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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 cauals, 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.

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Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section, (1) *Telegraph and Telephone Lines, Route,

Multiple-core Cables crossing the Harbour,

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371 miles. 21-76 miles.

4' 8}"

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Conductors,

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Green Island Cable crossing Sulphur Channel,

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Waglan Cables, two

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Under-ground Cable,

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Kap Sing Man Puss Cable,

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1819 miles. 5068-74 2,150 yds. 820 yards,

7-5 miles. 73-25 miles. 1,800 yards.

Chung Chau Channel Cable,

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Telegraph Lund Cables,

1,600 yards.

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5:916 nauts.

Culer-gronud Cables,

Aerial Telegraph Lines,

Owned by the Eastern Extension

Australasia and China Tele- graph Company,

Owned by the Great Northern

Telegraph Company.

6.6 miles.

Owned by the Eastern Extension 22-13 miles (line))

and Great Northern Telegraph Companies,

60-39

(wire)

Telegraph Cables crossing the Harbour, Telephone Routes, Aorial (Pole Roure),

(2)

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2:02 nauts.

Owned by the Hong Kong Tele-

36.77 miles,

phone Company.

Under-ground Armoured Cables (No duet

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185-95 miles.

trench),

Under-ground Cable in Duets,

Dn.

56.17 miles,

Under-ground Cable in Duets, (Tronk).

10.

1·94 miles.

Under-ground Ducts,

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64.993 miles.

Cables crossing the Harbour,

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4-958 miles.

Cables crossing the Harbone Trunk,

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1·12 miles.

Conductors, Aerial, single line :—

Iron Wire 326.574

641,194 eir. miles

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1,282-388 miles.

Bronze Wire 314,620 |

Conductors Submarine, Single Line :—

Local,

403.99 cir, miles

I10.

807-98 miles.

Conductors Submarine, Single Line :—

Truck.

29-18 eir. miles

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58.36 miles.

35,164-123 cir. miles

526-98

Conductors Underground, Single Line :

L. C.

Armoured 7,199-591

L. C. Cabile, Trunk 50-37 eir. miles

Armoured Conductors Covered Distribution, Single Line:--

853-078 eir, miles.

Conductors Aerial Cablo, Single Line :—

1-57 cir. miles.

42,363.717

84,727-434

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Pic, miles.

17

577-35

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miles.

1,154.7 miles

cir, miles

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1,706.156 miles.

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3-14 miles.

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Construction Expuliture up to 31st December

1938

Special Expenditure for the year 1938 chargeable

to Capital

$ 20,476,703,51

Passenger and Miscellaneous Receipts 1938

$ 1.261,902 K9

261.166.30

Goods Receipts, 1938

$20,737,858,81

649,980,48

1,961,483.32

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