HC Deb 19 July 1909 vol 8 c248W
Mr. TIMOTHY DAVIES

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he will give the number of taxi-motor cabs licensed in the Metropolitan area on 1st July, 1909, and the number on the same date, 1903; also the number of hansom and four-wheeled cabs licensed on 1st July, 1909 and 1908?

Mr. GLADSTONE

The numbers are as follows:—

1908. 1909.
Hansom cabs … 5,329 … 4,039
Four-wheeled cabs … 3,768 … 3,379
Motor cabs … 1,508 … 3,394