The railways acquired from the Government on April 1, 1907, are the 'Tairen-Changchun Line, the Mukden-Antung Line, and' the Port Arthur, Liushutun, Yingchow, Yentai and Fushun branch lines, and the increase in passenger and goods traffic on these lines is seen from the fact that in 1907 1,512,231 passengers and 1,486,343 tons of goods were transported, while in 1919 the totals reached 9,274,114 passengers and 10,096,672 tons of goods. As to financial statistics, the net profit in 1919 was Yen 24,374,964 as compared with Yen 2,016,585 in 1907, the receipts Yen 153,133,387 as compared with Yen 19,543,116, and the expenditure Yen 128,758,423 as compared with Yen 10,526,531 in 1907.
The Guide Book is a very useful book of reference for travellers in South Manchuria. Opening with a brief outline of the modern history of the province, it gives brief descriptions of many places of interest along the railway and its branches, and contains excellent pictures of places of historic and scenic interest, with directions how to reach them.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.