§ Mr. SLATERasked the Minister of Transport the number of commercial motor vehicles, privately owned, licensed in the years 1921, 1925 and 1932, and the number of commercial vehicles available for public hire in the same years, with the aggregate licensed carrying capacity of both?
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§ Mr. PYBUSThe approximate numbers of goods vehicles for which licences were current on 31st August, 1921, 1925 and 1932, were as follow:
1921 130,850 1925 … … … … 224,287 1932 … … … … 357,068 I am not in a position to say how many of these vehicles were available for public hire. No return of carrying capacity is made to me.