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329
RAILWAYS, CANALS, ROADS, TELEGRAPHS, AND TELEPHONES.
Each Line or Company should be separately entered.
The particulars required should be extracted from the accounts for the last completel year, the date of which should be stated.
If possible. the total tonnage and passenger mileage should be given for the railways. For roads, particulars of total lengths should be given.
For canals, the same particulars as in the case of railways and telegraphs, as far as applicable, should be stated.
Terminal Station of each.
Whether constructed, owned, or worked by Government, or by Private Body,
Length open for traffic.
I
! Gange of Rail-
way or Width of Canal.
Roads and Streets.
Owned by Government,
180 miles.
Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section, (1)
Do.
2178 miles. [
Do.. Fanling Branch.
(2)
Do.
Telegraph and Telephone Lines,
Do.
7:25 miles.
274 miles.
2' 0"
Multiple-core Cable crossing the Harbour,
Do.
2 nants.
Gap Rock Cable, Type E.
Do.
343 miles,
Green Island Cable crossing Sulplar Chaunnel,
Do.
600 yards.
Beacon Hill Tunnel Telephone Cable,
Do.
2,440 yards.
Waglan Cable,
Do.
4 miles.
Under-ground Cable,
Do.
1,250 yards.
Telegraph Pipe Lines,
Iron Troughs underground containing 6×2
Telegraph Cables,
Aerial Telegraph Lines,
Under-gronud Cables,
Aerial Telegraph Lines.
Telegraph Cables crossing the Harbour,
Telephone Rontes, Aerial,
Under-ground Armoured Cables,
Owned by the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Tele- graph Company.
Do.
Owned by the Great Northern
Telegraph Company.
Do.
Owned by the Eastern Extension and Great Northern Telegraph Companies.
Da.
Under-ground Cable in Duets,
Under-ground Duets,
Cables crossing the Harbour,
Conductors, Aerial, single line,
*
Submarine, single line,
Under-ground, single line,
(1)
Cost of Construction to the end of 1918, Special Expenditure during 1917,
Passenger Receipts, 1917, Goods Receipts,
KAKAOTATUTUN
and a
7:31 nauls,
I
1:947 nauts.
4.7 miles.
6-67 miles.
91-28 miles.
1.72 nauts.
Owned by the China and Japan
Telephone and Electrie Com- | pany, Limited.
26-17 miles.
Do.
25.03 miles.
Do.
6.61 miles.
Du.
14.66 miles.
Do.
1-99 miles.
----
Do.
760'00 miles.
++ a
Do.
104-61 miles.
TOU
Do.
7,529-40 miles.
(2)
$14,710,917.20
101.460.48
Cost of Construction to the end of 1916, ........... Expenditure during 1917,
$14,812,377,77
$374,880.47 43,750.57
$418,387.04
$89.808.67 Nil.
$89,808,57
Passenger Receipts, 1917, Goods Receipts,
MANDAARDIE
( Ze 1)
329
RAILWAYS, CANALS, ROADS, TELEGRAPHS, AND TELEPHONES.
Each Line or Company should be separately entered.
The particulars required should be extracted from the accounts for the last completel year, the date of which should be stated.
If possible. the total tonnage and passenger mileage should be given for the railways. For roads, particulars of total lengths should be given.
For canals, the same particulars as in the case of railways and telegraphs, as far as applicable, should be stated.
Terminal Station of each.
Whether constructed, owned, or worked by Government, or by Private Body,
Length open for traffic.
I
! Gange of Rail-
way or Width of Canal.
Roads and Streets.
Owned by Government,
180 miles.
Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section, (1)
Do.
2178 miles. [
Do.. Fanling Branch.
(2)
Do.
Telegraph and Telephone Lines,
Do.
7:25 miles.
274 miles.
2' 0"
Multiple-core Cable crossing the Harbour,
Do.
2 nants.
Gap Rock Cable, Type E.
Do.
343 miles,
Green Island Cable crossing Sulplar Chaunnel,
Do.
600 yards.
Beacon Hill Tunnel Telephone Cable,
Do.
2,440 yards.
Waglan Cable,
Do.
4 miles.
Under-ground Cable,
Do.
1,250 yards.
Telegraph Pipe Lines,
Iron Troughs underground containing 6×2
Telegraph Cables,
Aerial Telegraph Lines,
Under-gronud Cables,
Aerial Telegraph Lines.
Telegraph Cables crossing the Harbour,
Telephone Rontes, Aerial,
Under-ground Armoured Cables,
Owned by the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Tele- graph Company.
Do.
Owned by the Great Northern
Telegraph Company.
Do.
Owned by the Eastern Extension and Great Northern Telegraph Companies.
Da.
Under-ground Cable in Duets,
Under-ground Duets,
Cables crossing the Harbour,
Conductors, Aerial, single line,
*
Submarine, single line,
Under-ground, single line,
(1)
Cost of Construction to the end of 1918, Special Expenditure during 1917,
Passenger Receipts, 1917, Goods Receipts,
KAKAOTATUTUN
and a
7:31 nauls,
I
1:947 nauts.
4.7 miles.
6-67 miles.
91-28 miles.
1.72 nauts.
Owned by the China and Japan
Telephone and Electrie Com- | pany, Limited.
26-17 miles.
Do.
25.03 miles.
Do.
6.61 miles.
Du.
14.66 miles.
Do.
1-99 miles.
----
Do.
760'00 miles.
++ a
Do.
104-61 miles.
TOU
Do.
7,529-40 miles.
(2)
$14,710,917.20
101.460.48
Cost of Construction to the end of 1916, ........... Expenditure during 1917,
$14,812,377,77
$374,880.47 43,750.57
$418,387.04
$89.808.67 Nil.
$89,808,57
Passenger Receipts, 1917, Goods Receipts,
MANDAARDIE évek na
$8,600.72 840.70
$9,659.43
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