H.— 40.

TABLE No. 7.—PETROL-TAX ALLOCATION TO BOROUGHS WITH 6,000 OR MORE POPULATION. Table showing the Distribution of the Petrol-tax to Boroughs with a Population of 6,000 and over.

TABLE No. 8.—TRANSPORT LICENSING ACT, 1931. Table showing the Position with respect to Applications for Passenger-service Licenses as at March, 1932.

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Year ended 31st March, 1932. Total since Inception of Boroughs. Amount of Tax, Quarter ended Petrol-tax up to . ; 31st March, 1932. June. September. December. March. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wellington City .. 4,550 9 3 4,214 5 10 4,545 0 10 4,190 4 11 17,500 0 10 55,080 18 8 Auckland City .. 4,309 13 6 3,991 5 9 4,304 10 10 3,968 10 5 16,574 0 6 52,910 6 2 Christchurch City.. 3,652 12 3 3,382 15 5 3,648 5 3 3,363 9 5 14,047 2 4 45,214 15 10 DunedinCity .. 2,783 6 8 2,577 14 1 2,780 0 4 2,563 0 1 10,704 1 2 34,474 13 10 WanganuiCity .. 1,022 6 6 946 16 0 1,021 2 2 941 7 11 3,931 12 7 12,774 10 7 Palmerston Nth. City 857 0 9 793 14 6 856 0 4 789 3 11 3,295 19 6 10,284 8 9 Mount Albert .. 840 14 3 778 12 1 839 14 3 774 3 3 3,233 3 10 10,255 2 3 Invercargill City .. 832 11 0 771 0 11 831 11 2 766 12 11 3,201 16 0 10,208 16 0 Mount Eden .. 816 4 6 755 18 6 815 5 2 751 12 3 3,139 0 5 10,089 4 7 Timaru .. .. 685 12 7 634 19 7 684 16 3 631 7 1 2,636 15 6 8,391 11 10 Napier .. .. 661 2 11 612 6 0 660 7 2 608 16 2 2,542 12 3 8,241 7 5 New Plymouth .. 648 18 0 600 19 3 648 2 6 597 10 8 2,495 10 5 7,860 5 11 Hamilton .. 628 9 11 582 1 3 627 14 3 578 14 10 2,417 0 3 7,700 10 11 Gisborne .. 579 10 5 536 14 2 578 16 7 533 12 11 2,228 14 1 7,091 5 4 Lower Hutt .. 571 7 2 529 3 0 570 13 7 526 2 7 2,197 6 4 6,372 5 11 Onehunga .. 455 9 1 421 16 2 454 18 3 419 8 0 1,751 11 6 5,677 14 8 TTa.at.inga .. 461 3 4 427 111 460 12 4 424 13 3 1,773 10 10 5,664 10 11 Petone .. .. 448 18 6 415 15 2 448 7 10 413 7 9 1,726 9 3 5,462 15 1 Nelson City .. 440 15 3 408 4 0 440 4 9 405 17 5 1,695 1 5 5,438 10 4 Devonport .. 422 16 1 391 11 5 422 6 1 389 6 9 1,626 0 4 5,268 1 6 Masterton .. 350 19 7 325 1 0 350 11 3 323 3 11 1,349 15 9 4,354 1 8 St. Kilda .. 335 9 5 310 13 9 335 1 6 308 18 3 1,290 2 11 4,182 11 6 Oamaru .. .. 310 3 4 287 5 1 309 15 11 285 12 3 1,192 16 7 3,840 19 0 Whangarei .. 310 3 4 287 5 0 309 15 11 285 12 3 1,192 16 6 3,716 6 7 Takapuna .. 284 1 0 263 1 3 283 14 3 261 11 3 1,092 7 9 3,527 3 11 G-reymouth .. 252 4 3 233 11 8 251 18 4 232 5 0 969 19 3 2,410 13 5 One Tree Hill .. 326 9 10 302 7 5 326 2 1 300 12 11 1,255 12 3 2,212 4 0 Totals .. 27,838 12 8 25,782 0 2 27,805 9 2 25,634 18 4 107,0610 4 338,705 16 7

] Number of Applica- Applica- Decisions i Number of tions to be dealt ; Number of Decisions given. tions Vief«>rr«.i> Licenses I with. withdrawn.; aeierrea. issued. Applications Applications granted. refused. Licensing Authority. i & s .1 & s & I . b I . £ |L & §■3 3 g 13 S § § ■a g| ' g -3 S § N I ill -i 1 § I -i I 11.1 11 m I 11 1 1 i! * O S S O O O CD 4> O Om©iOOgji»O|O<Li4i O O 02 H H O U2 j B B O O2 B B O 02 H j B O O2 B H !' G !K B H ■ : I j| ! Auckland Metropolitan .. 12 .. .. 12 ] 10 .. .. 10 ..10|... .. 10 Wellington Metropolitan .. 5 .. ..! 5 5.. .. 5 ; ..... j Christchurch Metropolitan .. 7 .. .. 7 7.. .. 7 1 1 .. | ., Dunedin Metropolitan .. .. 24 2 3 29 23 2 ., 25 j.. Central Licensing Authority .. 225 2 47 274 126| 1 5132 26 1 7 34 .'. 5 5 No. 1 Licensing Authority* .. 52 .. 8 60!| | j j • ■ j No. 2 Licensing Authority .. 70 .. 6 76 26 .. .. 26 2 .. . .j 2 : 1 .. .. l|j 8 .. .. 8.. No. 3 Licensing Authority* .. 100 1 16! 117 .......... No. 4 Licensing Authority .. 103 .. 21 124 69 .. ..169 6.... 6 1.... 1 3.... 3 No. 5 Licensing Authority .. 74 131 106 481 1 .. 49 5 .. .. 5 4 .... 4 j No. 6 Licensing Authority .. 69 1 33 103 42 1 20 63 3.. 2 5 1 3..;.. 3.... 20 20 No. 7 Licensing Authority .. 83 .. 13 96 68 .. 1 69 2 .... 2i No. 8 Licensing Authority .. 27 .. 29 56 18.. .. 18 j ....!.. .. 18.. .. 18 No. 9 Licensing Authority .. 56 15 71 1421 .... 6 6 ...... ...... 6 6 No. 10 Licensing Authority .. 44 1126 17l| .... 73; 73 ....j 73 73 Totals .. .. 951 234041,378 442 5105552 44 1 9 54 6..L. 6 14.... 14 28 .. 104132 * Meetings of these Authorities were not held before 31st March, 1932. JST.B. A large number of the applications shown in the first four columns had not been considered at 31st March, 1932.