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TABLE No. 3.—MOTOR-VEHICLES ACT, 1924. Comparative Table showing Number of Motor-vehicles licensed as at 31st December, 1925 to 1935, inclusive.

TABLE No. 4.—ALLOCATION OF PETROL-TAX. Table showing the Distribution of 8 per Cent. of the Petrol-tax to Boroughs with a Population of 6,000 and over in accordance with Section 9 (1) (b) of the Motor-spirits Taxation Act, 1927.

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Year ended 31st March, 1936. Total since Inception of Boroughs, v Amount of Tax, Quarter ended Petrol-tax up to 31st March, 1936. June. September. December. March. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wellington City .. 4,457 1 11 3,124 6 6 5,315 10 8 7,571 11 1 20,468 10 2 126,735 6 5 Auckland City .. 4,212 16 5 2,953 1 10 5,024 4 2 7,156 11 8 19,346 14 1 120,515 6 8 Christchurch City 3,602 2 6 2,525 0 2 4,295 17 11 6,119 3 2 16,542 3 9 103,017 11 0 DunedinCity .. 2,731 12 11 1,914 16 5 3,257 15 3 4,640 8 4 12,544 12 11 78,343 19 6 WanganuiCity .. 963 10 9 675 8 4 1,149 2 4 1,636 16 6 4,424 17 11 28,430 13 7 Palmers ton Nth. City 862 14 6 604 15 0 1,028 17 9 1,465 11 4 3,961 18 7 24,022 4 9 Mount Albert .. 827 16 7 580 5 10 987 5 5 1,406 5 9 3,801 13 7 23,526 7 1 Invereargill City .. 833 12 11 584 7 4 994 4 1 1,416 3 4 3,828 7 8 23,492 1 9 Mount Eden .. 796 16 2 558 10 11 950 5 6 1,353 11 10 3,659 4 5 22,871 11 11 Timaru .. .. 688 4 10 482 8 10 820 15 11 1,169 3 2 3,160 12 9 19,378 13 2 New Plymouth .. 651 8 2 456 12 5 776 17 4 1,106 11 8 2,991 9 7 18,246 4 7 Napier .. .. 641 14 3 449 16 7 765 6 1 1,090 2 4 2,946 19 3 18,548 12 7 Hamilton .. 622 6 6 436 4 9 742 3 9 1,057 3 8 2,857 18 8 17,599 8 7 Lower Hutt .. 581 12 3 407 14 0 693 12 8 988 0 6 2,670 19 5 15,578 5 10 Gisborne .. 569 19 7 399-10 11 679 15 2 968 5 3 2,617 10 11 16,230 10 5 Hastings .. 488 11 1 342 9 4 582 13 0 829 18 9 2,243 12 2 13,428 12 5 Onehunga .. 445 18 1 312 11 5 531 15 8 757 9 8 2,047 14 10 12,796 17 10 Nelson City .. 438 3 0 307 2 8 522 10 9 744 6 3 2,012 2 8 12,447 5 2 Petone .. .. 435 8 8 305 4 7 519 6 0 739 14 0 1,999 13 3 12,500 6 7 Devonport .. 407 2 7 285 7 9 485 10 10 691 12 4 1,869 13 6 11,846 19 7 Masterton .. 347 0 7 243 5 2 413 17 4 589 10 5 1,593 13 6 9,900 12 6 St. Kilda .. 325 6 4 228 0 10 387 19 5 552 12 8 1,493 19 3 9,433 1 10 One Tree Hill .. 319 17 9 224 4 8 381 9 11 543 8 3 1,469 0 7 7,345 7 11 Whangarei .. 310 3 11 217 8 9 369 18 9 526 19 2 1,424 10 7 8,656 4 4 Greymoutli .. 300 10 0 210 12 11 358 7 6 510 9 7 1,380 0 0 6,760 11 4 Oamaru .. .. 298 11 3 209 5 8 356 1 4 507 3 8 1,371 1 11 8,660 17 10 Takapuna .. 279 3 6 195 13 11 332 18 10 474 5 0 1,282 1 3 7,991 4 5 Totals .. 27,439 7 0 19,234 7 6 32,724 3 4 46,612 19 4 126,010 17 2 778,304 19 7