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APPENDIX B—continued. Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd.—continued. (b) Years 1935-40.

Commercial Flying: Non-scheduled (Taxi) Services. (a) Year ended 31st March 1940.

(b) Years 1928-40.

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ST | Miles flown, j Passenger, | Freight. | Mail. tSlt. *S£T lb. lb. Period ending 31st March, 1935 .. .. 315 31,500 595 2,637 1,841 10,000 120 75 Year ending— 31st March, 1936 .. .. .. 872 87,233 1,030 10,774 17,568 37,270 638 809 31st March, 1937 .. .. .. 1,018 101,800 948 13,621 45,417 54,010 638 2,348 31st March, 1938 .. .. 1,010 102,262 978 20,331 60,524 53,055 800 2,415 31st March, 1939 .. .. .. 672 71,177 662 28,346 75,014 67,084 1,476 4,201 31st March, 1940 .. .. .. 633 66,095 617 36,895 52,097 63,272 1,846 3,460 Total .. .. .. .. 4,520 460,067 4,830 112,604 252,461 284,691 5,518 13,308 * -Note.—(i) Commenced operations on 18th December, 1934 ; (ii) Passenger and ton mileages for years ending 31st March, 1937 and 1938 are estimated.

Aircraft. Number Company. of Passengers. £°urs Miles No. Types. Trips. lb. Union Airways of New Zealand, Ltd... 4 Lockheed 10a .. 29 209 42 5,035 Cook Strait Airways, Ltd. .. .. 4 *D.H. 89 .. .. 10 66 23 2,746 Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd. .. .. 5 D H 90 } 2 ' 601 3 ' 298 1,352 U3 > 753 Waikato Aviation Co., Ltd. .. .. 1 Desoutter 1 .. 968 1,715 262 23,805 Southland Airways .. .. |2 D.H. 80a .. 1,297 2,115 681 76,674 23,881 New Zealand Aerial Mapping .. 1 Monospar S.T. 25 .. 34 81 35 3,394 Queenstown - Mount Cook Airways, I Waco .. .. 251 649 135 13,386 Ltd. — : Total as at 31st March, 1940 13 .. 5,190 8,133 2,530 268,793 23,881 * Aircraft removed from service during November, 1939. t One aircraft removed from service during January, 1940.

Period. Trips. Passengers. Miles flown. Freight. lb. 1928 to 31st March, 1933 .. .. 7 13,217 13,508 4,052 314,031 Year endingSlat March, 1934 .. .. .. 7 1,545 2,280 872 67,888 31st March, 1935 .. .. .. 7 2,381 3,804 827 66,755 31st March, 1936 .. .. .. 11 903 2,420 676 65,580 31st March, 1937 .. .. .. 12 3,002 6,708 1,154 112,648 31st March, 1938 .. .. .. 18 2,802 7,774 1,870 187,545 31st March, 1939 .. .. .. 24 5,845 10,342 2,546 252,187 29,946 31st March, 1940 .. .. .. 13 5,190 8,133 2,530 268,793 23,881 Total* .. .. .. .. 34,885 54,969 14,527 1,335,427 53,827 * These figures include totals for East Coast Airways, 1936 to 1938.