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Table 56—General Statistics Relating to the Rental-car Industry Total mileage run for the year .. .. .. 13,500,000 Revenue from rental cars .. .. .. .. £412,000 Costs of rental cars .. .. .. .. £320,000 Profit .. .. .. .. .. .. £92,000 Total capital .. .. .. .. .. £422,000 Total liabilities .. .. .. .. .. £147,000 Number of operators .. .. .. .. 198 Revenue per vehicle-mile .. .. .. .. 7 • 33d. Profit per mile .. .. .. .. .. 1 • 67d. Average miles per vehicle .. .. .. .. 12,767 Average capital per operator .. .. .. £2,131 Average liabilities per operator .. .. .. £742

Table 57—Average Operating-costs, Revenue, and Profit Per Rental Car Owned and Usefully Employed for the Year Ended 31st March, 1949

Table 58 —Distribution of Rental Cars on Basis of Population (Four Main Centres)

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Item. Average Owned. Average Usefully Employed. Pence Per Mile. Costs — Petrol and oil Tires Repairs Licences and insurance Garage rent Depreciation Wages and drawings in lieu of wages Other expenses .. .. £ 6 18 73 19 9 85 64 16 £ 7 20 81 21 10 94 72 18 0-12 0-35 1-42 0-38 0-17 1-65 1-26 0-31 Total, costs 290 323 5-66 Revenue— Rental revenue 376 418 7-33 Total, revenue 376 418 7-33 Average mileage Numbers of cars in sample 12,304 633 13,701 586 ••

Number Number Number City. of of of People Operators. Vehicles. Per Vehicle. Auckland 15 206 1,451 Wellington 15 168 1,149 Christchurch 10 110 1,526 Dunedin 4 62 1,450 44 546 1,373