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Appendix XXXVI

(Chapter 15

Communication

Communications)

Statistics

for the year ending

31st December 1964

325

Marine

Ocean- going

River steamers

Water tankers

Junks

Mechanized vessels under

80 tons

6,150

...

19,703,947

34,231

7,131,333

-

...

37,065* 856,038

Cargo tons loaded

***

2,275,194

11,681

Vessels entered Tonnage entered Passengers landed Cargo tons landed Vessels cleared

Tonnage cleared

Passengers embarked..

6,167 19,706,078

1,892,203 5,794,728 1,621,306 267,077

3,589 1,892,253 5,765,461

764

11,885

1,805,648 266,960

5,147

Vehicles

The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on the 31st December 1964 was 84,634. This represented an overall increase of 11,666 over 1963. There is now a density of 155.8 vehicles for every mile of roadway.

Private cars (including 39 on Lantau Island)

51,073

Motor cycles (including scooters and two on Lantau Island) Taxis

...

9,173

1,932

866,285

Buses

1,525

9,983

3,597

1,484,964 166,193

769

11,773 5,167

Goods vehicles (including 77 on Lantau Island) Dual purpose vehicles (Private car/Goods vehicle) Public cars

Crown vehicles

Rickshaws

15,653

1,278

445

1,973

808

151,900 2,000

Tricycles Trailers Chairs

...

735

+++

39

* Includes 3,052 Emigrants.

Total

Postal Traffic

:

:

84,634

Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section

Length of line...

Main line-22 miles

Total length of line-35 miles

1963

Number of post offices

35

1964

40

Total revenue

$75 m

$78 m

Value of remittance business (money orders and

postal orders issued and paid)

$47 m

$53 m

Wireless licences issued

144,922

142,181

Passengers carried

Passenger kilometres

Freight carried

Total revenue

•

Net operating revenue

Capital expenditure

1964

8,758,494

1963

Tons of mail by air (despatched)

1,107

1,131

Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway

511,382

485,335

7,932,442

:

::

:

:

:

::

:

168,374,329

145,579,219

Telegraph and Radio Traffic

:

670,441.89

462,262.42

1963

$12,656,128.80

$11,427,350.27

$ 5,436,669.84 $ 5,502,448.41

$ 1,159,228.53

Telegrams accepted for transmission

1,084,173

1964 1,206,520

Telegrams delivered

1,300,926

1,455,416

Telegrams handed in transit

766,473

739,108

$2,864,114.52

Telex calls-Outward minutes

258,926

366,256

Telex calls-Inward minutes

300,527

411,805

Telex calls-Relayed minutes...

56,302

74,441

Air Traffic

Overseas Radiotelephone calls-Outward minutes... Overseas Radiotelephone calls-Inward minutes

481,930

626,056

681,871

825,337

Radio Pictures-Transmitted...

210

169

Passenger Aircraft

Passengers

Freight (kilos)

Mail (kilos)

:

:

In

9,357

Out

Radio Pictures-Received

6,183

8,660

Harbourphone calls

:

390,058 2,936,482

:

:

831,539

9,355

393,193

7,360,732

1,149,554

355,603

416,161

Press Broadcasts and Reception Services-Number

of hours

26,761

31,842

Meteorological Broadcasts and Reception Services-

Number of hours

76,244

78,560

Inland Telegrams

:

5,081

6,444