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Table B. — Area, Main Highway Mileage, Motor-vehicle Registrations, Vehicle-mileage, and Population.

Table C. — Daily Vehicle-miles on Main Highways per (i) Unit Area, (ii) Head of Population, (iii) Motor-vehicle, (iv) Mile of Main Highway; Population per Motor-vehicle.

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Main Highway aStattonfat Daily Vehicle-miles Highways District. Area. Ma mĒS 31?t DecS'e?, on Main-highway Population. 2934 Dystem. No - Name - te. 6 Cent. Miles - centege Numlier - centage Vehicle " miIes - centage PersoIls - centage. 1 Auckland North .. 5,451 5-30 930J 8-33 7,251 3-62 111,961 6-88 69,497 4-48 2* Auckland South .. 6,217 6-04 1,022 9-14 45,747 22-81 246,062 15-13 362,093 23-37 3 Tauranga .. .. 8,111 7-88 680f 6-09 5,536 2-76 99,896 6-14 46,169 2-98 4 Gisborne .. .. 3,086 3-00 362f 3-25 4,036 2-01 48,252 2-97 34,020 2-20 5 Napier .. .. 5,070 4-93 702 6-28 12,211 6-09 128,923 7-93 78,582 5-07 6 King-country .. 3.912 3-80 652J 5-84 3,092 1-54 48,241 2-96 30,923 1-99 7 Taranaki .. .. 2,472 2-40 442| 3-96 11,254 5-61 93,837 5-77 67,425 4-35 8 Wanganui .. .. 4,104 3-99 483J 4-32 8,162 4-07 73,320 4-51 58,418 3-77 9* Wellington West .. 2,434 2-36 455 4-07 25,119 12-52 126,756 7-79 218,950 14-13 10 Wellington East .. 3,237 3-15 474J 4-25 6,516 3-25 56,834 3-49 34.289 2-21 North Island .. 44,094 42-85 6,206 55"53 128,924 64-28 1,034,082 63-57 1,000,366 64-55 11 Nelson .. .. 7,657 7-44 640J 5-73 6,782 3-38 61,160 3-76 49,719 3-21 12 WestCoast.. .. 8,913 8-66 519f 4-65 3,476 1-73 41,932 2-58 39,637 2-56 13 Canterbury North .. 4,225 4-11 330J 2-95 1,707 0-85 23,819 1-46 9,092 0-59 14* Canterbury Central .. 4,203 4-08 668 5-98 22,414 11-17 112,373 6-91 164,733 10-63 15 Canterbury South .. 7,548 7-33 737j 6-60 10,514 5-24 103,036 6-33 63,492 4-10 16 Otago Central .. 11,191 10-88 749| 6-71 5,568 2-78 72,931 4-48 38,411 2-48 17* Otago South .. 3,873 3-76 465| 4-16 11,144 5-56 82,398 5-07 112,011 7-23 18 Southland .. .. 11,195 10-89 859 7-69 10,048 5-01 94,864 5-84 71,810 4-65 South Island .. 58,805 57-15 4,970 44-47 71,653 35-72 592,513 36-43 548,905 35-45 New Zealand .. 102,899100-0011,176 100-00 200,577100-00 1,626,595100-00 1,549,271 100-00 * Includes large urban centres.

Highways District. Population Motor- Daily Vehicle-miles on Main Highway System. Persons vehicles per per Square q er Per Per Head Per Per Mile MotorNo. Name. Mile. 'Mae* 6 Square of Motor- of Main vehicle. Mile. Population, vehicle. Highway. 1 Auckland North .. 12-7 1-33 20-5 1-61 15-4 120-4 9-6 2* Auckland South .. 58-2 7-36 39-6 0-68 5-4 240-8 7-9 3 Tauranga .. 5-7 0-68 12-3 2-16 18-0 146-7 8-4 4 Gisbome .. 11-0 1-31 15-6 1-42 11-9 133-0 8-4 5 Napier .. .. 15-5 2-41 25-4 1-64 10-5 183-7 6-4 6 King-country .. 7-9 0-79 12-3 1-56 15-6 73-9 10-0 7 Taranaki ' .. 27-3 4-56 38-0 1-39 8-3 212-1 6-0 8 Wanganui .. 14-2 1-99 17-9 1-26 9-0 151-7 7-1 9* Wellington West .. 90-0 10-31 52-1 0-58 5-1 278-6 8-7 10 Wellington East .. 10-6 2-01 17-5 1-66 8-7 119-8 5-3 North Island .. 22-7 2-92 23-5 1-03 8-0 166-6 7-8 11 Nelson .. .. 6-5 0-89 8-0 1-23 9-0 95-5 7-3 12 West Coast .. 4-4 0 ; 39 4-7 1-06 12-1 80-7 11-4 13 Canterbury North 2-2 0-40 5-6 2-62 13-9 72-1 5-3 14* Canterbury Central 39-2 5-33 26-7 0-68 5-0 168-2 7-4 15 Canterbury South 8-4 1-39 13-7 1-62 9-8 139-6 6-0 16 Otago Central .. 3-4 0-50 6-5 1-90 13-1 97-3 6-9 17* Otago South .. 28-9 2-88 21-3 0-74 7-4 177-1 10-1 18 Southland .. 6-4 0-90 8-5 1-32 9-4 110-4 7-1 South Island .. 9-3 1-22 10-1 1-08 8-3 119-2 7-7 New Zealand.. 15-1 1-95 15-8 1-05 8-1 145-5 7-7 * Includes large urban centres.