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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 1938, 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, 1930. Total since Inception of Boroughs Amount of Tax, Quarter ended Petrol-tax up to _ _ 31st March, F " ' I ~ " ' 1939. 30th June. 30th September. 31st December. 31st March. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wellington City .. 7,092 5 8 6,723 16 11 8,303 3 3 8,081 13 5 30,200 19 3 209,497 13 1 Auckland City .. 6,274 3 6 5,948 4 9 7,345 7 7 7,149 8 8 20,717 4 6 193,024 14 2 Christchurch City 5,618 9 8 5,326 12 2 6,577 14 10 6,402 5 6 23,925 2 2 168,751 14 10 Dunedin City .. 3,922 2 3 3,718 7 3 4,591 14 10 4,469 5 1 10,701 9 5 124,353 14 3 Waneanui City .. 1,404 12 5 1,331 13 1 1,644 8 8 1,600 11 5 5,981 5 7 44,898 7 11 Palmerston Nth City 1,377 11 0 1,305 19 9 1,612 14 11 1,569 14 6 5,866 0 2 40,011 10 10 Invereargill City .. 1,341 9 2 1,271 15 5 1,570 9 9 1,528 11 11 5,712 6 3 38,927 4 0 Mount Albert .. 1,212 2 6 1,149 3 2 1,419 1 6 1,381 4 5 5,161 11 7 37,646 3 11 Mount Eden 1,133 18 6 1,075 0 4 1,327 10 5 1,292 2 2 4,828 11 5 36,101 3 9 Timaru .. 1,06114 9 1,006 11 8 1,243 0 2 1,209 17 0 4,521 3 7 31,791 1 9 New Plymouth .. 1,031 13 2 978 1 4 1,207 15 11 1,175 11 7 4,393 2 0 30,228 11 0 Hamilton 1 049 14 1 995 3 6 1,228 18 6 1,196 2 10 4,469 18 11 29,637 16 11 Lower Hutt .. 1,064 14 11 1,009 8 8 1,246 10 7 1,213 5 7 4,533 19 9 27,458 2 11 Napier 944 8 8 895 7 5 1,105 13 7 1,076 3 8 4,021 13 4 29,536 18 4 Gisborne" 833 2 11 789 17 4 975 7 10 949 7 6 3,547 15 7 25,949 2 5 Hastings .. 800 1 3 758 10 0 936 13 2 911 13 5 3,406 17 10 22,660 11 7 Nelson City . . 685 15 4 650 2 10 802 17 0 781 8 8 2,920 3 10 20,458 15 9 Onehunga 679 15 1 644 8 10 795 16 2 774 11 7 2,894 11 8 20,731 4 10 Petone 664 14 3 630 3 8 778 4 0 757 8 10 2,830 10 9 20,29.1 7 7 Devonport 590 2 5 559 9 4 690 17 6 672 8 11 2,512 18 2 18,777 15 8 Masterton .. 562 9 0 * 533 4 7 658 9 7 640 18 3 2,395 1 5 16,438 4 7 One Tree Hill . 495 13 7 469 18 7 580 6 1 564 16 6 2,110 14 9 13,110 18 11 Greymouth .. -501 13 10 475 12 7 587 7 0 571 13 7 2,136 7 0 12,591 9 6 St Kilda 466 16 I 442 11 1 546 10 0 531 18 6 1,987 15 8 14,923 5 8 Oamaru .. 454 15 5 431 2 11 532 8 4 518 4 3 1,936 10 11 13,988 8 7 Whangarei 442 2 10 419 3 5 517 12 7 503 16 5 1,882 15 3 13,791 12 8 Takapuna .. 448 3 1 424 17 6 524 13 5 510 13 6 1,908 7 6 13,206 1 9 Rotorua .. 387 8 0 367 5 6 453 10 10 441 8 10 1,649 13 2 4,547 13 10 Totals .. 42,541 13 4 40,331 13 7 49,804 18 0 48,476 6 6 181,154 11 5 1,273,931 11 0