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TABLE No. 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, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1931.

TABLE No. 4.—REGISTRATIONS CANCELLED AT 1st JUNE, 1932. Table showing the Number of "Dormant "* 1929-30 Registrations included in the Register of Motor-vehicles on the 31st May, 1932, and which were cancelled on the 1st June, 1932, in accordance with Regulation 3, gazetted on the 8th March, 1928, under the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1927.

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Highway District. j District No. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. : : B * ® , I " I Auckland North .. .. 1 3,923 1,890* 2,107* 2,266* 2,036* Auckland South .. .. 2 2,812 5,718* 6,236* 6,594* 6,821* Tauranga .. .. .. 3 646 688 736 753 708 Gisborne .. .. .. 4 432 480 518 531 562 Hawke's Bay .. .. 5 2,135 2,108 2,036 ' 1,871 1,860 King-country .. .. j 6 356 375 404 416 443 Taranaki .. .. .. 7 2,412 2,650 2,759 2,782 2,423 Wanganui .. .. .. 8 1,742 1,706 1,696 1,598 1,341 Wellington West .. .. 9 4,383 4,617 4,614 4,526 4,347 Wellington East .. .. 10 937 939 946 934 749 Nelson 11 1,426 1,434 1,486 1,487 1,493 West Coast .. .. 12 609 632 657 641 733 Canterbury North .. .. 13 311 335 352 358 228 Canterbury Central .. .. 14 5,411 5,495 5,686 5,717 5,540 Canterbury South .. .. 15 2,566 2,583 2,622 2,555 2,278 Otago Central . . .. 16 365 373 371 379 315 Otago South .. .. 17 2,291 2,317 2,346 2,303 2,054 Southland 18 1,836 1,776 1,777 1,693 1,482 Totals 34,593 36,116 37,349 37,404 35,413 * Alterations in boundaries invalidate horizontal comparisons for the North Auckland and the South Auckland Districts beyond 1927.

m Highway District. Trucks. . Trailers. | '— 3Q £jj ' 13 Cars. I If ■■S -| f °y cles ' TotaK Name. No. g g M'g . J J § gj | P I "f 1 11 45 +3 !> -f o M f 7 M TH C<J CO *«> <0 0«0 H co M H _ Auckland North .. 1 306 128 30 10 3 1 .. .. 9 .. 3 16 2 .. 180 688 Auckland South .. 2 1,039 334 79 40 23 7 3 .. 22 2 6 19 8 2 594 2,178 Tauranga .. 3 204 52 12 3 .. 1 .. .. 2 5 .. 90 369 Gisborne .. 4 184 25 16 .. 2 1 .. .. 1 2 .. 2 .. .. 44 277 Hawke's Bav 5 525 128 28 12 12 5 .. 2 4 1 1 9 4 1 237 969 Kins-country .. 6 150 76 21 4 2 . 1 2 3 3 1 43 306 Taranaki 7 319 67 16 7 2 5 2 2.. 321 741 Wanganui .. 8 313 86 14 6 3 1 4 3 3 1 199 633 Wellington West .. 9 684 161 40 22 19 5 1 1 3 1 1 18 6 2 544 1,508 Wellington East .. 10 240 70 12 11 2 1 2 9 133 480 Nelson .. ..11 160 43 8 5 4 1 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 .. 1 175 401 West Coast .. 12 115 57 7 3 3 1 1 2 3 99 -91 Canterbury North 13 44 18 2 1 .... 1 .... 2 2 2 4 .. 29 105 Canterbury Central 14 520 100 16 13 3 9 1 34 6 1 618 1,321 Canterbury South 15 467 77 11 7 3 2 1 .. 6 20 24 23 7 1 356 1,005 Otago Central ..16 95 31 .. 3 3 3 .. 6 .. .. 44 185 Otago South .. 17 384 74 9 2 8 4 1 .. 3 4 1 10 4 .. 193 697 Southland ..18 387 57 10 4 5 1 .... 2 1 .. 8 4 1 238 718 Totals, 1932 .. .. 6,136 1,584 331 153 94 j 36 7 3 63 49 44 169 56 10 4,137 12,872 Totals, 1931 .. .. 5,669 1,277 297 126 83 29 4 1 106 85 47 j 96 71 j 18 4,894 12,785 * " Dormant" means vehicles which have been registered but not licensed for the current year.