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li. APPENDIX.

STATISTICAL RETURNS. TABLE No. 1—MOTOR-VEHICLES LICENSED AS AT 31st MARCH, 1940. Table showing by Postal Districts the Number of Motor-vehicles licensed under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, as at the 31st March, 1940.

TABLE No. 2.—MOTOR-VEHICLES ACT, 1924. Comparative Table showing Number of Motor-vehicles licensed as at 31st December, 1932 to 1939, inclusive.

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! S2 I "tj •*> § J2 . • SP r§ -1 I t s , § m I S i ! Sg; *8; | 1 4 0 g ? || |i * 8 ' g, Postal District. Car3. 1 ■ 2 S a * £ 1 %> " M | 2 Total - I fl i | H ffi q* □ 9 N ? £ St! § £ £' O ' «"K 4i§« 8 8 MH 03 Oej i 4\%h 1 ° * I M i§ 1 | I (5 ; j tq o o North Island. Auckland •• 44,951 201 4,091 4,319 289 211 425 103 2,108 357 534 801 28 4,548 83.488 Thames .. 8,130 11 1,325 908 58 19 55 29 444 77 188 132 9 666 12,049 Hamilton •• 19,478 53 2,714 2,197 206 53 137 65 1,261 .140 360 499 8 1,379 28,.550 Gisborne ' •• 5,059 9 684 506 111 24 49 25 308 42 143 123 4 490 7,577 Napier •• 10,404 6 1,750 1,171 144 41 70 32 501 105 312 . 131 5 657 15,329 New Plymouth . . 11,310 41 1,596 1,428 58 11 46 26 295 116 169 107 10 894 16,107 Wansanui ■ 13,093 24 1.782 1,119 81 29 54 22 753 90 372 178 6 833 18,436 Palmerston North 8,173 23 1,138 825 64 7 45 27 317 63 185 120 6 620 11,613 Wellington .. .. 25,877 73 2,652 2,347 110 156 240 40 944 295 417 1,080 21 2,031 38,283 Totals, North Island .. 146,475 441 18,332 14,8.18 1,121 551 1,121 369 6,931 1,285 2,780 2,971 97 12,118 209,410 if! South Island. Nelson •• 2,358 2 461 215 40 2 15 7 178 21 128 12 1 248 3,688 Blenheim' 4,680 21 788 491 49 10 25 61 195 33 100 168 5 354 6,980 Westport •• 927 .. 150 139 11 2 5 12 34 4 25 36 .. 100 1,445 Grevmouth .. 2,708 16 34.6 349 58 16 21 20 88 1.6 54 118 1 309 4,120 Cbristchurch 29,292 133 3,069 2,467 184- 66 125 52 1,996 253 1,313 446 24 3,060 42,460 Timaru 6.630 51 988 480 37 13 27 12 517 45 410 141 2 524 9,877 Oamaru' 2,633 4 388 222 1.4 6 14 2 196 23 120 16 1 175 3,814 Dunedin 13,628 49 1,658 1,244 209 57 .169 50 744 103 314 177 10 1,553 19,965 Invercargill .. .. 10,607 36 1,459 1,134 82 31 66 37 639 78 629 205 4 760 15,767 Totals, South Island .. 73,463 312 9,307 6,741 664 203 467 253 4,587 576 3,093 1,319 48 7,083 108,116 Grand totals .. 219,938 753 27,639 21,559 1,785 754 1,588 622 11,518 1,861 5,873 4,290 145 1.9,201 317,526

A *0 I A SO G 25 G ' O 03 S . 2 | l|| ig | fi si r, , *i I I h H ° 2 ® c3 «« rQ.Js M o> 'J\ • 2JJ V. b iL. £ m «0 S -*• •§ £ -3 & "S & «£ g n «'3 I f> g I I I g« | ot> «& g jS | | |H o 3 W PS O H M BpCSft Btff40H 1932 123,637 20,217 13,697 23,500 528 1,568 1,123 1,005 1,134 1,406 137 f 187,952 1933 123,623 21,521 14,245 23,020 524 1,497 *1,002 850 1,165 1,390 128 t 147 .... 189,112 1934 131,176 20,804 14,943 22,913 522 1,573 *710 1,084 1,233 1,485 126 2,911 261 656 .. 197,486 1935 143,488 22,681 16,138 22,935 559 1,672 *692 1,293 1,546 1,595 137 3,500 372 840 .. 213,948 1936 161 836 25,058 18,096 22,347 604 1,661 *673 1,543 1,865 1,931 139 4,580 554 1,028 .. 237,335 1937 183 054 25,343 19,587 21,175 642 1,746 *678 1,756 2,369 2,538 139 6,286 680 1,264 .. 260,971 1938 203'498 26 566 20 730 19,733 690 1,678 *635 1,908 3,724 3,301 145 8,265 772 1,526 .. 284,906 1939 215)210 26,626 21,183 17,749 742 1,590 *619 1,804 5,329 4,235 133 10,228 758 1,708 .. 297,686 i l_ * Service cars only. t Not available.