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Table 49 —Table Setting Out Traffic and Financial Statistics for a Sample of Full-time Rental-car Operators Throughout the Dominion

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Average Per Car. Item. Pence Per Mile. Based on the Number of Cars Fully Used for a Year. Based on the Number of Cars in Use at the End of the Financial Year. Petrol and oil .. .. .. Tires .. .. .. .. Repairs Licence fees and insurance Wages and drawings in lieu of wages Garage fees Depreciation Other expenses 0-10 0-40 1-21 0-33 1-47 0-14 1-91 0-49 6 24 73 20 89 9 116 30 5 18 54 15 66 6 86 22 Total, cost .. .. 6-05 367 272 Revenue— Rental Other 7-28 0-14 441 9 w t>S O <1 Total, revenue 7-42 450 333 Profit 1-37 83 61 Mileage Average cost of vehicles— Overall average 3 years old or under Over 3 years old Percentage of vehicles 3 years old or under Percentage of vehicles over 3 years old 14,553 30,797 £469 £476 £376 93% 7%