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351

Marine

Ocean-

going

River

Junks

Mechanized vessels under

steamers

Appendi

(Chapter 13 Communication

for the year endin

XXXVIII Communications) Statistics December 31, 1968

Passenger Journeys by Public Transport: Annual Traffic by Undertakings (Millions)

300 tons

Vessels entered

Tonnage entered

Passengers landed

Cargo tons landed

1959

Total KMB 721.332 322.077

6,551

Vessels cleared

Tonnage cleared

Passengers embarked

22,205,105 24,811 7,807,385 6,535 22,151,350

9,597 2,993,627

CMB HKT 87.180 172,763

HYF

SFC

KCR

8,529 1,288,770

4,474

1960*

809.447 380.712

106.288

97.186 175.332 101.983

37.039

5.087

39.384

5.748

325,108

1961

890.716 435.515

120.120 180.585 106.765 41.864

5.867

1,031,710

1962

9,063 9,583

2,985,063

747,750 8,492 1,274,350

310,481

1963

4,466

1964*

321,294

1965

Cargo tons loaded

26,074* 2,391,650

1966

1,018,729

1967

6,266

196,419

1,249

1968*

* Includes 2,799 Emigrants.

Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section

Length of line

Main line-22 miles

974.777 481.569 134.196 189.000 117.228 1,032.576 515.172 143.026 190.920 126.990 1,090.195 546.579 158.209 182.454 144.611 1,162.710 593.221 169.256 181.767 155.499 54.491 1,237.516 643.120 186.561 181.589

56.332 161.180 1,054.590 515.539 169.151 154.117 158.524 48.625 1,196.631 610.752 201.107 157.995 166.830 50.986

* February figure is adjusted to 28 days.

46.630

6.154

49.196

7.272

50.460

7.882

8.476

8.734

8.634

8.961

Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas (Millions)

Main points of call...

Passengers carried

Passenger kilometres

Freight carried (in metric tons)

Total revenue

Net operating revenue

Capital expenditure

167,784,640

810,404,6

$14,852,737.54

$ 4,536,324.03 294,583.79

$

$ 2,246,327.42 614,520.04

$

1959 1960*

1961

Total length of line-38 miles

1962

New Territories (Hong Kong)

1963

1968 9,638,651

1964*

1967

1965

9,158,506

1966

157,596,048

1967

606,028.4

1968*.

$12,680,718.78

368.150

986.046

323.268

Urban

HK

Cross New Total

Kowloon Area

Island

Harbour Territories 721.332 689.942 259.943 298.352 131.647 31.390 809,447 772.756 281.620 353.155 137.981 36.691 890.716 840.066 300.705 394.500 974.777 913.101 323.196 430.678 1,032.576 961.483 333.946 456.698 1,090.195 1,007.695 340.663 1,162.710 1,072.985 351.023 1,237.516 1,147.206 1,054.590

144.861 50.650

159.227 61.676 170.839 71.093 478.123 188.909 82.500 518.924 203.038 89.725 568.817 210.239 90.310

1,196.631 1,119.582

462.559 200.219 68.544 359.102 549.892 210.588 77.049

* February figure is adjusted to 28 days.

Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas

Passenger aircraft

Passengers

Freight (kilos)

Air Traffic

Mail (kilos)

(Index Numbers: Base 1959-100)

Total

Urban

HK

Kowloon

Area

Island

Cross Harbour Territories

New

1959

100

100

100

100

100

100

1960

112

112

108

118

105

117

In

Out

% increase

over 1967

1961

123

122

116

132

110

161

1962

135

132

124

144

121

196

16,766 714,022 8,585,187 1,253,195

16,770 757,657

+12.28%

1963

143

139

128

153

130

226

+19.72%

1964

151

146

131

160

143

263

27,960,739

+37.84%

1965

161

156

135

174

154

286

1,857,627

+ 8.62%

1966

172

166

142

191

160

288

1967

146

143

124

155

152

218

1968

166

162

138

184

160

245

Postal Traffic

1967

1968

Number of post offices

54

54

$100 m

$117.6 m

69,062

12,268

107

3,894

Goods vehicles (including 80 on Lantau Island)

2,206

Vehicles

The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on December 31, 1968 was 111,272. This represented an overall increase of 10,290 over 1967. There is now a density of 179.8 vehicles for every mile of roadway.

Private cars (including 57 on Lantau Island) ...

Motor cycles (including scooters and 7 on Lantau Island)

Motor tricycles

Taxis

Buses (including 10 on Lantau Island)

Total revenue

Value of remittance business (Money orders and Postal Orders issued

and paid)

Tons of mail despatched by air

Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway

$ 65 m 1,476 312,816

$ 61.7 m

1,822 320,715

Telephone and Telegraph

Telegrams accepted for transmission

1967 1,332,831

1968 1,367,214

Telegrams received

1,529,488

1,531,479

Dual purpose vehicles-Private car/Goods vehicle (including 5 on Lantau Island) Public cars (including 11 on Lantau Island)

16,124

2,346

Crown vehicles

919

Telegrams handled in transit

Telex Calls-outward minutes

Telex Calls-inward minutes

858,620

1,068,764

604,171

730,807

706,881

Rickshaws

Pedal tricycles

Trailers

2,728

International telephone calls-outward minutes

1,798,499

794,505 2,274,806

International telephone calls-inward minutes

2,543,193

3,019,885

804

Pictures transmitted

560

3,022

732

Pictures received

...

19,278

17,629

82

Harbourphone calls

811,708

867,110

Total

Press broadcasts and reception services-number of hours

111,272

Meteorological broadcasts and reception services-number of hours. Inland telegrams

28,436

22,835

82,548

79,921

7,043

6,467