1904 Automotive Facts and Figures
From Graces Guide
Note: This is a sub-section of Automotive Facts and Figures
Imports and Exports
- Imports £1.7m. Exports £160k.[1]
Registered motor vehicles of all kinds.[2][3]
- Cars: 18,340 (12 months to June 30th)
- Motorcycles: 21,521 (12 months to 30th June)
Present Position[4]
- Largest company employs 1,300
- Of seventeen firms considered the smallest employed 100 hands.
- Total hands for 17 firms is 6,120
- Heavy vehicles employ another 2,500
Imports and Exports.[5]
- Cars imported 5,378 (£2,080m)
- Parts imported (£344k)
- Motorcycles imported 979 (£31k)
- Parts (£16.9k)
- Cars exported 703 (£242k)
- Parts exported (£80k)
- Motorcycles exported 771 (£31k)
- Parts (7k)
Licences issued[6]
England
- Motorcycles -
- Private cars (up to 1 ton) 13,769
- Private cars (over 1 ton and up to 2 tons) 968
- Private cars (over 2 tons and under 3 tons) 36
- Hackney cars (over 1 ton and up to 2 tons) 133
- Hackney cars (over 2 tons and up to 3 tons) 75
- Hackney cars (up to 1 ton and over 3 tons) 6,218
Scotland
- Motorcycles -
- Private cars (up to 1 ton) 919
- Private cars (over 1 ton and up to 2 tons) 202
- Private cars (over 2 tons and under 5 tons) 1
- Hackney cars (over 1 ton and up to 2 tons) 6
- Hackney cars (over 2 tons and up to 3 tons) 1
- Hackney cars (up to 1 ton and over 3 tons) 1,058
Note: Motor vehicles used exclusively for trade are not listed as they are exempt from duty
Value of imports including cars, motorcycles, parts and accessories.[7]
- £2,471,667
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Belfast News-Letter - Saturday 07 March 1914
- ↑ The Autocar 1905/07/22
- ↑ The Autocar 1911/06/03
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1904/12/24
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1906/01/13
- ↑ Automotor Journal 1908/10/17
- ↑ The Autocar 1910/01/01