1973-1974 — Page 9

1972/73

26. Goods Traffic. There was a slight increase in goods traffic during the year. Comparative figures are as follows :-

Percentage Increase/ Decrease

1973/74

Increase/ Decrease

Carriage of general $ 8,118,062 8,451,558 merchandise

tons (1,194,169) (1,246,457)

+ 333,496

+ 4.11

(+ 52,288)

+ 4.38

Other goods services (Handling charges,

baggage, parcels, etc.) $ 2,107,674 2,229,218

+ 121,544

+ 5.77

Total goods revenue $ 10,225,736 10,680,776

+ 455,040

+ 4.45

27. The principal commodities imported by rail into Hong Kong during the year were :-

Apples

Bars, steel

Beer

Canned goods

Cardboard

Cement

Cotton piece goods

Eggs

Meat, frozen

Oil, rape seed

Oranges

Paper

Pears Tiles

...

29,691 tons

33,273 42,617

#1

18,591

16,222

11

49,500 24,308

#!

11

42,724 25,396

"

#t

14,814

#

15,156

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34,793

誓誓

42,592 15,666 "

#1

28.

(for full table please see Appendix VII)

These amounted to 53.80% of the total tonnage.

The figures of livestock imported by rail for the same period were as follows :-

Buffaloes

Cows Goats Pigs

1,344 head 33,259

485 H

11

1,501,930

11

29.

A total of 7,385 cold storage wagons carrying 132,000 tons were received by the British Section from China including the following :-

No. of wagons

2,018

2,508

1,104

524 600

Description of goods

Weight in metric tons

Eggs

30,352

Fresh fruits

45,402

Meat

25,396

Poultry

11,856

Vegetables

7,846

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