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REGISTRATIONS AND LICENSES.

The approximate number of vehicles for which licences were granted during 1921-24 and the approximate number of driving licences are :- Year.

Vehicles. Driving Licences.

1921 • • • • .. 873,665 1,106,000 1922 • • • • .. 970,000 1,210,700 1923 • • • • .. 1,141,400 1,416,400 1924 • •

.. 1,335,600 .. 1,644,400 On the basis of the 1921 Census of population, the figures for 1924 represent one motor vehicle for every 32 persons in Great Britain and one driving licence for every 26.