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over the previous year, the number of passengers carried being 67,608 as against 47,928 in 1915.
One first class restaurant car was completed by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company and placed in service during April, but, owing to late delivery from England of the fittings, the work on the first and second class composite carriage had to be suspended for several months. These fittings have now arrived and the coach will be completed and available for service early in 1917.
The estimated capital expenditure for the year was $386,198 but, owing to the delay in the delivery of materials from England, only $209,388.74 of this sum was required and, after the deduction of $10,670.25 received by sales of old construction plant and materials, the year's expenditure amounted to $198,718.49.
The construction cost of the main line to end of the year now stands at $14,710,917.29 and of the Fanling Branch at $89,808.57.
The working expenses amounted to $296,691.63 or $574.34 less than the previous year and when compared with gross receipts show a decrease, the percentage being 81.02 against 86.47 for 1915.
The revenue derived from local traffic amounted to $141,799.41 or $12,704.58 more than in 1915 and the earnings of through and joint sectional traffic $213,441.04 against $207,622.20 for 1915. Fanling branch receipts increased from $7,052.05 to $10,975.22.
The excess of earnings over expenditure for 1916 was $69,524.04, an increase of $23,020.93 when compared with the previous year.
VI.--GOVERNMENT AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS.
(a)—HOSPITALS.
Government Hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, and the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital. There is an Observation Station capable of accommodating 1,500 persons in the event of an outbreak of infectious disease on board a ship arriving in the harbour.
The Civil Hospital contains 150 beds in 19 wards. 3,058 in-patients and 12,620 out-patients were treated during 1916 as against 3,085 and 14,199 respectively in 1915. 360 cases of malarial fever were admitted as against 384 in 1915 and 324 in 1914. But the total cases of malaria for all Government Hospitals and the Tung Wa Hospital show an increase of 684 cases as compared with the year 1915. The Maternity Hospital contains 12 beds for Europeans and 4 for Asiatics. 259 confinements occurred during the year as against 212 in 1915. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds, and, during 1916, 201 patients were under treatment there. At Kennedy Town Hospital, which contains 26 beds, 30 cases were treated in 1916, all being small-pox.
(b)—LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Asylum is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European
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over the previous year, the number of passengers carried being 67,608 as against 47,928 in 1915.
One first class restaurant car was completed by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company and placed in service during April, but, owing to late delivery from England of the fittings, the work on the first and second class composite carriage had to be suspended for several months. These fittings have now arrived and the coach will be completed and available for service early in 1917.
The estimated capital expenditure for the year was $386,198 but, owing to the delay in the delivery of materials from England, only $209,388.74 of this sum was required and, after the deduction of $10,670.25 received by sales of old construction plant and materials, the year's expenditure amounted to $198,718.49.
The construction cost of the main line to end of the year now stands at $14,710,917.29 and of the Fanling Branch at $89,808.57.
The working expenses amounted to $296,691.63 or $574.34 less than the previous year and when compared with gross receipts show a decrease, the percentage being 81·02 against 86-47 for 1915.
The revenue derived from local traffic amounted to $141,799.41 or $12,704.58 more than in 1915 and the earnings of through and joint sectional traffic $213,441.04 against $207,622.20 for 1915. Fanling branch receipts increased from $7,052.05 to $10,975.22.
The excess of earnings over expenditure for 1916 was $69,524-04, an increase of $23,020.93 when compared with the previous year.
VI.--GOVERNMENT AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS.
(a)-HOSPITALS.
Government Hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, and the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital. There is an Observation Station capable of accommodating 1,500 persons in the event of an outbreak of infectious disease on board a ship arriving in the harbour.
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The Civil Hospital contains 150 beds in 19 wards. 3,058 in-patients and 12,620 out-patients were treated during 1916 as against 3,085 and 14,199 respectively in 1915. 360 cases of malarial fever were admitted as against 384 in 1915 and 324 in 1914. But the total cases of malaria for all Government Hospitals and the Tung Wa Hospital show an increase of 684 cases as compared with the year 1915. The Maternity Hospital contains 12 beds for Europeans and 4 for Asiatics. 259 confinements occurred during the year as against 212 in 1915. The Victoria Hospital at the Peak contains 41 beds, and, during 1916, 201 patients were under treatment there. At Kennedy Town Hospital, which contains 26 beds, 30 cases were treated in 1916, all being small- pox.
(6)-LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Asylum is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separated, the European
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