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TABLE No. 16.—TRANSPORT LICENSING ACT, 1931. Traffic and Financial Statistics of Licensed Passenger-services for the Year ended 31st March, 1938 (exclusive of Services licensed by the Four Metropolitan Licensing Authorities), classified according to the Type of Service involved.

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Type of Service. (For full details of type of service see text.) Group 1: Group 2: „ Grou P p 3: GrOU P p 4: G™up5: Group 6; Group 7: Local and Centre to S ™ Cars, Service Cars, Service Serv f ces Services „. ~ , o j- mainly Pas- less than Coaches and , A , , Not rp , , Suburban Surrounding / Reve . 50 per Cent. Mixed Fleets, operated by operated by classified Total. Services Districts nu ° Medium Rev P e nuefrom Centre to * (Buses). (Buses). Distance. Passengers. Centre. < BuSeS >" Department. TrH)ffi.c statistics Vehicle journeys .. .. .. ..No. 833,153 235,640 39,703 24,530 46,041 255,354 598,950* 130,204 2,163,575 Passengers carried .. .. .. .. No. 10,336,986 3,192,719 121,841 56,980 401,381 3,050,514 5,446,339 670,001 23,276,761 Average number of passengers per vehicle journey No. 12-4 13-5 3-1 2-3 8-7 11-9 9-1 5-1 10-7 Vehicle-miles .. .. .. .'. Miles 4,088,629 5,333,184 1,324,316 1,009,557 3,942,158 915,484 4,858,109 2,037,924 23,509,361 Operating-expenses — Running-costs (lubricants, petrol, tires, repairs, £ 65,826 98,637 17,892 10,649 61,769 16,965 104,854 39,384 415,976 and maintenance) Standing charges (license fees, wages, drawings in £ 117,194 114,928 17,487 14,100 60,197 27,237 107,688 41,189 500,020 lieu of wages, depreciation, insurance, garage foes) Overhead charges (management, office expenses, £ 18,281 21,360 3,207 1,176 26,231 #,962 27,732 8,921 113,870 advertising, &c., but excluding interest) Total .. .. .. .. £ 201,301 234,925 38,586 25,925 148,197 51,164 240,274 89,494 1,029,866 Gross revenue .. .. .. .. £ 221,795 265,887 40,461 25,603 169,789 47,265 276,527 99,885 1,147,212 Net surplus .. .. .. .. .. £ 20,494 30,962 1,875 .. 21,592 .. 36,253 10,391 117,346 Net loss .. .. .. .. .. £ .. .. .. 322 .. 3,899 Total assets .. .. .. .. .. £ 213,401 198,781 30,394 24,615 164,113 87,543 278,614 81,887 1,079,348 Net capital .. .. .. .. .. £ 179,698 126,781 20,524 17,056 112,953 37,733 278,614 50,970 824,329 Average fare paid per passenger journey .. s. d. 4-9d. 1/4-2 5/3-5 2/11-8 7/10-7 3-63d. 10-7d. .. 10-3d. Number of returns included .. .. .. No. 43 96 36 46 32 7 10 70 340 Number of services included .. .. .. No. 82 153 40 46 47 33 60 107 568 * Estimated.