Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of Swaziland.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1931]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of Swaziland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following tables show the traffic handled since the commence¬ ment of the services :— South African Railways Motor Transport. Area with depot at Bremersdorp. Passengers carried. Goods handled. Year. European. Natives. in tons. 1928 . 4,818 13,759 5,388 1929 . 4,499 19,736 6,875 1930 . 3,694 23,682 8,519 1931 . 3,071 34,241 7,252 (— Area with depot at Hlatikulu. Passengers carried. Goods handled, Year. European. Native. in tons. 1928 . 839 2,958 391 1929 . 1,361 7,664 1,055 1930 . 1,815 11,664 1,559 1931 ... ... 1,938 9,093 1,307 Year. Portuguese Government Motor Transport. Area with depot at Goba. Passengers carried. European. Native. Goods handled, in tons. 1930 (11 months) ... 185 243 1,264 1931 . 214 1,556 1,769 The charges made by both motor transport services are the same, namelv :— Passenger fares 3d. per mile for Europeans and Hd. per mile for natives. Charges for goods carried are on a sliding scale and according to classification, namely, at from 3d. for 5 miles to 2s. 6d. for 100 miles per 100 lb. Motor Vehicles. The following motor vehicles were registered in the territory during the year :— British makes. Other makes. Total. Private cars 29 263 292 Commercial vehicles 21 33 54 Motor cycles 48 18 66 412 .Postal. The Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Services continue, as formerly, to be controlled by the Postmaster-General of the Union of South Africa. The expenditure is met from, and revenue paid into, Swaziland funds.