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3. MOTOR-VEHICLES ACT, 1924. (a) Registrations of Motor-vehicles, by Types of Vehicle. Under the Motor-vehicles Act a new vehicle is registered and simultaneously licensed for the ensuing year or part thereof. The license is renewable each year. If a license is not renewed, the registration is classed as " dormant," and after remaining " dormant " for two complete years is cancelled, the assumption being that the vehicle in question is permanently off the road. If, however, the vehicle is again brought into use after its registration has thus been cancelled, it is treated as a new registration. The registration figures set out hereunder, therefore, are not an exact record of the number of new vehicles introduced into our traffic system ; they include an unknown but probably small number of Vehicles which have been out of commission for more than two years. The following table sets out the annual registrations since 1926 : —

The foregoing figures have been incorporated in the following table, which shows the relative increase or decrease in the annual registrations measured according to the figures for 1926 : —

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Number of A , „ for Amount paid Expenses incurred Year ending 31st May, which Claims ° ut to , by Underwriters in ma( j e Claimants. handling Claims. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1932 (five months only) . . . , . . 5 595 0 0 145 3 6 1933 .... .. .. .. 11 885 8 0 144 8 7 1934 . . .. . . .. 12 720 2 6 151 10 10 1935 .. .. .. .. .. 29 1,661 11 4 327 8 4 1936 .. .. .. . 38 1,224 9 6 478 9 2 1937 .. .. .. .. .. 30 | 1,372 19 3 215 6 1 Totals .. .. .. .. 125 6,459 10 7 1,462 6 6

Year ended 31st March, j Cars. (Commercial Vehicles. Cycles. Total Registrations. , I _ I i * —j • - - -— 1926 18,811 4,409 5,130 28,350 1927 .. .. .. 16,439 4,692 5,464 26,595 1928 .. .. .. 12,531 | 3,399 4,560 20,490 1929 .. .. .. 18,739 4,167 4,768 27,674 1930 20,802 5,745 4,300 30,847 1931 12,378 4,113 3,139 19,630 1932 6,151 2,656 2,058 10,865 1933 4,716 t 2,640 2,072 9,428 1934 .. .. .. 5,551 3,339 1,956 10,846 1935 .. .. .. 12,895 5,011 2,233 20,139 1936 .. .. .. 19,469 6,445 2,421 28,335 1937 .. .. .. | 25,796 8,999 3,028 37,823

Year ended 31st March, j Gars. Commercial Vehicles.; Cycles. ! Total Registrations. 1926 .. .. 100 100 I 100 100 1927 .. .. 87 ! 106 i 107 94 1928 .... 67 77 89 72 1929 .... 100 95 93 98 1930 .. .. Ill 130 84 109 1931 .... 66 93 j 61 69 1932 .... 33 60 ! 40 38 1933 .... 25 60 40 33 1934 .... 30 76 38 38 1935 .... 69 114 44 71 1936 .. .. 103 146 47 100 1937 .. .. 137 204 59 133 l||