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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 completed 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.

Gange of Rail- way or Width of Canal.

Roads and Streets,

Owned by Government,

*Telegraph and Telephone Lines, Route,

Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section, (!)

Do.. Fanling Branch,

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Multiple-core Cables crossing the Harbour,

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Conductors,

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Eight core cable between Tai Kok Tsui and

Stonecutters Island,

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Gap Rock Cable, Type B. & E,

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Green Island Cable crossing Sulphur Channel, Waglan Cable,

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Under-ground Cable,

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256 miles. 21.76 miles. 725 miles, 221 miles. 2,873 miles. 2,100 yds.

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35.1 miles.

820 yards.

491 2' 0"

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3.5 miles.

66-25 miles.

Kap Sing Mun Puss Cable,

Chung Chau Channel Cables, (2)

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 duct

trench),

Owned by the Eastern Extension

Australasia and China Tele- graph Company.

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Owned by the Great Northern

Telegraph Company.

Owned by the Eastern Extousion and Great Northern Telegraph Companies.

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Owned by the Hong Kong Tele-

1,800 yards.

3,100 yards.

1-855 nauts,

5-916 naats,

1.947 miles.

6.66 miles.

22-13 miles (line) 66,89 (wire)

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1.95 nauts. 18.37 miles.

116.8242 miles,

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phone Company.

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Under-ground Cable in Ducts,

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Under-ground Ducts,

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Cables crossing the Harbour,

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32,845 miles. 55.73 miles. 3.631 miles.

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Conductors, Aerial, single line :—

Iron Wire 283.227

Bronze Wire 280, 32 563.547 cir. miles

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1048.1 miles.

Conductors Submarine, Single Line :—

167.552 cir. miles

Ito.

566.14 miles.

L. C.

Conductors Underground, Single Line :—

14950,963 cir. miles 16406.636

Armoured

1455.673 #

cir, miles.

Du.

37786.5 miles,

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Conductors Covered Distribution, Single Line:—

328.34 eir, miles.

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761.716 miles.

Conductors Aerial Cable, Single Line :—

184.76|1 eir. miles.

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142. miles.

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Construction Expenditure up to 31st December

1928

$20.325,458.34

Special Expenditure for the year 1929 chargeable

to Capital

Less property sold or trasferred 1929...

16.154.09

$20,841,019.48 98,378.62

Passenger and Miscellanenos Receipts 1929

Goods Recripta,1920....................................com/tection strips

$20,242,633,81

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Fanling Branch closed....

Cost of Construction to end of 1928 Less Receipts by sale of Equipment Fermanent

Way Etc. 1929

$76,198.61

60.683.16

K-ART-Pain Mana

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$15,818.15

$827,523.46

63,221.08

$890,744.64

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