52. The engine derailment occurred at the Locomotive Yard, but was not serious.
53. Of the coach derailments one was that of a Motor Coach travelling at 35 miles per hour, caused by the breaking of an axle and resulting in the coach being turned on its side. Fortunately there was no loss of life and only one passenger sustained minor injury.
54. Of the remaining coach derailments, five were in connection with a derailment to an express train while starting from Kowloon and passing through a crossover road at slow speed. No persons were hurt, and passengers were transferred to a relief train which departed within an hour.
55. The one train collision occurred at Shek Tan on the Chinese Section when an up express train, hauled by a British Section engine, passed at dusk an unlighted outer signal at danger and ran into an empty troop train shunting back into a loop. No injury to passengers resulted, but the British Section engine and 30-ton water-wagon sustained considerable damage.
56. The one case of serious injury to a passenger occurred at Sheung Shui when a young school girl, one of a crowd awaiting the arrival of a train, unfortunately fell from the platform just before the train came to a standstill and in consequence lost her foot.
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57. The Capital Account and the Revenue Statements of Earnings and Expenditure are submitted in the same form as last year.
58. In spite of the fact that through express trains were suspended for 37 days during the year, the net revenue amounted to $138,767.19 as against $20,040.73 for 1928. Unfortunately a claim for the period of suspension of through traffic amounting to $23,966.40 was not settled and therefore could not be included in the Revenue Account.
59. The Depreciation Charges on Rolling Stock in respect of the current year are in accordance with the scale laid down in the Classification of Expenditure prescribed by the Ministry of Communications, Peking, and a sum of $62,313.70 is included in the Operating Expenses, Maintenance of Equipment, under the usual sub-heads, the amount at the credit of Depreciation Reserves at the close of the year being $848,008.90.
60. The amount provided for the year 1929 under Special Expenditure was $69,250.00. Under sub-head 38, New Painting Shop, the expenditure was $5,289.40, and under sub-head 41, Water Cranes, $1,000.00. In both cases the materials did not arrive from England before the close of the year, and $35,060.60 was therefore not required. The new siding at Fanling was laid, but as old rails and crossings were used, the cost was $4,897.45 less than the estimate.