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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY,

JULY 28, 1937.

CLOSING OF SHUM CHUN CASINO HAS A SERIOUS EFFECT ON K.C.R. RECEIPTS

BOTANICAL & FORESTRY GUNS DON'T $88,000 Lost In Last

DEPARTMENT COST $125,355 DURING 1936 Annual Report Revals Interesting Figures

The Botanical and Forestry Department cost Hongkong $125,355.53 during 1936 as compared with $117,447.55 in 1935. Re- venue for the year amounted to $13,748.67 al compared with $13, 787.02 in 1935.

THREATEN

GIBRALTAR

Eden Again Assures

Commons Britain Alert To Situation

Four Months Of 1936

RECORD NUMBER OF PASSENGERS

The disastrous effect to the Kowloon-Canton Railway traffic receipts consequent upon the closing down of the London, July 27. Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secret- Shum Chun Casino is revealed and emphasised in the an- ary, announced in the House of Com- nual report of the K.C.R. for 1936 which was laid on the mons that two of the four large table at this afternoon's meeting of the Legislative hoteltzer gun which have mounted over the Straits and are Council. In the last two quarters of 1933 and the first reported to be threatening Gibraltar quarter of 1934 the daily receipts amounted to $1,200 and have been removed. There were la the possession of the Spanish Govern- $1,300. ment before the civil war, and the Government had been advised that

132 miles per hour, had moderated. These Agures are contained in the

The bandstand and the major Department's annual report for the year ending December 1926 which portion of the plant house in the Old was laid on the table at this after- Garden were destroyed; fortunately, Gib

the Legislative owing to the warnings sent out from soon's meeting of

the Royal Observatory, host of the Council.

Chief expenditure was $80,848.50 pot plants were removed to sheltered for personel emoluments, which was positions and saved from damage.

then to The work of clearing debris, and nearly $5,000 more

general reconditioning the gardens previous year. Over $2,000 was spent on Forestry and an extra $490 on the maintenance of Gardens, An increase of $300 in expenditure on the Forestry Reserve at Taipo Kau was also shown.

- TYPHOON DAMAGE

the

inere

were

So far as general mutters concerned, the report states:

The weather during the first seven months of the year was generally favourable for both gardening and typhoon forestry operations; the which passed close to the Colony on August the 17th did serious damage

grounds in a dens and destroyed inany roadside trees in all parts of the Calony.

The last three months of the year were very dry and many forest and Ares occurred during this Krass period.

The rainfall for the year, as corded by the rain gauge in the New Garden, was 73.74 Inches in 131 days us against 78.34 inches in 148 days in the preceding year. GARDENS, PARks and grouNDS

was still proceeding at the end of the year.

FORESTRY

howitzers

been

In the first six months of 1935, May 1, together with their running The following shows the fluctua- they would have been had they been intended to threaten this had slumped to $80 daily

and by September had reached tons in the net operation revenue for The hooned,

were not seaward the normal traffic mark of $200. the past five years: 1932 $333,412.15, of three 1933 $771.052.42, 1934 (Actual) $690,- 604.41 (Weighted) $727,017.10, 1935 guns, sphd Mr. Eden, and were not Thus, in the course

$500,054.10 (Weighted) o menace to shipping. The remainder

1036 (Actual) $454,733.00 of the guns in the Bay of Algeciras years the daily traffic mark re- (Actual) were secondary and few in number, ceipts for this section of the line $601,385.01, 1078 (Actual

OPTIMISM JUSTIFIED All the guns were out-powered by had fallen from $1,300 to $200, (Weighted)

Govern

The estimates for the year were with an accelerated decline of Gibraltar's guns, and the

expectation of higher ment, aff

after careful consideration, saw

optimism Formation of Pine Tree Plantations.nu reason to raise any questions on $100 daily a month since Jan- framed in

the matter. There was no reason uary 1936 to the end of the year, tratte receipts and lower operating for anxiety,

Another important loss in source expenditure. This

That both traffle receipts and net earn added Mr. of revenue was felt as a result of Justified, as the results secured show ngs would have exceeded the amount Eden, could not be sald to threaten the handing over Gibraltar or shipping. The Govern- press locomotives to the Chloese sec- ment could be trusted to consider on on May 1, 1938. This raw as de-anticipated but for the sudden stop-

after sources of revenue

August. whatever importance they might cause in receipts from $289.611.32 page of one of the most remunerative

Despite this severe setback, the bul have in relation to the whole eircum-to $132.482.76. tances, which were being constantly

once on the operating account was only $7,302.10 below the estimate, kept in view.Itenter.

and the "operating ratio improved from 04.53% tu 03.49.

in

-The extension of old, and formation nf new plantations was carried out by the nowing in situ and the broadcast method of seeds of Pinus Massoniana, Lambert, both on the Island and in the New Territories. Sowings situ totalled 300,102, as against 273.- 852 in the preceding year; the largest cast areas dealt with were: the hills

Valley and west of the Tai Hang

Sowings by the broadcast method were carried out on grassy areas at Mount

Buck, Parker, Dragon's "Gap, Tai Hang

Valley, Pottinger

Broad-icaved Trees Planted. The the following trees were used in

900

formation of plantations of varying

του,

sizes and the extension of the road- side planting scheme in all parts of the Colony-Melaleuca Leucadend- Lian.. Srythrina indica. Lam.. Tristania conferta, Griff, Bombar Afalabaricum, DC. Albizia Lebbel:.

Baubinia Benth.

variegata, Linn., Delonix reuia, Rain, and Paulownia Fortunel, Hemst

The total number of person arrest- Botanic Gardens.-The majority of

Bothed for all classes of forestry offences the large trees and shrutia in Hardens were damaged and a large by Forest Guards was 261, of these the 241 were convicted and 7 ellscharged. number totally destroyed by typhoon; areas planted with annuals The Police arrested 172 persons of whom 955 were convicted and 17 and other small shrubs were

offenders who were convicted of two pletely bure when the wind, when

er more offences, were- banished, at one period reached a veineity of

at Ceuta, The guns

ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND KING AND QUEEN DEPART

of three

Ex

FINANCIALLY SATISFACTORY On the whole, though, the report claims that the year financially could be regarded with satisfaction. Re- ceipts and net operating revenue amounted to $1,213,469.18 and $434,-

respectively, as against St.-;

the previous 647.13 and $500.051.48 year.

wus

on

The powerful effect exerted revenue by the Shun Chun Casino is displayed by the comparative The shortfall from this figures.

at $88,000. "After making provision for all in-source during the last four months

of the year is of $357.- terest charges, a balance

Operating or was $700,- 738.10, compared with $911,020,25 the Estimates. This

1257.17 was realised mu net plic, the previous year, and $86

deficits, which, at the end Capitular's Agure is the lowest obtained

revenue and this has been to the reduction of the accumulated

of 1936 provided in The London, July 27.

since 1929. It was rendered possible, during the notwithstanding the low sterling ex- increase The King and Queen left London totalled $7,930,872.50.

Account was to-day for Stranraer en route for the $13.943.55 and now stands at change value of the dollar, by a parti-

(year by brief official visit to Belfast.

Their Majesties were accompanied $20,462,339.30. The Chinese Secticularly favourable price for coat and

Sir Alexander Hardinge. Sir continued to make monthly cash pay by economy in working. Samuel Hoare and Viscount Gage. ments up to the end of April in res The party will sleep aboard the royal peel of their obligations on the loco yacht, Victoria and Albert to-night, motive Luan Account. This account and will leave for Belfast 10-morrow was fully liquidated on April 30, and the locomotives were handed over on merning-Reuter Bulletin.

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The negotiations with the River

Steamboat Companies, mentioned in paragraph of last year's report, reached fruition on February 7th, when second and third class fares between Hongkong and Canton both by rail and water were stabilised ai reasonable levels for a trial period of three months. The agreed basic rates for third class passengers were 70 cents by the larger boats and $1 by rail, sccond class fores being double these amounts,

Referring to the efforts made to! work cp-operatively with the river steamer, the report says that in genal, it may be said that the co- ordination effected between river and rails has proved most beneficial to both, and has led to substantial in- creases in revenue.

Reference is made to the introduc- tion of the Taipo Belle and its sister ship to the

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from this source during the last quarter of the year amounting to 02.17% of the aggregate earnings for the first nine

months.

:

TRAFFIC FEATURES Traffic features of the year were the growth of through passenger traffle, and the devilne of all other traffles. Terminal and sectional through passenger receipts exceeded 1935 earnings by 10.01% and 6.05% respectively,

The number of passengers convey- ed between Kowloon and Canton, the the record two terminals, reached

exceeding the

figure of 1,438,400,

previous

Iramc

maximum obtained Just year by 130.451 or 10.48%.

The density of passenger attained a new high level of 2,300,- 567 passenger miles per mile of line. This was obtained with a saving in train mileage of 7.82%.

The punctuality of trains has de- teriorated, the average minutes late- per train being 3.01, compared with 2.20 the previous year. Punctuality returns on the British Section reflect the ablity of the through express trains to keep time, and the decline in performance can be attributed to the inferlor timekeeping of the ex- presses during the last eight months of the year, when only 58.52% were "on tinie", compared with 84.40% for the first four months, and 85.91% for

previous year,

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