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(g) Average Weight of Motob-vehicles on the Highways. The average weight of each type of motor-vehicle was estimated, and a comparison of the weight of the average motor-vehicle on the road in each highway district is afforded by Table H : —

Table H. — Comparison of Weights of Motor-vehicles in each District.

(h) Passengers and Goods Traffic. From the analysis of traffic according to types of vehicles it is possible to obtain some idea of the volume of passenger traffic and the movement of goods. These figures are based upon rather arbitrary assumptions which, however, were made after a careful study of all available data. In the case of passengers it was estimated that on the average 2-9 persons were carried per private motor-car; 4-0 and 7-0 passengers per service car and per omnibus respectively ; and 1-2 persons per motor-cycle. In regard to the average pay-loads of goods-vehicles, a reasonable allowance would probably be half the weight of the maximum pay-load available for each class of truck. The results obtained from this investigation are set out in Tables (I) and (J) below.

Table I. — Estimated Annual Passenger Traffic on Main-highway System.

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. Average Daily Ton- Average Daily Number Average Weight per Highways District. miles Qn the System o£ Vehicle-miles. Vehicle, in Tons. Auckland North .. .. .. 175,540 111,961 1-57 Auckland South .. .. .. 396,703 246,062 1-61 Tauranga .. .. .. .. 163,128 99,896 1-63 Gisborne .. .. .. 82,614 48,252 1-71 Napier .. .. .. . • 215,569 128,923 1-67 King-country .. .. .. 78,615 48,241 1-63 Taranaki ' 145,026 93,837 1-55 Wanganui 113,519 73,320 1-55 Wellington West .. .. .. 207,568 126,756 1-64 Wellington East .. .. .. 96,722 56,834 1*70 North Island .. .. 1,675,004 1,034,082 1*62 Nelson .. .. .. •• 102,752 61,160 1-68 West Coast 77,189 41,932 1-84 Canterbury North .. .. .. 38,041 23,819 1-60 Canterbury Central .. .. .. 168,776 112,373 1-50 Canterbury South .. .. .. 153,303 103,036 1*49 Otago Central .. .. .. 109,716 72,931 1*51 Otago South .. .. .. 126,520 82,398 1*54 Southland .. .. .. .. 158,260 94,864 1*67 South Island .. .. 934,557 592,513 1-58 New Zealand 2,609,561 1,626,595 1*61

Annual Passenger Mileage. § -S §> "g B.3 a Highways District. Mileage. PuWic A11 »§303! Private Cars. Passenger Motor-cycles. Passenger S "§ | .9 a? Vehicles. Vehicles. > 3 o'iS <!£ |« Auckland North .. 930f 75,781,300 5,388,495 2,982,415 84,152,210 247-7 Auckland South .. 1,022 176,084,760 11,526,335 5,873,945 193,485,040 518-7 Tauranga .. .. 680f 71,369,545 5,126,060 1,395,760 77,891,365 313-5 Gisborne .. .. 362| 32,854,745 3,837,610 1,386,270 38,078,625 287-6 Napier .. .. 702 92,289,520 10,293,365 2,568,870 105,151,755 410-4 King-country .. 652J 33,098,200 1,915,520 910,675 35,924,395 150-8 Taranaki .. .. 442| 68,087,830 2,315,925 3,374,060 73,777,815 456-8 Wanganui .. .. 483J 55,963,990 2,125,395 1,771,710 59,861,095 339-4 Wellington West .. 455 95,419,395 6,130,175 2,713,410 104,262,980 627-8 Wellington East .. 474J 38,565,535 3,589,410 1,197,565 43,352,510 250-3 North Island .. 6,206 739,514,820 52,248,290 24,174,680 815,937,790 360-2 Nelson .. .. 38,596,195 4,720,545 1,854,200 45,170,940 193-2 West Coast .. 519f 23,254,150 3,005,775 1,334,440 27,594,365 145-5 Canterbury North .. 16,929,795 1,725,355 624,150 19,279,300 159-9 Canterbury Central .. 668 82,311,150 4,189,105 4,445,700 90,945,955 373-0 Canterbury South .. 7371 79,244,785 3,595,615 2,476,525 85,316,925 316-9 Otago Central .. 749| 54,755,110 3,614,960 1,745,065 60,115,135 219-7 Otago South .. 62,735,105 4,949,765 1,730,830 69,415,700 408-8 Southland .. .. 859 66,297,140 5,041,380 2,038,160 73,376,680 234-0 South Island .. 4,970 424,123,430 30,842,500 16,249,070 471,215,000 259-8 New Zealand .. 11,176 1,163,638,250 83,090,790 40,423,750 1,287,152,790 315-5