15. A new Railway Ordinance No. 28 of 1927 revising the Ordinance No. 21 of 1909, came into force in December.
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS.
As the life of Hong Kong centres round the harbour its internal communications are largely by water. Regular ferry services cross the harbour in various directions, and in addition there is a large fleet of launches owned by commercial firms, and numerous motor-boats, sampans, etc. plying for hire between the shore and vessels in the stream.
On the island there is an electric tram service, the lines running along the south side of the harbour for practically the whole length of the island; the steepness and proximity of the hills renders any lateral development of this system impossible.
There is also a funicular tramway running from the lower levels up to the residential area on the Peak, the upper terminus being at a level of 1,300 feet.
There is a plentiful supply of rickshaws and sedan-chairs, and a large number of motor cars which ply for public hire. Taxicabs have recently been reintroduced.
There are excellent motor roads round the island and to the Peak, and also round the New Territories. No large extensions were made in 1927. (See Public Works).
POST OFFICE.
Mails. The number of mail receptacles of Hong Kong origin dispatched during the year was 35,159 as compared with 31,863 in 1926 an increase of 3,296; the number received was 43,638 as compared with 38,262-an increase of 5,376.
Receptacles in transit, including those to and from British and Foreign Men-of-War, numbered 194,200 as against 186,806 in 1926-an increase of 7,394.
Registered Articles and Parcels.-The number of registered articles handled amounted to 833,177 as compared with 880,721 in 1926-a decrease of 47,544.
The figures for insured letters were 17,648 and 20,236 respectively a decrease of 2,588.
The decrease in the number of insured letters was due to the fact that some countries are now forwarding insured letters direct to China in closed sacks.
Parcels, ordinary and insured, which were dealt with reached a total of 424,047 as against 555,345 in 1926-a decrease of 131,307.
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15. A new Railway Ordinance No. 28 of 1927 revising the Ordin- ance No. 21 of 1909, came into force in December.
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS.
As the life of Hong Kong centres round the harbour its in- ternal communications are largely by water. Regular ferry services cross the harbour in various directions, and in addition there is a large fleet of launches owned by commercial firms, and numerous motor-boats, sampans, etc. plying for hire between the shore and vessels in the stream.
On the island there is an electric tram service, the lines running along the south side of the harbour for practically the whole length of the island; the steepness and proximity of the hills renders any lateral development of this system impossible.
There is also a funicular tramway running from the lower levels up to the residential area on the Peak, the upper terminus being at a level of 1,300 feet.
There is a plentiful supply of rickshaws and sedan-chairs, and a large number of motor cars which ply for public hire. Taxicabs have recently been reintroduced.
There are excellent motor roads round the island and to the Peak, and also round the New Territories. No large extensions were made in 1927. (See Public Works).
POST OFFICE.
Mails. The number of mail receptacles of Hong Kong origin dispatched during the year was 35,159 as compared with 31,863 in 1926 an increase of 3,296; the number received was 43,638 as com- pared with 38,262-an increase of 5,376.
Receptacles in transit, including those to and from British and Foreign Men-of-War, numbered 194,200 as against 186,806 in 1926- an increase of 7,394.
Registered Articles and Parcels.-The number of registered articles handled amounted to 833,177 as compared with 880,721 in 1926-a decrease of 47,544.
The figures for insured letters were 17,648 and 20,236 respec- tively a decrease of 2,588.
The decrease in the number of insured letters was due to the fact that some countries are now forwarding insured letters direct to China in closed sacks.
Parcels, ordinary and insured, which were dealt with reached a total of 424,047 as against 555,345 in 1926-a decrease of 131,307..
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