MOTOR TRANSPORT
Increase In Licensed Vehicles CONSUMPTION OF PETROL The number of motor-vehicles licensed at the end of December, according to the latest Abstract of Statistics, was 25,914 in excess of tho number licensed at the same date in 1937, and the amount of motor-spirit released from bond during December, 10,0-14,374 gallons, was 004,328 gallone above the total for the corresponding month of 1937. Motor-vehicles licensed as at December 31, 1928, numbered 293,171, an increase of 9.7 per cent., as compared with the number licensed at the same date in .1937. The figures at December for tho three preceding years were: 1937, 267,257: 1936, 241,915; ami 1935, 216,905. Private cars licensed in 1938 numbered 203.498, as compared with 183,054 in 1937. an increase of 11.2 per cent. Trailers for motor-vehicles increased from 6286 in 1937 to 8265. a percentage increase of 31.5.
Further evidence of tho outstanding increase in road usage during recent years is shown by particulars of motorspirit released from bond. The figures for the last four calendar years are: 1938, 96,919,000 gallons: 1937, 89,492,000 gallons: 1936, 78,793.000 gallons; 1935. 69.201.000 gallons.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 128, 23 February 1939, Page 11
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184MOTOR TRANSPORT Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 128, 23 February 1939, Page 11
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