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Chapter VIII.—Communications.
85. Railways, Telegraphs and Telephones.
534. 1 he following table shows the general results of the year’s working as
compared with those of 1920-21 :—
1920-21,
actual.
1921-22,
estimated.
Railway receipts—
Coaching ..
Goods
Sundries ..
£E.
3,899,592
3,970,740
178,730
£E.
3,467,000
4,275,000
173,000
Total receipts
Total expenditure
8,049,062
7,891,318
7,915,000
6,500,000
Net receipts
157,744
1,415,000
Upper Egypt auxiliary railways—
Receipts . .
Expenditure
101,349
115,034
90,000
95,000
Expenditure in excess of receipts
13,685
5,000
Western oases railways—
Receipts ..
Expenditure
5,373
8,538
5,000
8,000
Expenditure in excess of receipts
3,165
3,000
Passengers carried—
1st class ..
2nd „ .. ’
3rd „
Tonnage of goods
Train kilometres run ..
Kilometres of line open
N umber.
993,423
3,197,380
26,357,666
3.768,921
12,865,848
2,531
Number.
942,569
2,955,461
23,3*0,398
3,908,332
13,714,490
2,531
Telegraphs—
Receipts ..
Expenditure
£E.
346,396
323,445
£E.
336,000
296,000
Net receipts ..
22,951
40.000
Telephones—
Receipts
Expenditure
310.231
247,713
338,000
225,000
Net receipts ..
62,518
113,000
535. Good progress has been made, in respect of maintenance and renewals,
towards recovering the ground lost during the war; and in particular a considerable
length of permanent way has been renewed, chiefly on the main Cairo to Alexandria
line. Except for telephone extensions, no important capital works have been
undertaken. Available credits have for the most part been utilised for the
completion of works begun in previous years. £E. 15,000 have been spent on the new
railway station at Alexandria and £E. 10,000 on improving the facilities for
handling oil traffic at Suez and Arbein junctions. I may note that before the war all
new railway stock and far the greater proportion of finished spare parts for replace
ment were purchased abroad ; but now a large amount of new stock is built, and many
spare parts made, in the railway workshops.
536. Very large purchases of coal, at high prices, were made in 1920, and the
stock still remaining at the end of 1921 was 700,000 tons, a quantity sufficient to
meet railway requirements for more than two years. Owing particularly to the large
expenditure on this coal, and also to the high cost of labour, the price of stores and
sea freights, both passenger fares and goods rates remain unduly high. A reduction
may, however, be expected if the general recovery in the Government finances which
has occurred in the past year is maintained.
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