TABLE No. 30. —TRANSPORT LICENSING ACT, 1931. Details of Depreciation on Goods-service Vehicles, by Transport Districts, as at 31st March, 1934.

TABLE No. 31.—TRANSPORT LICENSING ACT, 1931. Principal Statistics of Licensed Goods-services, by Transport Districts, for Year ended 31st March, 1934.

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North Island District Number. South Island District Number. North bouth NewZealaud Item. N i 1 ; T-~ I ■ - ..J Island i . lsl ' tn ' 1 Total. 1. ! 2. 4. | 5. ; 6. Tota1 ' 7. 8. 9. 10. TotaL Percentage of operators who supplied returns .. 59% | 78% 62% 79% 78% i .. j 64% 73% 71% 67% .. •' Number of vehicles .. .. .. 216 512 356 329 282 | 1,695 j 133 249 141 81 604 2 > 299 £ £ £ £ £ £ i £ £ £ £ £ | £ Original purchase price 77,882 239,541 202,981 152,003 157,408:829,815 187,285 121,627 75,485 35,054 319,451 1.149,266 Depreciation previously written off .. .. 24,369 83,497 95,770 57,902 64,912 j 326,450 j 32,588 50,963 30,243 l®' J-" ' cao'nem Book value at commencement of year .. .. 53,513 156,044 107,211 94,101 92,496 j 503,365 j 54,697 70,664 45,242 24,127 194,730 698,095 Depreciation written off for year .. .. 8,699 30,700 20,415 16,979 17,306 94,099 ; 10,089 13,709 8,051 4,871 ' Present book value .. ' 44,814 125,344 86,796 77,122 75,190 j 409,266 I 44,608 56,955 37,191 19,256 158,010 567,276 Unpaid purchase-money 8,913 29,845 16,771 16,821 11,755 I 84,105' 5,988 8,008 8,601 6,189 28,786 112,891 j . J {

Item _ I District No. 1. | District No. 2. I District No. 4. District No. 5. j District No. 6. District No. 7. District No. 8. District No. 9. | District No. 10. New Zealand. Number of operators .. . .. •• 218 370 279 239 205 135 194 13-» J 30 1,904 Number of vehicle authorities .. .. .. .. 295 606 442 368 293 223 315 ' ] ■& Average number of vehicle authorities per operator .. .. 1-4 1-6 1-6 1-5 1-4 1-0 T. cwt. T. cwt. T. cwt. T. cwt. T. cwt. T. cwt. T. cwt. T. cwt. T. cwt. T. cwt. Average weight authorized to be carried per vehicle authority 2 0 2 9 2 18 2 16 2 19 3 4 o 5 2 13 8 2 14 Total annual vehicle-mileage .. 2,544,793 7,403,311 5,189,507 4,214,288 4,128,280 1,513,723 3,626,982 1,842,427 1,496,189 31,959,500 mileage per vehicle !! !. .. 15,684 14',296 14,532 18,500 10,660 15,700 12,619 !4,249 14,435 d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. Running-costs per mile, in pence .. .. .. 4-61 4-93 4-92 5-02 4-90 6-43 4-13 5-2o 4 51 4 88 Standing charges per mile, in pence .. .. .. 2-53 3-02 3-38 3-54 3-10 4-15 3-^5 Overhead charges per mile, in pence .. .. .. 0-55 0-89 1'43 0-96 1-00 0'/4 0-70 ■> Total operating-costs per mile, in pence .. .. .. 7-69 8-84 9-73 9-52 9-00 11 -32 em in Revenue per rnile, in pence . 8-80 9-92 10-75 10-24 10-50 12-68 8-43 10-74 8-01 10-08 Profit per mile, in pence .. .. •• I'll 1-08 1-02 0-72 1-50 1-36 0 35 1 59 0 56 1 09