Motor Road Transport For Commercial Purposes
(Liquid Fuel, Steam, Electricity)

COUNTY COUNCIL MECHANIGAL HAULAGE. STATISTICS AND COSTS. Year. Number of Petrol Lorries : County Council. Rate of D2PRECIA- TION per Annum @ 15% on Current Value of Wagons purchased direct from MARERS and @ 30% of Cost + Re- pairs necessary for put ting into good order, Wagons purchased from War Department. Average Cost of Rspairs and Renewals per Lorry. Average Cost of PETROL per Lorry. -t* Average Amount of Wages ; per Lorry. Other Charges. Amount per Lorry. Average Amount of DEPRECIA- TION per Lorry. Average Total Costs per Lorry. Average Cost per Ton-Mile. I Average Cost per DAY. Average Number of Days worked per Lorry. Average Ton-Mileage per Day per Lorry. Average LOAD Carried. Average Cost of HI RED VEHICLES @ per DAY. Appromixate SAVING of Costs of County Council Vehicles over Hired M.H Vehicles. 1913-14 . . . 1 £ s. d. 90 - - £ 1 S. 19 d. 6 £ 67 S. 8 d. । 2 £ 75 S. 18 d. 2 £ 38 S. 8 d. £ 35 s. d. £ 218 S. 14 d. li Pence. 4-98 £ 1 S. 17 d. Days. 116 Ton-Miles. 90-69 Tons. 3i £ s- d. £ 1914-15 . . . 1 92 5 - 57 16 5 155 2 1 150 14 3 121 18 5| 92 5 0 577 16 24 6-29 2 - 10 283 77-87 31 — 1915-16 . . . 2 94 10 - 12 10 - 105 4 5 108 4 3 82 9 2J 66 19 0 375 6 10J 7-61 2 4 8 168 70-43 3i 3 - - 258 1916-17 . . . 3 100 10 - 53 8 4 168 5 10 115 1 4 100 1 5 90 9 8 527 6 7 8-40 2 6 5 213 70-75 3A 3 5 0 595 1917-18 . . . 3 105 - - 18 3 - 163 4 8J 108 19 2 78 11 4 105 473 18 21 8-15 2 10 IH 186 75-04 3Ä 3 10 - 531 1918-19 . . . 3 148 10 - 75 7 1 283 9 3 172 14 10 72 13 5 148 10 - 752 14 7 13-84 3 4 5 234 55-87 3Ä 4 - - 545 1919-20 . . . 3 180 - - 172 13 4 261 2 1 252 2 5 92 1 - 180 - - 957 18 10 15-59 4 1 9| 234£ 62-96 3| 4 - - — (1889)— bel. pp. 70 and 71 — machines are of similar make. The tables show the costs of the vehicles since they were first put on the road.