 2,804,708
10,674 2,660,267
8,347 1,298,995
4,719
1961
379,900
1962
1,142,472
1963
14,163 10,656
2,651,670
833,568 8,373 1,318,019
376,115
1964*
4,648
1965
370,287
1966
1967
1,126,202
1968*
6,027
139,818
1,324
1969
Total
KMB CMB
HKT 721.332 322.077 87.180 172.763 809.447 380.712 106.288 175.332 890.716 435.515 120.120 180.585 974,777 481.569 134.196 189.000 1,032.576 515.172 143.026
126.990 190.920 1,090.195 546.579 158.209
144.611 182.454
50.460 1,162.710 593.221 169.256 181.767 155.499 54.491 1,237.516 643.120 186.561 181,589 161.180 56.332 1,054.590 515.539 169.151 154.117 158.524 48.625 1,196.631 610.752 201.107 157.995 166.830 50.986 1,225.837 611.463 212,879 162.052 174.407 55.819
HYF
SFC
KCR
97.186
37.039
5.087
101.983 106.765 117.228 46.630
39.384
5.748
41.864
5.867
6.154
49.196
7.272
7.882
8.476
8.734
8.634
8.961 9.217
* February figure is adjusted to 28 days.
Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas (Millions)
1959
1960*
1961
Total length of line-38 miles
1962
New Territories (Hong Kong)
1963
Passengers carried
1964*
Passenger kilometres
Freight carried (in metric tons)
9,992,889 181,186,237
885,215.8
(9,638,651
}
1965
(167,784,640)
1966
(
810,404.6)
1967
Total revenue
Net operating revenue
Capital expenditure
$15,660,307.58 $ 5,157,657.18 $ 338,217.26
($14,852,737.54) ($ 4,536,324.03) ($ 294,583.79)
1968*
1969
Urban
HK Total
Area
Island 721.332 689.942 259.943 809.447 772.756 281.620 890.716 840.066 300.705 974.777 913.101 1,032.576 961.483 1,090.195 1,007.695 1,162.710 1,072.985 1,237.516 1,147.206 1,054.590 986.046 1,196.631 1,225.837 1,146.340 374.931
Cross New
Kowloon
Harbour Territories
298.352
131.647 31.390
353.155 394.500 144.861 50.650 323.196 430.678 159.227 61.676
137.981 36.691
1,119.582
333.946 456.698 170.839 71.093 340.663 478.123 188.909 82.500 351.023 518.924 203.038 89.725
210.239 368.150
90.310 568.817 323.268 462.559 200.219 68.544 359.102 549.892 210.588 77.049 548.705 222,704 79.497
(*)
Figures for 1968 are shown in brackets.
* February figure is adjusted to 28 days.
Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas
(Index Numbers: Base 1959=100)
Urban
HK
Cross
New
Air Traffic
Total
Kowloon
Area
Island
Harbour Territories
1959
100
100
100
100
100
100
1960
112
112
108
118
105
117
In
Out
% increase
1961
123
122
116
132
110
161
over 1968
1962
135
132
124
144
121
196
Aircraft
Passengers
Freight (kilos)
Mail (kilos)
19,269 930,776 13,946,536 1,352,636
19,266 964,329 37,075,574
+ 14.9%
1963
143
139
128
153
130
226
1964
151
146
131
160
143
263
+ 31.4%
1965
161
156
135
174
154
286
+ 39.6%
1966
172
166
142
191
160
288
2,032,291
+ 8.8%
1967
146
143
124
155
152
218
1968
166
162
138
184
160
245
1969
170
166
144
184
169
253
Vehicles
The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on December 31, 1969 was 127,132. This represented an overall increase of 15,860 over 1968. There is now a density of 214.4 vehicles for every mile of roadway.
Postal Traffic
1968
1969
Number of post offices
Total revenue
54 $117.6m
57
$138.9 m
Private Cars
Motor Cycles
Motor Tricycles
Taxis
80,209
Tons of mail despatched by air
Value of remittance business (Money Orders and Postal Orders issued
and paid)
Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway
$ 61.7 m 1,822 320,715
$ 69.1 m
1,995 374,560
12,922
113
Telephone and Telegraph
1968
1969
3,428
Buses
Public Light Buses
Private Light Buses
Goods Vehicles
Public Cars
Crown Vehicles
Rickshaws
Pedal Tricycles Trailers
Telegrams accepted for transmission
1,367,214
1,413,037
2,365
Telegrams received
1,531,479
1,666,786
3,458
Telegrams handled in transit
1,068,764
1,186,450
1,088
Telex calls-outward minutes
730,807
1,389,451
18,017
Telex calls-inward minutes
794,505
1,019,641
851
International telephone calls-outward minutes
2,274,806
2,908,317
2,913
International telephone calls-inward minutes
3,019,885
3,587,038
804
Pictures transmitted
3,022
3,401
732
Pictures received
17,629
17,260
232
Harbourphone calls
867,110
978,087
Press broadcasts and reception services-number of hours
22,835
16,800
Total
:
127,132
Meteorological broadcasts and reception services-number of hours Inland telegrams
79,921
89,406
6,467
8,783