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$17,684.00 less. The decrease in the local passenger earnings was due to foreign passengers being able to book through to their destination in Chinese Territory during the whole year with the exception of 9 days, while in 1927 through trains were frequently discontinued and passengers to Chinese Territory were booked to the border station only, and the receipts accounted as local earnings. The fall in local goods receipts was principally due to reduced output of the Lowu Brickworks.
63. As mentioned in my last report, repairs to Chinese Section Rolling Stock were carried out in the British Section Workshops and the percentage charged on wages was credited to sub-head R. 7. Profit on Central Mechanical Works. The receipts being $4,987.83 more than the previous year.
64. The revenue under sub-head Rents amounted to $7,728.57 only, as several of the lots of reclamation land were vacated.
65. The foreign passenger receipts were $307,936.39 as against $210,426.56 in 1927, an increase of over 46%, and the goods earnings were $43,572.70 or $4,464.22 more than the previous year. The increase in the Through and Joint Sectional passenger and goods receipts were due to the continuance of through traffic between Kowloon and Canton.
66. The revenue under sub-head Foreign Haulage, on account of British Section locomotives hauling express trains over the Chinese Section, amounted to $127,225.52 against $67,818.55 in 1927. Intercharge of Rolling Stock representing payments by the Chinese Section to the British Section for short supply of Rolling Stock, demurrage, etc., amounted to $17,976.38 against $7,742.72 for the previous year.
67. The Fanling Branch Line was closed to traffic at the end of March, the receipts being $980.41 to that date.
68. The Total Operating Expenses amounted to $800,954.17. 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.
69. The disbursements against the estimate of Working Expenses amounted to $685,028.88 and the salaries of the Junior Clerical Service to $26,482.37. The portion of Special Expenditure chargeable to Revenue was $8,837.32. Further items amounting to $18,966.88 were included in respect of services rendered and materials supplied by other Government Departments, also payments made by Railway not provided for in the Railway estimates, but charged to Government votes.
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$17,684.00 less. The decrease in the local passenger earnings was due to foreign passengers being able to book through to their destination in Chinese Territory during the whole year with the exception of 9 days, while in 1927 through trains were frequently discontinued and passengers to Chinese Territory were booked to the border station only, and the receipts account- ed as local earnings. The fall in local goods receipts was principally due to reduced output of the Lowu Brickworks.
63. As mentioned in my last report, repairs to Chinese Section Rolling Stock were carried out in the British Section Workshops and the percentage charged on wages was credited to sub-head R. 7. Profit on Central Mechanical Works. The receipts being $4,987.83 more than the previous year.
64. The revenue under sub-head
sub-head Rents amounted to $7,728.57 only, as several of the lots of reclamation land were vacated.
65. The foreign passenger receipts were $307,936.39 as against $210,426.56 in 1927, an increase of over 46%, and the goods earnings were $43,572.70 or $4,464.22 more than the previous year. The increase in the Through and Joint Sectional passenger and goods receipts were due to the continuance of through traffic between Kowloon and Canton.
66. The revenue under sub-head Foreign Haulage, on account of British Section locomotives hauling express trains over the Chinese Section, amounted to $127,225.52 against $67,818.55 in 1927. Intercharge of Rolling Stock representing payments by the Chinese Section to the British Section for short supply of Rolling Stock, demurrage, etc., amounted to $17,976.38 against $7,742.72 for the previous year.
67. The Fanling Branch Line was closed to traffic at the end of March, the receipts being $980.41 to that date.
('8. The Total Operating Expenses amounted to $800,954.17. 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.
69. The disbursements against the estimate of Working Expenses amounted to $685,028.88 and the salaries of the Junior Clerical Service to $26,482.37. The portion of Special Expenditure chargeable to Revenue was $8,837.32. Further items amounting to $18,966.88 were included in respect of ser- vices rendered and materials supplied by other Government Departments, also payments made by Railway not provided for in the Railway estimates, but charged to Government votes.
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