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9. APPENDIX.

STATISTICAL RETURNS. TABLE No. 1—MOTOR-VEHICLES LICENSED AS AT 31st MARCH, 1941. Table showing by Postal Districts the Number of Motor-vehicles licensed under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, as at the 31st March, 1941.

TABLE No. 2.—MOTOR-VEHICLES ACT, 1924. Comparative Table showing Number of Motor-vehicles licensed as at 31st December, 1933 to 1940, inclusive.

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I ® i ■*>« <A I L, ■g<5 «§ gl g * S » 1 '■&£ ! ! i Jl !"§ Is f § -s ° s 0 g-g as g, Postal District. Oars. 2<J & £ g | - >. g > . „ V Total. S-gi-pgS f.« g a H £ h 75 o« S 2 -SI'S §fei 0 ® 5 S S g £ a"" |S <5 M g fl 3 jY ofih J sland Auckland .. .. 44,229 217 4,011 4,161 265 219 411 90 2,383 293 734 717 21 4,293 62,644 Thames.. .. .. 7,878 10 1,283 934 56 18 51 26 546 51 211 133 6 596 11,799 Hamilton .. . . 19,232 64 2,654 2,186 182 54 132 59 1,508 108 393 521 4 1,238 28,335 Gisborne .. .. 4,848 11 667 486 106 23 48 24 321 30 183 127 1 474 7,349 Napier .. .. .. 10,187 8 1,716 1,121 109 40 63 27 535 74 366 142 5 574 14,967 New Plymouth .. .. 11,170 34 1,624 1,478 58 14 38 26 370 88 203 115 7 859 16,084 Wanganui .. .. 8,010 31 1.144 832 53 6 30 18 375 32 206 113 5 593 11,448 Palraerston North •• 12,893 23 1,893 1,178 78 32 54 21 889 69 366 197 5 857 18,555 Wellington .. .. 25,163 66 2,684 2,303 85 129 240 59 1,057 188 461 1,090 11 1,994 35,530 Totals, North Island .. 143,610 464 18,276 14,679 992 535 1,067 350 7,984 933 3,123 3,155 65 11,478 206,711 South Island. Nelson .. .. .. 2,412 2 456 216 44 3 11 6 230 15 128 27 4 259 3,813 Blenheim .. . . 4,525 25 759 474 47 8 25 55 229 27 139 210 1 329 6,853 Westport .. . 898 .. 130 120 7 3 4 11 30 4 27 37 . . 101 1,372 Greymouth .. . 2,616 14 364 348 44 17 21 18 98 10 50 110 1 289 4,000 Christchurch .. . . 28,901 115 2,905 2,396 125 75 121 45 2,161 171 1,320 587 17 3,001 41,940 Timaru.. .. 6,466 36 949 458 35 10 23 10 594 34 467 178 2 502 9,764 Oamaru .. .. 2,532 3 386 228 10 5 11 .. 225 23 111 15 1 168 3,718 Dunedin .. 13,432 61 1,575 1,225 178 60 155 45 819 74 327 180 8 1,404 19,543 Invercargill .. . . 10,124 35 1,397 1,136 78 31 59 39 750 52 709 214 4 745 15,373 Totals, South Island .. 71,906 291 8,921 6,601 568 212 430 229 5,136 410 3,278 1,558 38 6,798 106,376 Grand totals .. 215,516 755 27,197 21,280 1,560 747 1,497 579 13,120 1,343 6,401 4,713 103 18,276 313,087

I « ! S £ 2 8 _• Jf I i $ . s i ; i J | ! 1 Year. g £ U § I ■ ? f | 2| , . § l 6 | § * * ? I I * ! 1 II ?! If I 3| § S 4 3 rtWaOHoj fllJaq EHPHUHOH 1933 .. 123,623 21,521 14,245 23,020 524 1,497 1,002 850 1,165 1,390 128 * 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 1940 .. 212,199 26,090 20,995 16,916 740 1,519 581 1,334 5,774 4,582 98 11,963 746 1,497 .. 293,071 * Not available.