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TABLE No. 21.—TRANSPORT LICENSING ACT, 1931. Traffic, Revenue, Expenditure, and Capital Statistics of Licensed Goods-services for Years ended 31st March, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938.

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North Island Totals, Year ended South Island Totals, Year ended , T „ , . _ . , , , r , 31st March, 31st March, New Zealand TotaIs ' Year ended 31st March ' 1936. 1937. ! 1938. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1934. ! 1935. ' 1936. ! 1937. I 1938. Trsffic statistics Total number of operators .. Number 1,390 1,445 1,893 614 666 937 1,904 2,024 2,004 2,111 2,830 Number of vehicle authorities issued Number 2,378 2,613 3,407 990 1,140 1,452 2,906 3,355 3,368 3,753 4,859 Average mileage per vehicle .. Miles 15,159 15,725 *14,897 13,552 13,632 *13,458 12,693 13,744 14,687 15,089 *14,466 Total vehicle-miles run .. .. Number 36,049,00041,089,00050,754,00013,416,00015,540,00019,541,00036,886,00045,991,00049,465,00056,629,00070,295,000 Revenue and expenditure statistics — I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ f £ £ Total operating costs .. .. i 1,308,000 1,662,000 2,263,000 497,000 646,000 895,000 1,463,000 1,822,000 1,805,000 2,308,000 3,158,000 Total revenue .. .. .. .. j 1,490,000 1,930,000 2,533,000 580,000 749,000 1,050,000 1,639,000 2,037,000 2.070,000 2,679,000 3,583,000 Total profits .. .. .. .. [ 182,000 268,000 270,000 83,000 103,000 155,000 176,000 215,000 265,000 371,000 425,000 d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. Average operating costs per vehicle-mile .. j 8-71 9-71 10-90 8-89 9-97 11-17 9-52 9-51 8-76 9-88 10-99 Average revenue per vehicle-mile.. .. 9-92 11-08 12-20 10-37 11-57 13-12 10-66 10-63 10-04 11-35 12-49 Average profit per vehicle-mile .. .. I 1-21 1-37 1-30 1-48 1-60 1-95 1-14 1-12 1-28 1-47 1-50 Per Cent. 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 .. 20-71 21-35 19-33 20-24 19 16 21-18 10-95 14-28 20-56 20-94 20-03 Percentage of profit to total capital invested 13-48 14-54 12-44 14-46 14-20 15-24 7-25 9-61 13-77 14-65 13-44 Capital investment statistics — £££££££££££ Total operators' capital .. .. 879,000 1,194.000 1,562,000 410,000 577,000 883,000 1,607,000 1,505,000 1,289,000 1,771,000 2,445,000 Total" outside" liabilities .. .. 471.000 559,000 863,000 164,000 202,000 344,000 820,000 732,000 635,000 761,000 1,207,000 Total capital invested .. .. .. 1,350,000 1,753,000 2,425,000 574,000 779,000 1,227,000 2,427,000 2,237,000 1,924,000 2,532,000 3,652,000 Average capital per operator .. . . 632 826 825 668 866 942 844 744 643 839 865 Average " outside" liabilities per operator 339 387 456 267 303 367 431 361 317 360 425 Average total capital invested per operator 971 1,213 1,281 935 1,169 1,309 1,275 1,105 960 1,199 1,290 * Average mileage adjusted to include services for which no returns were received for 1937-38, but received for 1936-37.