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

Tiles Timber Tomatoes

Towels

Turnips

Vegetables, fresh

Vegetables, preserved

Wine

20,971 metric tons

5,767 2,257

2

59

**

**

2,312

">

2,459

>>

14,309

**

1,250

$3

6,653

**

**

21. The number of animals imported from China was as follows:

Buffaloes

Cows

Goats

Pigs

***

***

395 head

18,181

253

1,532,625

梦梦

22. 8,076 cold storage wagons were sent to the British Section by the Chinese Section. They carried the following goods:

No. of

Description of goods

wagons

106

Chestnuts

2,067

Eggs

283

Fish

2,851

Fresh fruits

1,267

Meat

***

55

Meat, preserved

536

Poultry

35

Prawns

27

Sea shells

16

Sundries

833

Vegetables

8,076

Weight in metric tons

2,086

30,709

6,005

51,365

29,037

+

1,176

11,763

724

***

505

359

***

11,346

145,075

23. Goods transported to China included 41 metric tons of sewing machines, 21 metric tons of newspapers and 13 metric tons of diplomatic luggage.

24. 7,676 metric tons of mail and mail packets, compared with 5,447 metric tons in the preceding year, were conveyed by rail to China for the Post Office.

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

26. Operation. Train punctuality was not satisfactory. This was due to speed restrictions necessitated by the site formation and con- struction of the under-bridge at Fo Tan, repairs to several Railway Bridges and the running of more goods trains on this single line. railway.

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