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Kowloon-Canton Railway Departmental Reports 九廣鐵路年報 All

Lard

Meat, frozen

Newsprint

Onions

Oranges

Paper

Pears

Potatoes

Prawns, frozen

Printing paper

Sugar

Tomatoes

Vegetables, fresh, various

Water chestnuts

1,112 metric tons

1,981

3,324

**

1,088

J

6,256

**

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4,799

*

9,452

**

**

6,550

**

2,420

*

1,916

1,190

1,835

7,386

**

1,350

2,331

1,655

**

Vegetables, preserved

Water melons

13. The figures of livestock imported by rail for the same period are as follows:

Buffaloes

Cows

Goats

88 head 313

109

264,728

Pigs ...

14. The number of cold storage wagons sent over to the British Section by the Chinese Section totalled 1,237. They conveyed the following goods:

No. of Wagons

Description of Goods

Weight in metric tons

144

Eggs

1,869

255

Fresh vegetables

2,981

365

Fruits

6.211

28

Lard

686

95

Meat

1,981

52

Poultry

810

296

Prawns and fish Starch

Vaccine

6,258

30

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1

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15. It is interesting to note that during the months of October and November 1958, 15,893 metric tons of chemical fertilizer were trans- ported by rail to China, and that, following the relaxation in August of the embargo, 55,000 imp. gallons of gasoline and 201 long tons of light diesel oil were exported to the Chinese mainland through this railway.

16. Details relating to goods traffic appear in Appendix VIII.

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