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61. Rehabilitation. —During the year ended 31st March, 1946, 797 transport licenses, compared with 334 for the year ended 31st March, 1945, were obtained by ■ex-servicemen, either by transfer of existing licenses or by the grant of new licenses. (a) The following table shows by districts the class of these licenses :

(b) The following table shows the number of transport licenses now held by ex-servicemen, and also the total number of current transport licenses, as at 31st March, 1946, by districts :

62. Goods-service Charges Tribunal. —During the year ending 31st March, 1946, the Goods-service Charges Tribunal dealt with applications for increases in schedule rates, applications for ratification of schedules which had not previously been authorized, and applications for the variation of the conditions of existing schedules.

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Class of License obtained. -w-v • i • i iJistrictt Passenger. Taxi. Rental. Goods. i Total. No. 1 9 59 1 245 314 No. 2 .. .. .. * 14 67 2 159 242 No. 3 5 10 2 59 76 No. 4 1 23 65 89 Auckland Metropolitan 14 14 Wellington Metropolitan 49 49 Christchurch Metropolitan 8 8 Dunedin Metropolitan 5 5 Totals 29 235 5 528 797

Class of License. Passenger. Taxi. Rental. Goods. Totals. District. 3 © H a 1 S ■k m "3 o H a ! 1 * 3 o H a 1 V b k H "3 o H s 1 ! M H —i © 5a o ® B.3 Total held by Ex-servicemen. Percentage held by Ex-servicemen. No. 1 .. No. 2 .. No. 3 .. No. 4 .. Auckland Metropolitan .. Wellington Metropolitan Christchurch Metropolitan Dunedin Metropolitan 229 273 144 135 389 13 8 16 i 17 6 5 295 296 100 105 345 183 93 44 92 97 26 47 63 80 15 8 30 36 28 23 12 2 2 3 1,390 1,293 695 585 366 253 108 206 1,944 1,898 967 848 734 196 101 60 471 369 142 261 63 80 15 8 24 19 15 31 9 41 15 13 Totals 1,207 29 1,461 428 117 19 3,963 933 6,748 1,409 21