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90. Rental-car Service Licences. —The following schedule shows, in districts, the total number of applications considered by District Licensing Authorities, and the manner in which these applications were disposed of during the year ended 31st March, 1947 :

91. Goods-service Licenees. —The following schedule shows, in districts, the total number of applications considered by District Licensing Authorities, and the manner in which these applications were disposed of during the year ended 31st March, 1947 :

92. Appeals.—During the year ended 31st March, 1947, 192 appeals against the decisions of Licensing Authorities were lodged. Of these, 72 related to goods-services and 120 to passenger-services. The following table sets out the detailed position for the year ended 31st March, 1947 :

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Class of Applications dealt with. Disposal of Applications. District. New Licences. Renewals. Amendments. Transfers. Total. Granted. Refused. Withdrawn. Reserved. Adjourned. Total. No. 1 .. No. 2 .. No. 3 .. No. 4 .. No. 5 .. 32 34 15 5 25 2 7 9 4 30 2 9 2 53 1 "3 43 116 48 14 12 34 100 41 12 12 7 3 2 1 4 4 1 "3 2 6 1 43 116 48 14 12 Totals 86 34 54 59 233 199 13 9 3 9 1 233

Class of Applications dealt with. Disposal of Applications. District. £ a a 1 I to T3 a -g P « £ £ 1 CI •S > B • a 3 1 < a 3 H Tota 5 1 p§ s © P3 o •3 <! Tota No. 1 .. 389 38 464 283 1,174 923 76 27 48 100 1,174 No. 2 .. 176 905 577 188 1,846 1,659 43 33 38 73 1,846 No. 3 .. 80 37 157 65 339 261 27 17 14 20 339 No. 4 .. 91 267 186 106 650 586 35 11 11 7 650 No. 5 .. 17 3 19 6 45 36 4 1 4 45 Totals 753 1,250 1,403 648 4,054 3,465 185 89 111 204 4,054

District. On Hand, 31st March, 1946. Lodged during Year. Appeals withdrawn. Licensing Authorities' Decisions upheld. Decisions modified. Decisions reversed. Referred back. Under Action, 31st March, 1947. Goods-services - No. 1 7 23 6 8 3 9 4 No. 2 3 8 4 4 1 1 1 No. 3 1 22 3 11 3 3 3 No. 4 10 16 2 13 3 3 i 4 No. 5 3 2 1 Totals 21 72 15 38 6 11 n 12 Passe nger-service ■s No. 1 8 24 1 17 1 3 5 5 No. 2 2 28 7 2 1 4 12 4 No. 3 25 5 2 9 2 7 No. 4 9 1 2 5 1 No. 5 6 1 3 2 Metropolitan... 2 28 7 12 5 4 2 Totals 12 120 21 36 2 24 30 19