Carbide & Carbon Dealing first with the subject of passengers carried, the position is that we commenced the year on a basis which represented about 40 per cent of normal and the situation steadily improved with each success sive month until in September, normal figures were reached. Since then there has been further improvement, and while we have not yet surpassed previous records, that goal would appear to be in sight.
The main factors contributing to the restoration of our passenger traffic have been the considerable influx of refugees into the com@arative safety of the International Settlement, and the rapid growth of industrial activity in the Western District, the latter of
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