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100. The disbursements against the estimate of Working Expenses amounted to $778,617.68 (including Running Expenses of Government Motor Cars and Lorries). The portion of Special Expenditure chargeable to Revenue was $24,879.82. Further items amounting to $52,894.74 were included in respect of services rendered and materials supplied by other Government Departments, also payments made by the Railway not provided for in the Railway Estimates but charged to Government votes.
101. The vote for running expenses including the wages of Drivers of Government Motor Cars and Lorries at Kowloon attached to the Railway, was included in the Railway Estimates merely as a convenience, but the cost was not included in the final Operating Expenses.
102. The results of the past five years are as follows:-
Year Gross Receipts Operating Expenses Net Operating Revenue 1929 $890,744.54 $751,977.35 $138,767.19 1930 $973,128.63 $840,022.16 $133,106.47 1931 $1,095,098.77 $945,004.01 $150,094.76 1932 $1,295,789.20 $962,377.05 $383,412.15 1933 $1,630,610.83 $919,558.41 $711,052.42103. Through and Joint Sectional passengers carried were as follows:
1931 1932 1933 Passengers booked at Stations in British Territory to Stations in China excluding Shum Chun the border station 430,479 517,007 612,899 Passengers booked at Stations in China excluding Shum Chun the border station to stations in British Territory. 527,212 606,569 638,847 Total Foreign 957,691 1,123,576 1,251,746Page 795
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