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December, 1934 —viz., 2,964 —were the highest for any month since the " peak " month of December, 1929, when 3,861 vehicles were registered. The particulars of the registrations effected during each of the last ten financial years are as follows : —

(b) Registration of Motor-vehicles, by Country of Manufacture. Hereunder is shown the country of manufacture and the number of motor-vehicles registered during the years ended 31st March, 1927 to 1935, inclusive : —

It will be noticed that during the past year Great Britain supplied 47 per cent, of our cars, 25 per cent, of commercial vehicles, and 75 per cent, of our motor-cycles. The corresponding figures for the United States of America and Canada were 52 per cent., 56 per cent., and 24 per cent, respectively.

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Year ended 31st March, j Oars. jCommercial Vehicles. Cycles. Total Registrations. 1926 18,811 4,409 5,130 28,350 1927 .. .. .. 16,439 4,692 5,464 26,595 1928 .. .. .. 12,531 3,399 4-,560 20,490 1929 .. .. .. 18,739 4,167 4,768 27,674 1930 .. .. .. 20,802 5,745 4,300 30,847 1931 12,378 4,113 3,139 19,630 1932 .. .. .. 6,151 2,656 2,058 10,865 1933 .. .. .. 4,716 2,640 2,072 9,428 1934 .. .. .. 5,551 3,339 1,956 10,846 1935 .. .. .. 12,895 5,011 2,233 20,139

u i Great United States of Qther Total Year ended 31st March, Eritain c a e ™da° r Countries. Registrations. I ; ' Motor-cars. 1927 .. .. 2,185 13,623 631 j 16,439 1928 .. .. 2,172 10,078 281 12,531 1929 .. .. 2,886 15,667 186 18,739 1930 .. .. 3,675 16,993 134 , 20,802 1931 .. .. 3,265 9,057 56 12,378 1932 .. .. 2,607 3,477 67 6,151 1933 .. .. 2,832 1,834 50 4,716 1934 .. .. 3,091 2,406 54 5,551 1935 .. .. 6,096 6,730 69 12,895 Totals .. 28,809 79,865 1,528 110,202 Commercial Vehicles. 1927 .. .. I 630 3,907 I 155 4,692 1928 .. .. 522 2,706 ! 171 3,399 1929 .. .. 522 3,318 327 4,167 1930 .. .. 502 4,792 451 5,745 1931 .. .. 392 3,225 496 4,113 1932 .. .. 447 1,574 635 2,656 1933 .. .. 686 1,149 805 2,640 1934 .. .. 941 1,471 927 3,339 1935 .. .. 1,266 2,791 954 5,011 Totals .. 5,908 24,933 4,921 35,762 1 — Motor-cycles. 1927 .. .. 3,851 1,592 21 5,464 1928 .. .. 3,479 1,067 14 4,560 1929 .. .. 3,794 949 25 4,768 1930 .. .. 3,486 802 12 4,300 1931 .. .. 2,581 548 10 3,139 1932 .. .. 1,567 483 8 2,058 1933 .. .. 1,515 545 12 2,072 1934 .. .. 1,428 514 14 1,956 1935 .. .. 1,669 542 22 2,233 Totals .. 23,370 7,042 138 30,550