15. The figures of livestock imported by rail for the same period are as follows:
Buffaloes
Cows
Goats
Pigs
**
1,245 head 5,858
568
1,003,174
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16. A total of 5,369 cold storage wagons was sent over to the British Section by the Chinese Section, containing the following goods:
Description of goods
Weight in metric tons
No. of wagons
5
Beer
111
Chestnuts
1,302
Eggs
420
Fish
1,274
Fresh fruits
32
Lotus roots
687
Meat
34
Potatoes
101
Poultry
42
Prawns
153
Shrimps
184
Sundries
1,024
Vegetables
123
2,137
22,407
8,646
22,223
502
15,007
355
1,977
803
3,147
2,880
13,321
17. During the year under review, notable commodities to China by rail were 706 metric tons of personal effects, 103 metric tons of diplomatic belongings, 41 metric tons of sewing machines, 51 metric tons of bicycles, 31 metric tons of newspapers, 24 metric tons of printed matters and 16 metric tons of electric appliances.
18. Some 5,336 metric tons of mail and mail packets compared with some 6,436 metric tons in the preceding year were conveyed by rail to China for the Post Office. This amount was distributed very evenly over the whole period under review.
19. Details relating to goods traffic appear in Appendix V.
20. Operation. Train punctuality for the year under review was poor. This poor result was mainly caused by the imposition of speed restrictions to trains for practically the whole year round as a result of the constructions of the water tunnel under the railway line near
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