MOTOR CARS REGISTERED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17319, 20 May 1918, Page 6

MOTOR CARS REGISTERED

® SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. P . During 1917 6679 "hiotor cars and 2814 t motor cycles were registered in New Zeai, land. More than half the cars were owned ri in the North Island. The most striking s feature of the figures is the small share of s the trade in motor cars retained by the e United Kingdom. The factories and workf shops of the United Kingdom have concens trated attention on the production of munit tions, and New Zealand money has been r going to America for cars. ;. Th« registrations made during 1917 were J a3 follow:— District. Cars. Oyoles. 3 Auckland, and Poverty Bay 1875 664 ', Hawbe's Bay 626 SlO 0 Tarauaki : ' „ 483 195 Wellington, Eangititei, and Waia rarap* „ _ 1605 747 " Nelson and Marlborough ... — ... 242 84 ■ Canterbury _ _ 1037 687 Westland _ 62 31 Otago and Southland „. ... 860 336 ' Total 6673 2814 : These figures show that of the motor oars, ' 4488 were registered in the North Island | and 2191 in tho South Island. ' The country of origin of the motor cars j and motor cycles included in the total for | the year is shown in the following table:— k Country of Origin. Cars- Cycle*. ' United Kingdom ... 415 16G8 United States 4122 1094 Canada ... ._ ._ ... -1976 — France ._ „ ._ ... 104 — Italy ... ._ _ ... ._ ... ._ .„ 14 — Belgium ... _. ._ ~ ... — 20 ' Other foreign _ ... 15 11 1 Origin or make unknown ... ... 33 21 t ' Total ._ ._ ... 6879 281« During 1914 New Zealand imported 1308 motor cars from the United States, 1093 1 from the United Kingdom, 873 from ' Canada, and 192 from .other countries. This made a total of 3466 ! motor cars imported for the year. Tho number of cars im--1 ported last year exceeded the registrations. ; The number of motor vehicles imported for tho first three months of 1918 was 1171, 1 against 1115 in the first three months of 1917.