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

No. of wagons

Description of goods

9

Bamboo root shoots

71

Chestnuts

960

Eggs

121

Fish

932

Fresh fruits

4

Lotus roots

***

596

Meat

44

1

Onions

36

Potatoes

414

86

Poultry

20

Prawns

20

Sundries

***

***

20

Turnips

张智

***

285

Vegetables...

3,161

Weight in metric tons

126

1,411

15,659

2,614

17,694

77

13,625

18

890

1,781

428

452

408

***

3,635

58,818

19. During the year under review, among the goods transported to China by rail were 696 metric tons of personal effects, 72 metric tons of sewing machines, 29 metric tons of diplomatic belongings and 29 metric tons of newspapers.

20. 3,975 metric tons of mail and mail packets, compared with 3,856 metric tons in the preceding year, were conveyed by rail to China for the Post Office. This amount was distributed fairly evenly over the whole

year.

21. Details relating to goods traffic appear in Appendix V.

22. Operation. Train punctuality was satisfactory and there was a marked improvement over the preceding year. Had it not been for the bomb incidents along the line during the period of unrest, the results would have been much better.

No. of scheduled passenger trains

Trains on time

***

***

Trains delayed for less than 5 minutes Trains delayed for 5 minutes and over

Total No. of passenger trains run...

Percentage

10,376

83.50

1,172

9.43

879

7.07

12,427

100.00

23. A total of 3,766 special trains was run during the year as against 4,606 in the previous year, a decrease of 840 or 18.24%. Details are as

follows:

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