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CONTENTS —continued Statistical Tables—continued PageTable 23—Table Showing the Seating-capacity of Passenger-service Vehicles .. .. 45Table 24—Table Showing the Distribution of Taxis and Rental Cars in Operation According to Horse-power Ratings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 Table 25—Table Showing the Gross Carrying-capacity of Licensed Goods-service Vehicles 46 Table 26—Table Showing the Distribution of Licensed Goods-service Vehicles According to Axle Types .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 Table 27—Table Showing for the Year ended 31st March, 1949, the Total Number of Applications Relating to Passenger Services Considered by the District and Metropolitan Authorities and the Manner of Their Disposal .. .. .. .. .. AT Table 28—Table Showing for Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Manner in Which All Applications Relating to Passenger Services were Dealt With by the District and Metropolitan Licensing Authorities .. .. . . .. .. 47 Table 29—Table Showing for the Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Total Number of Applications Relating to Taxicab Services Considered by the District and Metropolitan Authorities and the Manner of Their Disposal .. .. .. .. 48 Table 30—Table Showing for Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Manner in Which all Applications Relating to Taxicab Services were Dealt with by the District and . Metropolitan Licensing Authorities .. .. .. .. .. 48 Table 31—Table Showing for the Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Total Number of Applications Relating to Rental-car Services Considered by the District Licensing Authorities and the Manner of Their Disposal .. .. .. .. 49" Table 32—Table Showing for Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Manner in Which All Applications Relating to Rental-car Services Were Dealt With by the Five District Transport Licensing Authorities .. .. .. .. .. 49 Table 33 —Table Showing, for the Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Total Number of Applications Relating to Goods-services Considered by the District Licensing Authorities and the Manner of Their Disposal .. .. .. .. 49 Table 34—Table Showing for Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Manner in Which all Applications Relating to Goods-services Were Dealt With by the Five District Licensing Authorities .. .. ... .. .. .. 50 Table 35 —Table Showing for Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Manner in Which Appeals Lodged Against Decisions of the District and Metropolitan Licensing Authorities have Been Dealt With by the Transport Appeal Authority .. .. .. 50 Table 36—Table Showing by Districts the Types of Licences Obtained by Ex-servicemen During the Year Ended 31st March, 1949 .. .. .. .. 51 Table 37 —Table Showing the Number of Transport-service Licences held by Ex-servicemen, and the Total Number of Licences as at 31st March, 1949 .. .. .. 51 Table 38—Table Showing for the Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Manner in Which Applications Relating to Passenger-service Fares Have Been Dealt With by the Licensing Authorities and the Transport Charges Committee .. .. .. 52: Table 39—Table Showing for Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Manner in Which Applications Relating to Taxi-cab Fares Have Been Dealt with by the Metropolitan and District Licensing Authorities .. .. .. .. .. 5£ Table 40—Table Showing for the Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Manner in Which Applications Relating to Rental Car Hiring Charges Have Been Dealt with by the Licensing Authorities .. .. .. .. .. .. 53Table 41—Table Showing for Year Ended 31st March, 1949, the Manner in Which Applications Relating to Goods-service Charges Have Been Dealt with by the Goods-service Charges Tribunal and the Transport Charges Committee .. .. 54 Table 42—Table Setting Out Details of New Passenger-service Licences Granted by the Five District Licensing Authorities During the Year Ended 31st March, 1949 .. 55 Table 43 —Table Showing Traffic Data, Operating Expenses, Revenue, and Profit of Passenger- - services (Excluding the Four Metropolitan Authorities) .. .. .. 56 Table 44—Traffic and Financial Data of Licensed Passenger Services .. .. .. 57 Table 45—Table Showing Average Operating Expenses and Revenue Per Vehicle-mile of Licensed Passenger Services. .. .. .. .. .. .. 59 Table 46—Table Showing the Total Amounts Involved in Cost, Revenue, and Profit by Licensed Passenger Operators in 1948 by Groups, in Pence Per Mile .. .. 61 Table 47—Table of Information Relating to Capital Invested, Age and Cost of Vehicles in Use in the Passenger-service Industry .. .. .. .. .. 62 Table 48—Table Showing Dominion Average of Operating Costs, Revenue and Profit Per Cab, and Per Cab-mile Based on a Sample of Single : shiffc Taxi Operators .. .. 63 Table 49—-Table Setting Out Traffic and Financial Statistics for a Sample of Full-time Rental-car Operators Throughout the Dominion .. .. .. .. 64

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