29. Through passenger carryings and earnings are compared with figures obtained during the previous two years, in the subjoined tables:-
TERMINAL THROUGH TRAFFIC.
1935 1936 1937 Passengers (Up) 644,199 690,981 669,545 (Down) 657,840 739,563 701,493 (Total) 1,302,039 1,430,544 1,371,038 Revenue (Up) $178,087 $213,925 $220,441 (Down) $186,494 $211,925 $217,582 (Total) $364,581 $425,850 $437,973SECTIONAL THROUGH TRAFFIC.
1935 1936 1937 Passengers (Up) 134,916 150,335 158,162 (Down) 123,100 151,796 173,187 (Total) 258,016 302,131 331,349 Revenue (Up) $74,628 $85,264 $105,353 (Down) $59,188 $57,857 $69,958 (Total) $133,816 $143,121 $175,31130. The figure of $345,000.00 shown in the estimates for the current year for local passenger revenue was unduly high, as it was made before the effect of closing Shum Chun Casino could be ascertained. A revised figure, based on paragraph 33 of the Annual Report for 1936, would have been $259,000.00. The actual results obtained exceeded this latter figure by 14.83%, ascribable principally to improved economic conditions and in a lesser degree to the influx of refugees during the latter part of the year. The results obtained, as well as those for 1936, are given below:---
1936 $412,442.84 (Includes $153,000 from Shum Chun Casino traffic). 1937 $297,411.65 (No Shum Chun Casino traffic). Loss 27.89%