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passengers to Chinese Territory were booked to the border station only, and the receipts accounted as local earnings.
The revenue under sub-head Rents, fell to $33,428.00, as several of the lots of reclamation land were vacated.
64. The Foreign passenger receipts were $210,426.56 as against $25,196.14 in 1926, and the goods earnings were $39,108.48 or $34,676.95 more than the previous year. The increases in the Through and Joint Sectional passenger and goods receipts were due to the resumption of Through and Joint Sectional traffic.
65. A new sub-head was opened on account of Foreign Haulage to account for receipts derived from British Section locomotives hauling express trains over the Chinese Section, which amounted to $67,818.55 between 20th June and 31st December. Interchange of Rolling Stock, Foreign, amounted to $7,742.72, representing payments by the Chinese Section to the British Section for short supply of Rolling Stock, demurrage, etc.
66. As the result of ever increasing road motor traffic, the Fanling Branch Line receipts were only $4,236.77 as against $8,244.86 last year, although the line was open the whole of the year.
67. The total Operating Expenses amounted to $715,769.41. The salaries of the Junior Clerical staff were not provided for in the Railway estimate of Working Expenses, but grouped with those of other Government Departments under the head of Junior Clerical Service.
The disbursements against the estimate of Working Expenses amounted to $595,709.19 and the salaries of the Junior Clerical Service to $24,763.25. The portion of Special Expenditure chargeable to Revenue was $9,071.24. Further items amounting to $15,575.56 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 and charged to Government votes.
68. From the above it is gratifying to note that notwithstanding the adverse conditions prevailing in the Colony and South China, the Revenue Account shows that operating expenditure exceeded revenue only by the small amount of $2,344.56, compared with heavy differences in previous years, indicating an improvement which it is hoped may be maintained.
Had it been possible to include in the Revenue Account instead of the Income Account the sum of $9,784.56 in respect of transport of Government passengers travelling on duty and
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passengers to Chinese Territory were booked to the border station only, and the receipts accounted as local earnings.
The revenue under sub-head Rents, fell to $33,428.00, as several of the lots of reclamation land were vacated.
64. The Foreign passenger receipts were $210,426.56 as against $25,196.14 in 1926, and the goods earnings were $39,108.48 or $34,676.95 more than the previous year. The increases in the Through and Joint Sectional passenger and goods receipts were due to the resumption of Through and Joint Sectional traffic.
65. A new sub-head was opened on account of Foreign Haulage to account for receipts derived from British Section locomotives hauling express trains over the Chinese Section, which amounted to $67,818.55 between 20th June and 31st December. Interchange of Rolling Stock, Foreign, amounted to $7,742.72, representing payments by the Chinese Section to the British Section for short supply of Rolling Stock, demurrage,
etc.
66. As the result of ever increasing road motor traffic, the Fanling Branch Line receipts were only $4,236.77 as against $8,244.86 last year, although the line was open the whole of the year.
67. The total Operating Expenses amounted to $715,769.41. The salaries of the Junior Clerical staff were not provided for in the Railway estimate of Working Expenses, but grouped with those of other Government Departments under the head of Junior Clerical Service.
The disbursements against the estimate of Working Ex- penses amounted to $595,709.19 and the salaries of the Junior Clerical Service to $24,763.25. The portion of Special Expendi ture chargeable to Revenue was $9,071.24. Further items amounting to $15,575.56 were included in respect of services rendered and materials supplied by other Government Depart ments; also payments made by the Railway no provided for in the Railway estimates and charged to Government votes.
68. From the above it is gratifying to note that notwith- standing the adverse conditions prevailing in the Colony and South China, the Revenue Account shows that operating expenditure exceeded revenue only by the small amount of $2,344.56, compared with heavy differences in previous years, indicating an improvement which it is hoped may be maintained.
Had it been possible to include it the Revenue Account instead of the Income Account the sum of $9,784.56 in respect of transport of Government passengers travelling on duty and
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