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Reference

1949

APPENDIX III.

SUMMARY OF TOTAL FIGURES FOR THE YEARS, 1948, 1949 & 1950.

No. of

Relevant

Table

1948

1950

11

Employees in Workshops

Registered Factories and

63,873 persons

81,566 persons

91,986

(Dec.)

(Dec.)

persons

(Dec.)

13

Factories Registered

288

factories

228

factories

412

35

Tonnages of Vegetables Marketed

18,986

tons

20,658

tons

29,421

tons

37

Animals Slaughtered

591,276

animals

557,092

animals

572,851

38

Production of Fluid Milk

515,844

gallons

756,912

gallons

916,230

factories

animals

gallons

46 Tonnages of Fish Marketed

27,029

tons

33,763 tons

31,296

tons

126

166

Production of Cement

53,220

met. tons

58,668

met. tons

68,081

met. tons

Production of Electricity

150,312,000

k.w.h.

217,664,796

k.w.h.

293,502,322

k.w.h.

167

Gas Manufacture and Distribution

287,468,496

cu. ft.

393,307,600 cu. ft.

491,414,600

cu. ft.

171

Railway: Upward and Downward

Passengers:-

Local

Foreign

1,236,720 persons 2,446,908 persons

3,241,398 persons 1,510,080 persons

6,255,161

persons

*

Goods:-

Local

2,647,884 kgs.

Foreign

86,884,368 kgs.

28,566,947 kgs. 14,712,230 kgs.

343,111,530 kgs.

**

181

Tonnage of Shipping (over 60 tons cleared

net)]

9,296,784 tons

11,720,832 tons

11,718,046

tons

182

Passengers arriving and departing by shipping (over 60 tons net)

1,445,160 persons

1,669,685 persons

1,726,766 persons

183

Foreign Trade Conducted by Junks and Launches:-

Tonnage of cargo

437,988 tons

Tonnage of Vessels

2,754,664

tons

Number of Passengers

81,684

persons

2,481,185

83,704

450,481 tons tons

persons

491,372 tons

2,420,136

tons

19,612

persons

184

Commercial Cargo Tonnages, Ocean and

River Vessels

3,573,156 tons

5,029,770 tons

6,271,795

tons

*

Through traffic was suspended on 15th October, 1949.

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