days, 102,484 and 55,335 passengers respectively (excluding season, monthly and scholar ticket holders) were carried.
11. On Dragon Boat Festival Day, 12th June, 1967, 22 special trains in addition to the normal service were run to and from the New Territories to transport spectators to the Dragon Boat Races held at Yuen Chow Tsai in Tai Po. On that day, 56,595 passengers were carried to all stations.
12. On Mid-Autumn Festival Day, 18th September, 1967, 16 special trains for Tai Po Market were added to the normal daily train services for the picnickers in the New Territories. On that day, 57,008 passengers were conveyed to all stations.
13. On 30th January, 1968, the First Day in the First Moon of the lunar calendar, which was the peak for railway travel during the Chinese New Year period, a total of 59,280 passengers was carried to all stations.
14. The figures for passenger traffic, showing the number of journeys and the revenue, appear in Appendix IV.
15. Goods Traffic. For the reasons stated in paragraph 1 of this Report, there was a substantial decrease in goods traffic during the year resulting in lower revenue. Comparative figures are as follows:
1966-67
1967-68
Decrease
Percentage
Decrease
Carriage of general
merchandise
$5,566,155 (1,044,151)
(Metric tons)
$3,740,479
(566,452) (Metric tons)
$1,825,676
32.80
(477,699)
45.75
(Metric tons)
Other goods services
(carriage of animals,
handling charges, etc.)...
$2,583,374
$1,001,240
$1,582,134
61.24
Total goods revenue
$8,149,529 $4,741,719
$3,407,810
41.82
16. The principal commodities imported by rail into Hong Kong
during the year under review are shown below:
17,832 metric tons
Apples Bars, steel
Beans
***
Beer
Candies ...
Canned goods Cardboard
Caustic soda Chemicals Chestnuts
+
***
***
***
1 * *
***
...
9,175
"
...
4,381
量管
++
***
8,969
**
掌事
1,895 6,847
**
**
6,722
**
2,550
"
*
2,567
**
...
2,639
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