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Down

Total

Goods (loaded)

1,261

1,261

Goods (empty) Passenger

Passenger (empty)

Military

1,033

1,033

236

228

464

357

365

722

1

1

2

Ballast trains

Trial trains

134

134

268

8

8

:

16

1,769

1,997

3,766

24. Fares and Rates. There was no revision of fares and goods rates

during the year.

25. Accidents. The following railway accidents occurred during the period under review:

Trespassers injured by trains

Trespassers killed by trains

Trespasser found dead on railway premises

Passengers injured by trains

管滇

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Staff injured on duty

Derailment of a passenger train

Derailment of a goods train

Derailment of a light engine

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2

5

1

痛

14

2

1

1

1

ACCOUNTS

26. The Gross Operating Profit for the year was $2,120,752 represent- ing a decrease of 65.98% as compared with the figure of $6,234,386 in the previous year. This was due to a large drop in Gross Operating Receipts- Passenger Traffic Receipts decreasing by 3.70%, i.e. from $7,291,103 in 1966-67 to $7,021,614 in 1967-68, and Goods Traffic Receipts decreasing by 41.82%, i.e. from $8,149,529 in 1966-67 to $4,741,719 in 1967-68. Notwithstanding the reduction in Traffic Receipts, the Gross Operating Expenses increased by 4.54% from $9,296,473 in 1966-67 to $9,718,674 in 1967-68. This was largely due to the fact that the availability of rolling stock remained at approximately the same level as last year and the same amount of maintenance was, therefore, required. Other factors were staff increases, higher salaries and the additional expenditure incurred in repairing damage to the permanent way steel bridges caused in previous years by corrosive discharge from the Chinese cold storage wagons. The Nett Profit transferred to the Appropriation Account amounted to $832,149, a decrease of $2,786,024 (77.00%) from the previous year.

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