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Description

Area (sq. ft.) Annual Rental

$

Club House and Sports Ground

126,936

20.00

Motor Car Garage and Service Station

13,983

10,988.00

Storage

23,728

10,729,00

Cultivation and Gardening

951,204

3,655.00

Various Other Purposes

***

254,279

23,372.00

Total

1,370,130

48,764.00

54. Advertising Space. Advertising space let during the year was 9,342 square feet to a total value of $430,285,90.

STAFF

55. The establishment of the Railway as at 31st March, 1970 was as follows:

228 pensionable officers

507 non-pensionable officers

735

There was a decrease of five from the previous year.

Fifteen officers retired during the year after serving in the Railway for periods ranging from 11 to 36 years.

56. Mr. H. G. HALL, filled the post of Treasury Accountant, Railway, from 7th June to 19th August, 1969,

19th August, 1969, during Mr. I. AGAFUROFF's absence on vacation leave in the U.S.A.

57. Mr. W. WALKER, Railway Workshop Officer, was on vacation leave in the United Kingdom from 16th April to 7th November, 1969.

58. Mr. LAI Shu-yan, Assistant Way and Works Engineer, visited Britain between 30th April and 1st August, 1969, on a Merit Trip awarded to him by the Hong Kong Government. During his stay there, he was attached for eight weeks to the British Railways' South Division at Wimbledon, London.

TRAINING

59. Departmental in-service training was carried out at all levels. 61 officers, mostly from the Traffic Section, attended first aid courses con- ducted by the St. John's Ambulance Association and Brigade and

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