and 8 on Chung Yeung Festival Day, 14th October, 1964. On these two days, 117,272 and 25,297 passengers (excluding season, monthly and scholar ticket holders) respectively were carried. The figure of 117,272 is a new record for the number of passengers carried in one day.
12. The figures for passenger traffic, showing number of journeys and revenue, appear in Appendix IV.
13. Goods Traffic. There was a considerable increase in goods traffic during the year. The increase over the previous year was 241,034 metric tons in weight and $1,146,474 in revenue, representing percent- age increases of 50.50 and 42.73 respectively. The large increase in goods traffic was due to the increasing amount of exports from China.
14. The principal commodities imported by rail into Hong Kong during the year under review are shown below:
Apples
Bamboo poles
Beans
Bean noodle (pressed)
Beer
Bricks
16,513 metric tons
2,703
**
梦梦
22,013
2,140
**
14,784
**
3,352
**
Canned goods
Cardboard
5,782 13,518
**
**
Caustic soda ...
6,583
*
Cement
26,659
Chinese medicine
4,560
**
Cotton piece goods
21,957
Eggs
36,894
梦梦
Fish, frozen
8,646
...
**
**
Glass sheets
10,644
**
**
Iron bars
Iron wares Iron wire Meat, frozen
Newsprint
Oranges Onions
Paper
***
3,757
6,428
**
4,483
**
15,007
**
带势
9,994
梦梦
参寥
10,902
喝得
3,009
**
11,538
་་
*
Pears
13,880
梦梦
**
A
Potatoes
Pressed wood
Soda
...
Steel bars
13,648
**
**
9,768 2,456
39
95
32
**
26,919
梦
**
Stones ...
Vegetables (fresh)
3
2,782
18,405
**
事谬
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