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32. Goods-service Vehicles. —All goods-service vehicles licensed under the Transport Licensing Act are examined by departmental Vehicle Inspectors every six months. The Certificate of Fitness which is carried on each vehicle sets out the maximum load which the vehicle is permitted to carry. The following table gives the number of passenger and goods vehicles in operation in the four transport licensing districts: —

33. Other Vehicles. —All motor-vehicles other than those which come within the scope of the Transport Licensing Act are required to carry a warrant of fitness,, issued either by motor-garages especially approved for the purpose or by municipalities which have established vehicle-testing stations.

34. Age of Vehicles.—As a result of the war, vehicles which normally would have been replaced have of necessity had to continue in service. The vehicles in operation to-day are in general relatively old, and the following table gives the ages of the vehicles licensed under the Transport Licensing Act: —

35. During the past year the number of new passenger-service vehicles constructed in the Dominion was as follows : Omnibuses .. .. .. .. .. .. H 6 Service cars .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Service coaches .. .. .. .. .. 54 Passenger-trucks .. .. .. .. .. 51 School buses .. .. .. .. .. .. 65 Ambulances .. .. .. .. .. .. 16

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District. Passenger-service Vehicles. Goods-service Vehicles. Total. ' II § . 02° © co g £ =00 cc® So P4 "o aj o <o o § 02 pq o| o o II X a H "3 fa Is 1 2 3 4 Totals 384 297 172 109 97 124 106 70 102 43 32 28 130 107 71 50 218 127 72 93 48 40 28 • 23 410 409 169 151 206 155 122 88 38 40 30 16 3,375 2,849 1 1,394 1,130 5,008 1 4,191 I 2,196 1,758 962 397 205 358 510 139 1,139 571 124 8,748 13,153

Service Service PassengerSchool School Rental | GoodsCars. Coaches. trucks. Buses. Vehicles. JL drAlb . Cars. ances. service Age (Years). Vehicles. No. % No. % No % No. % No. % No. % No. % 'No. 0/ | /o | 1 No " % No. % 1 .. 90 9-4 9 2-3 29 14-1 28 7-7 27 5-3 3 0-5 2 1-7 752 8-& 2 .. 28 2-9 3 0-7 13 6-3 22 6-2 4 0-8 5 4-2 621 289 7-1 3 .. 31 3-2 1 0-3 4 1-9 4 1-2 5 0-9 4-2 3-3 4 . . 30 31 6 1-5 22 10-7 10 2-7 5 0-9 4 3-3 201 2-3 5 .. 16 1-7 5 1-2 12 5-9 22 61 10 1-9 1 0-7 19 1-7 20 3-5 1 1 0-8 429 4-9 6 .. 51 5-3 7 1-8 11 5-4 16 4-4 21 4-1 2 1-4 42 3-7 54 9-5 5-8 289 3-3 7 .. 116 121 42 10-6 14 6-8 42 11-8 52 10-2 9 6-5 338 29-6 139 24-3 25 19-4 709 8-1 8 .. 83 8-7 59 14-9 36 17-8 76 21-6 105 20-8 19 13-7 338 29-6 235 41-0 26 19-9 1,128 12-9 9 ... 92 9-5 49 12-3 18 8-8 53 14-7 95 18-8 25 18-0 218 19-1 63 11-1 16 13-3 1,391 15-9 10 .. 154 16-0 38 9-6 23 11-2 48 13-3 76 14-9 19 13-6 110 9-7 38 6-7 11 9-2 1,260 14-4 11 .. 63 6-5 18 4-5 7 3-4 13 3-5 29 5-6 10 7-2 33 2-9 5 0-9 3 2-5 595 6-8 12 .. 36 3-7 20 5-0 6 2-9 10 2-7 16 3-2 5 3-6 9 0-8 8 1-4 3 2-5 402 4-6 13 . . 25 2-6 9 2-3 3 1-4 1 0-3 6 1-1 7 5-0 3 0-3 1 0-2 14Q 1-6 14 .. 40 4-2 17 4-3 2 0-6 11 2-1 13 9-4 1 0-1 '6 4-9 166 1-9 15 and 107 11-1 114 28-7 7 3-4 11 3-2 48 9-4 29 20-9 28 2-5 *5 0-9 10 8-3 376 4-3 over Totals 962 100 397 100 205 100 358 100 510 100 139 100 1,139 100 571 100 124 100 8,748 100

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