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Increase/

1975/76

1976/77

Decrease

Percentage Increase/

Decrease

Carriage of general

merchandise

$14,563,608

$12,608,951

-$1,954,657

13.42

Tonnes

(1,538,958)

(1,386,865) (→ 152,093)

(- 9.88)

Other freight ser-

vices, Handling

charges, baggage,

parcels, etc.

Total freight

$3.528.796 $18,092,404

$3.239.395 -$ 289,401

$15,848,346 -$2,244,058

8.20

12.40

revenue

49.

The following principal commodities imported by rail into Hong Kong during the year, amounting to 49.29% of the total tonnage, were :-

Apples

Steel Bars

Beer

Cardboard

Cement

Cotton piece goods

Cotton, raw

Eggs

....

Meat frozen..

Oil, diesel

Onions

Oranges

Paper Pears

Vegetables, fresh

7,372 tonnes 14,262

11

20,586

7,642

##

31,281

#

32,303

量

15,770

"

37,529

#1

23,350

"

158,528

ft

5,349

#!

4,854

#!

13,522

14,047

尊重

9,485

395.880

50.

Additionally, the head of livestock conveyed for the same

period was 1,641,682 including 1,591,742 pigs.

51.

A total of 5,964 cold storage wagons conveying 113,356 tonnes of frozen goods were received from China including :-

No. of wagons

1,779 132

883

Description of goods

Tonnes

Eggs Fresh fruits Meat

27,749

1,965

13,350

New refrigerated wagons are being introduced with a net capacity of 40 tonnes compared with 30 tonnes in the older wagons.

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