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TABLE 3.—MOTOR-CYCLE REGISTRATIONS, BY HIGHWAY DISTRICTS. Table showing the Number of Motor-cycles registered in the Dominion, according to Highway Districts, at 31st December, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930.

TABLE 4.—REGISTRATIONS CANCELLED AT 1st JUNE, 1931. Table showing the Number of "Dormant "* 1928-29 Registrations included in the Register of Motor-vehicles on the 31st May, 1931, and which were cancelled on the 1st June, 1931, in accordance with Regulation 3, gazetted on the 8th March, 1928, under the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1927.

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Highway District. i District No. 1926. i 1927. 1928. | 1929. 1930. : , ■ • ' i - i ' . I _J Auckland North .. .. 1. 3,241 3,923 1,890* 2,107* 2,266* Auckland South .. .. 2 2,893 2,812 5,718* 6,236* 6,594* Tauranga .. .. .. 3 556 646 688 736 753 Gisborne .. 4 329 432 480 518 531 Hawke's Bay .. .. ! 5 1,948 2,135 2,108 2,036 1,871 King-country .. .. 6 364 356 375 404 416 Taranaki .. .. .. 7 2,228 2,412 2,650 2,759 2,782 Wanganui .. .. .. 8 1,651 1,742 1,706 1,696 1,598 Wellington West .. .. 9 4,060 4,383 4,617 4,614 4,526 Wellington Bast .. .. 10 992 937 939 946 934 Nelson .. .. .. 11 1,298 1,426 1,434 1,486 1,487 West Coast .. .. 12 493 609 632 657 641 Canterbury North . . .. 13 336 311 335 352 358 Canterbury Central .. .. 14 5,127 5,411 5,495 5,686 5,717 Canterbury South .. .. 15 2,457 2,566 2,583 2,622 2,555 Otago Central .. .. 16 420 365 373 371 379 Otago South .. .. 17 1,996 2,291 2,317 2,346 2,303 Southland .. .. .. 18 1,712 1,836 1,776 1,777 1,693 Totals .. .. .. 32,101 34,593 36,116 j 37,349 37,404 * Alterations in boundaries invalidate horizontal comparisons for the North Auckland and the South Auckland Districts beyond 1927.

I ! Highway District. Trucks (Pay-load Capacity). Trailers. d - : , — CO "o •+J +2 -».3 -4-i • : 2h * '3 0J0_5 0_;C>_;0_; 83 .2 ,22 a M bD ® CO S S -^Yx3-+f r cl-^ p d-4f r c3-tf rj 3 § J§ • O fH Cars. « . l«i §< go S® 5 A b " S Cycles. Totals. Name. No. §S gj gjj gj gf g| ® f f £ | £ I fS fS vS S ā S 2 £ 2 a N « K, ao®o®o®o®o S * sa §S £a oS s a « ° „ , , f I ; ( , . :.. | . _ Auckland North ..1 251 108 26 4 2 1 .... 12 1 .. 5 1 .. 188 599 Auckland South ..2 909 304 79 34 13 4 1 .. 21 2 3 8 4 5 615 2,002 Tauranga . . 3 203 49 8 3 3 1 .. 4.. .. 2 3 2 110 388 Gisborne 4 138 25 7 2 2 2 .... 1 2 .. 3 .... 50 232 Hawke's Bay .. 5 459 92 27 4 16 ... . i 8 4 3 2 6 2 357 981 King-country .. 6 144 64 11 11 1 ... . 1 4 1 61 304 Taranaki " 7 302 42 7 10 4 9 .... 4 .... 5 7 I 366 757 Wanganui 8 297 57 20 7 5 3 .... 4 1 .. 4 7 .. 227 632 Wellington West .. 9 700 122 27 9 10 3 .... 16 3 4 8 6 3 611 1,522 Wellington East ..10 220 48 8 5 2 2 2 .. 6 3 .. 153 449 Nelson .. 11 154 35 582 1 1 621241 169 391 West Coast .. 12 96 37 7 3 1 5 .. . . 1 .. .. 93 243 Canterbury North 13 35 8 1 1 4 2 1 4 41 97 Canterbury Central 14 545 95 20 13 7 1 2 16 4 26 5 3 758 1,495 Canterbury South 15 409 60 10 2 6 2 2 .. 7 40 27 9 10 .. 397 981 Otago Central ..16 89 15 2 2 2 1 2 1 57 171 Otago South .. 17 356 76 7 5 4 3 5 1 9 3.. 327 796 Southland .. 18 362 40 10 4 5 1 2 2 2.3.. 314 745 Totals, 1931 .. .. 5,669 1,277 279 126 83 29 4 1 106 85 47 96 71 18 4,894 12,785 Totals, 1930 .. .. 3,605 -720 171 65 42 16 1 1 53 77 45 69 67 21 3,385 8,338 j ■ • ■ ■; ■ * " Dormant" means vehicles which, although registered, were not licensed during the years 1929-30 and 1930-31.