Non-local passenger traffic increased considerably. The figures of passenger journeys and revenue are shown below:
Current year
year Previous year Increase per cent
Passenger Journeys Revenue
657,289
$903,411
344,692 $461,314
90.69
95.83
The increase can be attributed to fluctuating periods of relaxation in traveller's control in China while immigration was relaxed somewhat during the period of the Coronation festivities in the Colony.
The analysis of these passenger figures will be found summarized in Statement No. 7.
13. Goods Traffic. Goods traffic, foreign, showed a drop with that of last year. Goods exported from this Colony fell from 33,728 to 23,826 tons in weight and $394,863 to $278,051 in revenue, the decrease per cent being 29.36 and 29.58 respec- tively. The embargo on strategic supplies to China was responsible.
Similarly, goods imported from China into this Colony were adversely affected. Tonnage declined from 220,287 to 139,973, a drop of 36.46% and receipts from $1,340,910 to $904,800, a drop of 32.52%. The reasons for this falling off in tonnage are sufficiently well known.
The principal commodities arriving by rail during the year were as under:-
Beans
Eggs
Potatoes
Bran
Wood oil
Garlic
Sesame oil
Bean noodle
Cotton seed oil
Native medicine
22,959 metric tons
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9,751
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8,318
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3,495
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3,388
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3,016
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