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TABLE No. 13.—TRANSPORT LICENSING ACT, 1931. Traffic, Revenue, Expenditure, and Capital Statistics of Licensed Goods-services for Years ended 31st March, 1934, 1935, 1936, and 1937.

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". j Jforth Island Totals, Year ended 31st March, South Island Totals, Year ended 31st March, New Zealand Totals, Year ended 31st March, -— —— — : — u 1937. 1936. I 1935. 1937. 1936. 1935. 1937. 1936. 1935. 1934. j I t Traffic statistics — ! ; Totai number of operators .. ..Number 1,445 1,390 1,405 666 614 609 2,111 2,004 2,024 1,904 Number of vehicle authorities issued.. Number 2,613 2,378 2,351 1,140 990 1,004 3,753 3,368 3,355 2,^06 Average mileage per vehicle .. Miles 15,725 15,159 : 14,211 ! 13,632 13,552 12,531 15,089 14,687 13,744 12,69o Total vehicle-miles run .. .. Number 41,089,000 36,049,000 33,410,000 15,540,000 13,416,000 12,581,000 56,629,000 49,465,000 45,991,000 36,886,000 Revenue and expenditure statistics — £ £ j £ j ' £ £ £ £ £ £ Total operating costs .. .. .. 1,662,000 1,308,000 1,313,000 646,000 497,000 509,000 2,308,000 1,805,000 1,822,000 1,463,000 Total revenue .. .. - ■ .. 1,930,000 1,490,000 1,456,000: 749,000 580,000 581,000 2,679,000 2,070,000 2,037,000 1,639,000 Total profits .. .. .. •• 268,000 182,000 143,000 103,000 83,000 72,000 371,000 265,000 215,000 176,000 d. d. d. | d. d. d. d. d. d. d. Average operating costs per vehicle-mile .. 9-71 8-71 9 • 43 9-97 8-89 9-71 9-78 8-76 9'51 9-52 Average revenue per vehicle-mile .. .. 11-08 9-92 10'46 ! 11-57 10-37 11-08 11-35 10-04 10-63 Average profit per vehicle-mile . . .. 1 • 37 1 - 21 1 • 03 ! 1-60 1-48 1-37 1-57 1-28 1-12 1-14 Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Percentage of profit to operators' capital .. 21*35 20-71 13-58 19-16 20-24 15-93 20-94 20-o6 14-28 10 95 Percentage of profit to total capital invested .. 14-54 13-48 9-05 14-20 14-46 10-96 14-65 13-77 9-61 7-25 Capital investment statistics — £ £ £ £•£ £ £ £ £ Total operators' capital .. .. . - 1,194,000 879,000 1,053,000 577,000 410,000 452,000 1,771,000 1,289,000 1,505,000 1,607,000 Total " outside" liabilities 559,000 471,000 527,000 202,000 164,000 205,000 761,000 635,000 732,000 820,000 Total capital invested 1,753,000 1,350,000 1,580,000 779,000 574,000 657,000 2,532,000 1,924,000 2,237,000 2,427,000 Average capital per operator .. .. 826 632 | 749 866 668 742 839 j 643 744 844 Average " outside" liabilities per operator . . 387 339 ; 375 303 267 337 360 | 317 361 431 Average total capital invested per operator .. 1,213 971 1,124 1,169 935 1,079 1,199 ; 960 1,105 1,275