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The following statements outline the operations of the Public Works and Main Highways Board motor-vehicle fleet for the year.

Table 1.

Operating-costs fob, Year. The costs shown include— Receiving charges : Petrol, oil, grease, tires, tubes, repairs, and maintenance. Standing charges : Interest at per cent, per annum and depreciation ranging from a minimum of 20 per cent, to a maximum of 40 per cent, per annum on capital cost, this variation being governed by the type and mechanical condition of each vehicle and the conditions under which it operates ; garage rent (5s per week); registration and annual license fees.

Table 2.

Table 3.—Analysis of Table 2, showing Operating-costs in various Districts (Motor-vehicle Operations, 1937-38.)

]\j OTE . All vehicles that have operated for any part of the year are included —i.e., vehicles purchased and sold during the period. Total cost includes — Running cost: Tires, tubes, fuel, lubricants, repairs, and maintenance. Standing charges : Interest, depreciation, garaging (ss. per week), registration, and license fees.

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Motor-vehicles. At 1st July, ,, , , u i. j At 31st March, 1937 bold. .Purchased. Cars 216 6 2 212 Light deliveries .. • • • • • • 230 10 76 296 Trucks (30 cwt. and over) .. .. .. 112 3 47 156 558 19 125 664

Type of Vehicle. Total Cost. Total Mileage. per MHe Year 1935-36— £ d. Cars and light deliveries (10 cwt. to 15 cwt.) .. .. 39,724 3,058,246 3*12 Trucks (1 ton and over) .. .. •• •• 14,681 660,390 5-34 54,405 3,718,636 3-51 Year 1936-37— Cars and light deliveries (10 cwt. to 15 cwt.) .. .. 53,159 4,032,349 3 - 16 Trucks (1 ton and over) .. .. 17,570 770,353 5-47 70,729 4,802,702 3-53 Year 1937-38— Cars and light deliveries (10 cwt. to 15 cwt.) .. . . 76,887 5,399,170 3-42 Trucks (1 ton and over) .. .. •• •• 28,867 1,196,196 5-79 105,754 6,595,366 3-85 i

Oars and Light Deliveries. Trucks (1 Ton and over). 1 * u ™ ber Total Cost per Nu ™ber tmiip„„ p Total Cost per District. ! Vehicles. g Cost ' Mlle ' Vehicles. 8 Oost ' Mile " £ d. £ d. .. 22 314,475; 4,760 3-63 8 70,966 1,441,4-87 Anrtw " " •• •• 55 654,369 8,091 2-97 7 54,044 1,181 5-24 TanranU ■■ 22 270,100 3,390 3-01 9 100,283 1,975 4-73 rtw. 1P " " ■ • 18 210,963 3,114 3-54 11 88,007 2,239 6-10 Tniimarimui' " •• 12 153,345 2,551 3-99 10 100,775 2,449 5-83 Stratford 30 359,842 4,766 3-18 9 71,133 1,304 4-40 NaT)ipT . .. .. 16 206,618 3,049 3-54 5 49,327 1,180 5-74 wtllinVton '' •• 37 369,892 4,972 3-23 12 65,114 1,742 6-42 Nelson .. 26 290,493 4,004 3-31 9 69,336 1,267 4-39 Pvfinnn, it'll .. 27 341,424 4,199 2-95 14 132,525 2,627 4-76 S'h,,,Th " •• 33 518,624; 6,237 2-89 12 134,330 2,441 4-36 Dimediri ! 27 313,968 j 4,431 3-39 16 86,678; 2,433 6-74 Total, general districts .. •• 325 4,004,113 ; 53,564 3-21 122 1,022,518 J 22,279 5-23 Hamilton Electrical 55 355,148 5,514 3-73 8 24,479 ; 1,052 10-31 Palmerston North Electrical .. .. 34 270,539 5,334 4-73 8 45,637 1,790 9-41 ChrMchurch Electrical .. 32 268,253 5,297 4-73 15 74,629 2,798 9-00 Southland Electrical .. •• __60 501,117 j 7,178 3-44 5 28,933 948 7-86 Total, electrical districts .. ■■ 181 1,395,057 23,323 4'01 36 173,678 6,588 9-10 Grand total, all districts .. .. 506 5,399,170 76,887 3-42 158 1,196,196 28,867 j 5-79