REGISTRATIONS AND LICENSES

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 260, 29 July 1932, Page 3

REGISTRATIONS AND LICENSES

/ Figures Show Small Decrease DROP OF LITTLE MORE THAN 7 PER CENT. ■ . I Motor licenses for this year have not dropped so much as the average person expected. In fact the figures show that there has been a decrease of only a little over 7 per cent, .on last year’s totals. - The following table shows tine license --figures for the years ended June 30, 1931 and 1932, and the supplementary table shows the registrations of new machines:—-

Comparative Returns Showing the on June 30, 1931, anti Number of Motor Vehicles Licensed 1932, respectively. Postal Cars and trucks. Cycles. Total re gistratlons district. 1931. - 1931. 1932. 1931. 1932. Auckland ., , a a 25,631 24,665 3,642 3,202 29,273 27,867 Blenheim .. • a 1,890 1,719 . 259 221 2,149 1,940 Christchurch a a 18,664 17,550 2,965 2,439 • 21,629 19,989 Dunedin ... 9,574 8,945 1,153 950 10,727 9,895 Gisborne ... a a 3,835 3,322. 314 305 4,149 3,627 Greymouth • a ' 1,677 1,684 270 224 1,947 1,908 Hamilton .. a a 11,762 11,261 6,510 , 1,311 1,091 13,073 12,352 Invercargill a a ' 7,144 611 491 7,755 7,001 Napier .... a a 8,213 • 7,596 835 614 9,108 8,210 -,Nelson .... 3,194 8,563 ’ 3,104 550 469 ’. 3,744 3,573 - New Plymouth 8,190 1,326 1,060 9,889 ! 9.250 Oamaru 2,1S6 - 1,965 233 198 2,410 2,163 Palmerston North 9,325 8,700 852 726 10,177 9,426 Thames . a 4,913 4,792 514 507 5,427 5,299 T'lmaru .... 5,256 4,80S 606 . 512 5,862 5,320 Wanganui a a • •5,972 5,466 597 501 6,569 5,967 Wellington • a . 16,637 15,300 1,879 1,611 18,516 ’16,911 Westport .. a a 754 673 83 70 837 ' 743 Totals .. .. 145,250 136,250 18,000 15,191 163,250 151,441 Decrease in car and truck licenses 9,000 in cycle licenses 2,809 Comparative Total decrease 11,809 Returns Showing the Number of Motor Vehicles Registered During the years ended June 30,1931, and 1932, respectively. Month. Car and truck regns. Cycle regns. Total regns.’ Year ended June 30, ., Year ended June 30. Year ended June 30. 1931. 1931. . .1932. 1931. 1932. 1931. 1932. July a a a a .. 1,430 660 228 .169 / 1,658 829 August .... .. 1,607 710 231 164 1,838 874 September • a a a .. 1,524 677 . ' 283 138 1,807 ; 815 October .... .. 1,563 708 284 186 1,847 ; 894 November .. .. 1,392 808 293 176 1,6S5 984 . December a a a a .. 1,368 l;039 272 225 ■ 1,640 1,264 1932. January .... ... 799 563 189 183 988 746 February .. ... 735 593 ' 201 151 936 744 March 766 541 216 136 ' 982 677 April . ...... 723 ■ 471 147 104 870 575 May . 694 349 69 76 763 425 June ...... .; 1,091 794 314 280 1,405 1,074 Totals . .. 13,692 7,913 2,727 1,988 16,419 9,901