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RAILWAYS, CANALS, ROADS, TELEGRAPHS, AND TELEPHONES.

year,

Each Line or Company should be separately entered.

The particulars required should be extracted from the accounts for the last completed

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 us applicable, should be stated.

Terminal Station of each.

Whether constructed, owned, or worked by Government, or by Private Body.

Length open for traffic.

Gauge of Rail- way or Width of Canul.

Roads and Streets,

Owned by Government.

*Telegraph and Telephone Lines, Route,

Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section, (1)

Do.. Fanling Branch,

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(2)

Do.

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Conductors,

Do.

Maltiple-core Cables crossing the Harbour,

Do.

Eight coro cable between Tai Kok Tsui and

Stonecutters Island,

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250 miles. 21.76 miles. 7.25 miles. 221 miles. 2,440 miles. 2.750 yds. I naur.

Gap Rock Cable, Type B, & E,

Do.

3.5.1 miles.

Green Island Cable crossing Sulphur Channel, Waglan Cable,

Dio.

820 yards.

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Under-ground Cable,

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Kap Sing Mum Pass Cable,

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Chung Chan Channel Cabiles, (2)

Lama Island Channel Cable,

Telegraph Pipe Lines,

Telegraph Land Cables,

Iron Troughs underground containing 6 twin

Core Cables,

Under-ground Cables,

Aerial Telegraph Lines,

Telegraph Cables crossing the Harbour, Telephone Routes, Aerial (Pole Route),

Under-ground Armoured Cables (No duet

trench),

Owned by the Eastern Extension

Australasin und China Tele- graph Company.

Do. Do.

Owned by the Great Northern

Telegraph Company.

3.5 miles.

55 miles. 1,800 yards. 3,100 yards.

Removed.

1-865 nauts,

5-916 wants.

1.947 miles.

6.66 miles.

服务

(wire)

Owned by the Eastern Extension 22:13 miles (lius)|

and Great Northern Telegraph 66,39 Companies.

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Owned by the Hong Kong Telep-

1:957 nauts.

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22.95 miles.

hone Company.

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81.2012 miles.

Under-ground Cable in Ducts,

Do.

|71,0005 miles,

Under-ground Ducts,

Do.

42.4883 miles.

Cables crossing the Harbour,

Do.

2.2940 miles.

Conductors, Aerial, single line :—

Iron Wire 322.373

Bronze Wire 265.874588.247 cir. miles

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1176.494 miles.

Conductors Submarine, Single Line :—

167.582 cir, miles

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Submarine, single live,

Du.

453.704 miles.

L. C.

12249.773

13241.896 eir, miles

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26483.792 miles.}

Armoured

992.123

Covered Distribution cir. miles

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860,252 miles.

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(1)

Construction Expenditure up to 31st December

1926

$20,397,184,74

AND TOWER

Passenger and Miscellaneous Receipts 1927

Gonds Receipts,1927.....................................................

$636,048.47

73,139.61

Special Expenditure for the year 1927 chargeable

to Capital

$709,188.08

27,599.96

$20,424,734.70

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Cost of Construction to end of 1926

Special Expenditure for the year 1927 chargeable

to Capital

(2)

$115,302.70

Passenger Receipts, 1927.

Goods Receipts, 1927

$6,940.89

295.88

$115,302.70

$4,238,77

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