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13. The second heaviest day of the year was April 5th, the Ching Ming Festival. 43,492 passengers were carried. Most of the passengers were visitors to graves at the Wo Hop Shek and Sandy Ridge Cemeteries.

14. Goods Traffic. Goods traffic, foreign, went from bad to worse. The exported tonnage fell from 23,826 to 15,503, a decrease of 34.93% and the receipts from $278,051 to $172,334, a decrease of 38.02%. The imports also dropped by 26.28% in weight, from 139,973 tons to 103,188 tons, and 21.58% in revenue, from $904,800 to $709,505.

15. The principal commodities imported into the Colony by rail during this period are shown below:----

Eggs Beans

15,160 metric tons

11,672

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Potatoes

4,694

Fresh vegetables

4,334

Cotton piece goods

3,876

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Wood oil

3,783

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Paper (common)

3,305

**

Bamboo poles

2,865

Bean noodles

Iron nails

Glass sheets

Chinese medicine

2,231

::

1,813

>>

*

1,600

**

**

1,392

>>

>>

Match box sheets

Poultry

Chillies (dried)

1,363

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1,212

>>

>>

1,175

**

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The number of animals arriving in like manner during the

same period are as follows:-

Pigs

Cows

Buffalo

Goats

55,132 head

7,795

7,604

1,571

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