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23. A summary of passenger traffic for the past two years illustrat- ing the features referred to in para. 22 is given below:

Terminal

1949/50

1950/51

Pass. Up. Revenue Pass. Dn. Revenue

Pass. Up.

Revenue

Pass. Dn. Revenue

thro' traffic

between

Kowloow &

Canton

332,796 $ 753,379

377,814 $ 878,483

Sectional

Thro' traffic

147,649

224,549

93,771

163,677

Total (foreign)

480,445

$ 977,928 471,585

$1,042,160

Local Passgrs.

Carried.

Bkgs. to

& from

Shum Chun

572,530 $450,548

465,028 $ 450,723

Bkgs. to &

from Lowu

708,860

963,382 753,737

971,520 1,749,123

$2,588,720 1,579,472 $2,205,119

Local Bkgs. (other)

894,150

693,541 918,031

690,745 1,315,390

1,012,676 1,411,413 1,104,853

Total (local) 2,175,540

$2,107,471 2,136,796 $2,112,988 3,064,513

$3,601,396 2,990,885 $3,309,972

Total passgrs.

(thro' and Local)

Up- 2,655,985 Revenue-$3,085,399

Dn. 2,608,381

""

3,155,148

Up 3,064,513 Revenue-$3,601,396

Dn. 2,990,885

"

3,309,972

5,264,366

$6,240,547

6,055,398

$6,911,368

24. A feature brought out in the above figures is the rise in local bookings (other) from 1,812,181 in 1949/50 to 2,726,803 in 1950/51. The causes were the growth in population, picnic parties at weekends and the conveyance of Military personnel. There was also an increase of 156,266 in passenger bookings to and from Sheung Shui, the close proximity of this station to the frontier making it a convenient collecting centre and base of operations for travelling traders.

25. The very great increase in goods traffic was caused by the buying and selling of raw materials in the Colony by the Chinese Government, and restricted shipping round the China coast. In consequence, a large proportion of goods traffic by rail has been cargo to and from Shanghai and points further north which normally would have been conveyed by

sea.

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