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"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."—John Beattie Crosier.
A Deputation to the Chancellor.
Mr. Churchill has offered to receive a deputation of all the motoring bodies representing both private and commercial vehicle interests and also the manufacturing and trading industry, at 11.30 a.m. ' on Thursday next (February 18th).
Sentinel Report.
After considering the company's accounts for the past year, the directors of the Sentinel Waggon Works, Ltd., recommend a dividend on the preference shares at the rate of Th per cent, per annum for the six months ended De-. cem her 31st last.
The report shows that the company made a profit on the year's trading, after meeting interest, directors' fees and other necessary charges, of £22,531, which is increased to £33,023 by the amount brought in. Of this total, depreciation is provided for to the extent of £11,709, whilst dividends paid have absorbed £8,712. and the dividend now recommended for payment will absorb a further £11,250. The total of these items will account for £19,962 and leave £1,352 to be carried forward.
More " General " Buses on Pneumatics.
In August of last year the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., introduced an improved type of single-deck omnibus for suburban use. Six vehicles were then available, and these were employed on service between Staines, Slough and Burnham Beeches. Encouraged by the instantaneous success which these buses achieved, the company set about building others, and there are now 29 of these buses engaged in providing local services around London. A further 76 will be delivered for service shortly.
Toe vehicles are adaptations of the K-type omnibus, and are fitted with saloon bodies affording seating for 24 passengers. They are shod with pneumatic tyres.
New Cleansing Machines for Ireland.
A demonstration ofthe capabilities of one of the new French motor streetcleansing machines which recently arrived in Dublin was lately carried out before the city commissioners. The machine has a tank capable of holding three tons of water and is the product of the be Dion Bouton Co., of Puteaux, Paris. Eventually eight of these machines will be in use in Dublin and, in addition, 34 motor lorries for carrying the sweepings and refuse to the dumping grounds.
It will be recalled that some time ago the Dublin City Commissioners decided to place the contract for the cleansing of the streets of the city in the hands of Messrs. Boudeville, of Paris, who are importing the machines for this purpose.
Scottish Motor Traction Co.'s Profits.
' The report of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., of Edinburgh, for the 13 months ended October 31st last reveals a profit of £28,361, after placing £5,000 to the reserve fund and allocating £2,000 to the staff contingency fund. A sum of £16,023 is brought in from the previous year, thus giving an available balance of £44,384. Instead of declaring a dividend for the 13 months, the directors propose to pay a dividend of 10 per cent, and a bonus of 1 per cent., both free of tax, and these will absorb 127,500 and leave £16,684 to be carried forward.
The 6d. Taxicab in London.
The conference of the organization representative of the taxicab industry, and embracing the owners, ownerdrivers and drivers, which was called for Tuesday last, on the initiative of the Home Secretary (Sir William JoyusenHicks, Bt.), to discuss the question of a reduction in taxicab fares, failed at first to reach any agreement, the general complaint being that no reduction was justifiable, for each driver would, in any reduced scale of fares, lose about £1 a week in wages. This fact being communicated to the Home Secretary, he insisted that a reduction was necessary in the interests of the public. The delegates thereupon resumed their discussion and later decided to advise the Home Secretary of their intention to recommend the acceptance of his proposal to reduce the fares to 6d. for the first half-mile and 3d. for each subsequent quarter of a mile. The effect of this, if it be put into Operation, will be to encourage the use of the cab over short distances whilst not reducing the fare for long journeys, and, on the whole, it may pay the cab owner and driver quite well, for on any journey of a shade over half a mile and onwards up to slightly less than a mile the driver will receive is.
No. 1 of" The Commercial Motor."
We have posted to members of the commercial motor industry a reduced facsimile of the first issue of the first journal to be published in the interests of users of business vehicles. Although only 4f ins. by 3f ins. in size the little booklet is readable and interesting, as showing the great progress made in 21 years. If any reader would like to receive a copy, a line to the manager to that effect will ensure one being sent.
Chester-le-Street Wants Bus Powers.
The Chester-le-Street Town Council is to approach the Ministry of Transport with the object of obtaining powers for the licensing of public-service vehicles similar to, those granted to the Gateshead, Sunderland and Durham authorities. The council appreciates the fact that the town has a population of only 16,000, and that the minimum set by the authorities for such powers is 20,000, but its application is based on the ground that the town serves as a centre from which many feeder services are run to larger towns.
Thornycrofts for Home and Foreign Service.
Amongst numerous orders for Thornyeroft vehicles received by John I. Thornyeroft and Co., Ltd.. during the week ended February 6th was a repeat order for 15 Boadicea passenger chassis for Rio de Janeiro, another for two Durbar omnibuses for the Ramsbottom Urban District Council, a third for a type Al 30-cwt. van for the Wellbrook Sanitary Laundry of Cambridge, and a fourth for three type Al chassis for Singapore. A Beclawat Appointment.
We arc informed that Mr. R. H. Croydon has just joined the staff of Beckett, Laycock and "Watkinson, Ltd., the proprietors of Beelawat specialities, as their representative in Coventry district and the Midlands. During, the war Mr. Croydon was a captain in the Warwickshire Royal Artillery an R.F.A. He was wounded in 1915, later mentioned in despatches, and received the M.C. Upon demobilization he jotned the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., as assistant buyer. He is a Coventry man and well known in the districts which will form the centre of his activities.
Morecambe's Horse Trams Doomed.
Mr. A. R. Fearnley, tramways superintendent of Sheffield, has recently reported to the. Morecambe Corporation on the horse-drawn trams in use in the town. This is, we believe, the only centre in the country where such vehicles are. still in use, but, as Mr: Fearnley's recommendations have been adopted, the days of this form of traction are now numbered. The trandineS are to be taken up and u number of 52-seater double-deck buses and several 32-seater saloon buses purchased.
Cardiff Bus Profits.
The finance committee of the Cardiff City Council has received a report showing that to the end of Novembee last the Value of _Road Fund liceeees issued by the council was £94,866 for the 12 menthe, this figure being an increase on the previous year of 110,392. • A report was also presented which showed that for the nine months ended Deeember•31st last the receipts on the buses of the corporation amounted to f67,551 against' expenditure of 157,982. thus leaving a surplus of £9,575 to be carried to net revenue account. This means a net profit for the period, after meeting loan and capital charges of £7,650, of £1,919.
Bogged in a Desert.
. The Nairn overland motor mail convoy, which left Jerusalem on January 28th, arrived at Baghdad after having spent ten days in accomplishing the journey across the flooded desert—a journey which usually occupies three days. Valuableassistance was rendered to the bogged convoy by the Royal Air Force, which sent an aeroplane from Baghdad with food supplies, and by the armoured cars which continually patrol the route.
A considerable part of the time was spent in digging the cars out of the mud, as they were repeatedly stuck. There was only one lady passenger, the wife of a British officer in Baghdad, whom the convoy leader describes as the most cheery member of, the party. She gave useful assistance in carrying stones to make a track on the worst sections of the route. The floods have been without precedent since the desert mail service began three years ago.
• The Bean Power Unit.
In an illustration which we published last week of the Bean engine we referred to this as being a proprietary unit of Dorman manufacture. This is, of course, incorrect. The Bean engine is not only made at the Tipton car works of A, Harper, Sons and Bean, Ltd., Dudley, Worcs., but they also manufacture the castings and forgings, so that it can be said quite truly that it iA their own product from the raw material to the finished article. "We would also point out that the illustration showed a type of steering box which is now obsolete.
Chassis Repair Facilities.
A new repair works for the maintenance and complete overhauling of commercial vehicles of all types, and particularly the Hanford, has been opened by Mr. H. G. Turner,
under the title of the Dart-'.
ford Automobile Engineering Works, at Powder Mill Lane, Dartford. (Telephone, Dartford 413.)
Mr. Turner was for 14 years superintendent of chassis manufacture and repairs to J. and E. Hall, Ltd., the makers of the well-known rfallford vehicle, who have now given up the production of motor vehicles. Consequently he has an unrivalled knowledge of Hanford machines. He has taken over. the neceasary tool equipment, labour-saving devices, jigs, etc., and certain members of the staff of J. and E. Hall, Ltd., and has become the official repairer of Hallford vehicles.
The size of -the works permits a dozen vehicles to be dealt with at one time, and, as the establishment charges are low, it will be possible 'to carry out the work most economically. Favourable arrangementshave been made with J. and E. Hall, Ltd., for the regular supply of all spare parts for their vehicles at advantageous figures.
A district agency for Macintosh solid tyres has been obtained, and a tyre press is being installed.
Apart from overhauling and repairing lorries, lighter types of vehicle will be dealt with and facilities will be available for the maintenance of vehicles under contract.
More Trolley-buses for West Hartlepool.
The process of replacing tramcars by trolley-buses at West Hartlepool was carried a stage farther a few. days age, when the Park section of the town's transport system was converted. Railless cars have been running over the Foggy Furze route for nearly two years and have given extremely satisfactory results. Three new Railless vehicles have recently been purchased for use on the new section, one being a double-decker with a seating capacity for 48 people and the others 36-seaters similar to those in service on the first route. Coincident with the opening of the Park section the tramways committee ha J decided to experiment with pneumatic tyres.
A -New L.G.O.C. Acquisition.
One learns with a certain amount of surprise that the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., have acquired control over the company which operates four " Central " .omnibuses between . Highgate in the north and Twickenluun in the southWest. This is the second of the independent bus concerns in which the L.G.O.C, have secured an interest, whereas when the independents first came upon the streets it was understood that theCombine did not intend to absorb any of the new concerns, suc
cessful or otherwise. The situation, however, has slightly altered since that date, as competition is now limited under the London Traffic Act.
Producing American Joints in England.. We are advised that an American company who manufacture steel universal joints are proposing to product their joints in England through the medium of an English concern, if those makers in this country, therefore, who are in a position to produce machined forgings and stampings will forward details of the work they can undertake, we will see that the information is passed to the proper quarter. Letters should be addressed "Joints," care of the Editor.
Instruction in Agrimotors.
A week's instruction in the running and management of the agrimotor has been recently conducted by SealeHayne Agricultural College, Newton Abbot. The course attracted a good number of students, who ranged in age from 16 to 63 years. Four Fordsons were used for demonstration—an oldtype tractor, a new pattern, 41 robbertyred machine and a sectional model, the last-named being used for the purpose of illustrating the lectures. All processes of operations were gone through and the evenings were devoted to lectures. It is hoped to repeat the course next year.
Charging Accumulators : A Warning.
The National Fire Brigades' Association, 8, Waterloo Place, London, S.W.1, has just issued a timely warning concerning the care which is necessary when accumulators are being charged. It takes the form of a poster on which a number of precautions that should be taken is indicated, and since these can be carried out with the minimum of trouble, and at comparatively small expense, they should be carefully studied by all users of vehicles on which accumulators are employed. Electric-vehicle owners would certainly minimize their risks by giving prominence to the poster in their garages, and if they choose to do this they can obtain copies from the address given above.
"The Motor Ship Reference Book."
With the recent completion of the trials of the world's largest motor liner, the 22,500-ton "Asturias," with 20,000 h.p. machinery, and the numerous contracts for motor ships that have just been placed, interest in this class of vessel has increased to a considerable extent. The publication of the 1926 "Motor Ship Reference Book" following on the success of the 1925 edition, is, therefore, opportune. In it is given all the information likely to be of value to those interested in the development of ships equipped with internal-combustion machinery. Details of all the motor vessels in the world are included, and there are particulars and illustrations of every type of Diesel engine now fitted in large ships. A considerable amount of statistical information is embodied.
The book can be obtained from the publishers, Temple Press Ltd., 7-15, Rosebery Avenue, London E.C.1; price 5s. ed. poet free.
A Recent Dennis Delivery.
The Dennis vehicle which is shown in the -accompanying illustration has been recently supplied through the agency of Messrs. Humphreys and James, Euston Road, London, to the Allan Cockshut brandh of the Wall Paper Manufacturers, Ltd. The chassis is a standard 24-tonner and the bodywork, which was carried out by Mersrs. Smith and SODS, of Godalming, is of the W.D.-type, having fixed sides and a high front board with a detachable brown canvas
sheet supported on hoop-sticks that can be removed as required ; to facilitate loading the tailboard is hinged. The body, cab and bonnet are painted green, the lettering being-carried out in white with a thin red edging.
Bristol Buses for West Hartlepool.
During the course of the past nine or ten months the West Hartlepool Corporation has been able to effect material economies in working costs and thereby place the motorbus system upon a more sound footing. The fleet is now to be further increased by the purchase of two 21-seater pnemnatic-tyred Bristol omnibuses at a cost of £1,390 each. A suggestion advanced at a meeting of the town council that double-decked buses should be obtained was not entertained, speedy single-deckers being considered of greater use for meeting local conditions.
Russia's Lorry Output.
From official Soviet sources it is announced that the manufacture of motor lorries has now been organized in Russia. During the first three years of operation it is intended to build about .2,500 lorries, made up of vehicles of 30-cwt. and 3-ton capacity. More Orders for Leylands.
A number of prominent users figure in the list of companies who have recently placed orders with Leyland Motors, Ltd., Leyland, Lancashire, for goods and passenger-carrying vehicles.In the former category is the Ministry of Labour, which is buying a further 3-ton fiat-platform lorry for use as a demonstration vehicle at its .instructional centres; the Normand Garage. Ltd., who have ordered a number of 4ton chassis for use in the catering department of J. Lyons and Co., Ltd. (this supplements an order recently placed by them for a number of Leyland 2-tonHers) ; and the Croydon and District Consumers' Ice Co., Ltd., who are purchasing a number of chassis of both
2-ton and 4-ton capacity. A repeat order has also been received for 2-ton chassis from the National Radiator Co., of Hull. _ Orders which the company have received for passenger vehicles have come
from the Hardy Central Garage, Mine. head and the Southampton Corporation. The former, who operate services in Minehead and district, are making considerable additions to their fleet by purchasing 26-seater single-deck buses as well as a Leyland Leviathan and a number of the company's Lion models. Three Lioness buses are being added to the fleet run by the Southampton tramway authorities.
B.A.T. Traffic Receipts, Several times during last year we commented on the remarkable increases in the traffic receipts on the passengercarrying vehicles run by the various concerns comprising the British Automobile Traction Co.'s group, and, as a matter of fact, the total receipts for 1925 were £447,341 in excess of those for the previous year. It is possible that the company's receipts will also increase to an appreciable extent in the present year, especially if the figures recorded in January be maintained, for during the first 29 days of that month the receipts were 127,986 in excess of those for a like period of 1925, the actual total being £147,296. The company's buses appear to be dealing with a constantly increasinz volume of traffic.
Concrete Roads in America.
Concrete is playing a considerable part in connection with schemes of road construction and improvement in America, as is indicated by figures recently issued by the Portland Cement Association in that country.' From statistice -which have been prepared it is shown that 5,750 miles of concrete surfacing were laid in the period from January to October last year, and that the mileage of new roads is greater than that of any previous. year. The total mileage of concrete roads in Great Britain is said to he only 5 per cent. of that in the United• States, where, from all accounts, increasing use is being made of this material in highways work.
Another Daimler Bus for Lancaster.
Following the satisfaction obtained by experimenting with a single-deck bus of Daimler manufacture, the Lancaster Corporation has now placed an order with the Daimler Co., Ltd., of Coventry, for another passenger vehicle of their make. The first vehicle was a 26-seater in which the company's CE.type chaSsis was employed, but the new bus is beingebuih to carry 30 passengere. We dealt at length with the Lancaster • Corporation's bus activities in our issue dated January 19th, and speeial.mention was made of the municipality's Daimler bus, which, it was stated, had covered 12,000 miles without a, hitch. We published details of the mileage costs of the .vehicle, which worked out at 10.1$d. as against approximate traffic revenue of 11.50d. per mile.
Guy Light Vehicles in Demand.
Guy Motors, Ltd.; Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, tell us that their latest sales records show an increased demand for the lighter type of goods vehicle 'of 1-ton to 30-cwt. capacity. Amongst the many orders that they have just received for light vehicles may be mentioned one from Associated Newspapers, Ltd., who have ordered a fleet of 1-tonners for fast newspaper despatch service. Speed is also an essential requirement in the wholesale and retail drapery trades, and it is not surprising, therefore, to learn that Baker, Baker and Co., Ltd., one of the oldest drapery organizations in the Wet of England, have ordered a fleet of 25-30-cwt. vans, this order having been placed through the makers' agents for the Cardiff area, Messrs. Hinton and Briton.
Messrs. Stotherts, the large wholesale
chemists, of Atherton, have now -sent a further order for 30-cwt. vans, this' being the third recent .repeat.
Guy Motors, Ltd., have also received orders for their 1-tonner from Australia and South Africa, and the Natal road authorities are using a 1-tonner with a steel tipping body ; this is illustrated on this'page.
• A Chorley Appeal Withdrawn.
At a meeting of the Chorley Watch Committee a rePort wag submitted of the proceedings at an interview between a sub-committee' of the Choriey motor omnibus joint committee and representatives of Dallas Services, Ltd., with reference to the appeal which the company had lodged with the Ministry of Transport against the refusal to grant them hackney carriage licences without conditions. Messrs. Dallas 'intimated that the appeal t6 the Ministry, would be withdrawn forthwith.
Fiat Activities.
The chief chassis which is being marketed by Fiat (England), Ltd„ at the moment is Model 603 for 20-seater buses and coaches. A new bus chassis has gone into production at the Italian
works, however, and this, we are told, Will shortly be placed on the British
market. This will have an approximate wheelbase of 14 ft. 9 ins„ and a six-cylinder engine of 75 mm. bore and 130 mm. stroke, with a rating of 40-45 b.h.p. It will be suitable for 20-seater buses or coaches", and the height of the frame will be about 2 ft. 6 ins. from the ground, It will be equipped with pneumatic tyres, twins at the rear, and Fiat electlic lighting and starting.
At the present time the company also market a 25-seater S.P.A. Coach, but two new S.P.A. models are arriving from abroad at an .early date. No details of these, are yet available beyond the fact that one is for passenger work and the other mainly for heavy-duty goods service, although the latter will probably also be suitable for the heavier classes of passenger work. •
Westinghouse equipped Passenger Vehicles.
In our article dealing with " Tenclen• cies in Passenger Chassis Design," which was published in our Special Passenger Vehicle Number, we omitted to make reference to the Westinghouse system of brake operation, which is used on the Karrier six-wheeler, and the air pump of which was shown in an illustration of the off-set drive on the Karrier which appeared on our centre pages of that issue.
The Westinghouse system is, of course, particularly serviceable in connection with high-speed passenger vehicles, because of its emoothness of operation combined with great power, and it is, in fact, a most satisfactory form of servo device.
How's Midland Office.
As a result of the large increase in the company's business in the Midlands, Frank How and Co., Ltd., manufacturers of Trogon lubricating oils, inform us that they have opened an office at 45, Newhall Street, Birmingham, and that this will be under the control of their district manager', Mr. Alfred D. Butler.
Local Proceedings.
Woking Urban District Council has decided to purchase a motor lorry.
Carlisle Corporation has decided to invite tenders for the supply of a motor ambulance.
Torquay Corporation has decided to purchase a nartor ambulance at a cost of about £1,000.
Newport (Mon.) Watch Committee has decided to purehcase a prison van at a.cost of about £350.
Reigate Rural District Councilhas decided to purchase a motor gully emptier at a cost of £950. •
Warwick County Council . has authorized the purchase of a light petrol road roller at a cost of about 1280.
Newcastle Corporation has decided to promote a Bill to secure powers to regulate vehicles overtaking tramcars.
Eccles Corporation has refused to allow the Manchester Corporation to operate motorbuses through the district.
Motor licences issued by the authorities in Hastings last year brought in £27,213, compared with £21,853 in 1924.
_ Manchester Corporation has accepted the tender of J. Chalmers and Sons, Ltd., of Redhill, for the supply of two motor ambulance boaies.
Chorley Watch Committee has granted an application of the Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., for 14 additional hackney carriage licences.
Bradford Corporation has accepted the tender of John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., at £1,050 to supply a gully-emptying and resealing steam wagon. '
The tramways committee of the Bradford Corporation has accepted the tender of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., to supply ten 30-seater motor omnibuses for £11,834.
The tramways committee of the Manchester Corporation has contracted with Karrier Motors, Ltd., for the conversion of eight motorbuses from solid to pneumatic tyres.
The tramway; committee of the Manchester Corporation has accepted the, tender of the Daimler Co., Ltd., of Coventry, for the supply of nine singledeck 30-seater motorbuses fitted with pneumatic tyres.
• Sedg,efield Rural District Council has decided to purchase a motor vehicle with a view to carrying out experiment's as to the cost and utility of motors as compared with horsed vehicles for the removal of house refuse.
The health committee of Stoke-onTrent is in the market for two 2-ton Vulcan chassis and two bodies, complete with drivers' cabs, for the removal of house refuse. Tenders have to be delivered to the town clerk not later than February 27th.
Middlesbrough Town Council has adopted the recommendation of the tramways committee to increase the municipal motorbus fleet by the purchase of two new units at a cost of 1320 each. These will be of the one-mancontrolled type and will be used over the less busy routes, B24 Durham County Council has decided to purchase another motor ambulance at a cost of about £550.
Plymouth Town Council reports a profit of £2,600 on the municipal bus system for the past nine months.
Shipley Urban District Council has asked the surveyor to arrange for demonstrations of mechanical gullyemptying machines.
Walsall Town. Council proposes, so soon as possible, to extend its omnibus operations. Plans for carrying out garage extensions at a cost of £3,000 have been adopted, and the council has authorized the expenditure of £25,000 on the purchase of 20 new one-man type omnibuses.
Stoke-on-Trent Corporation is seeking sanction for a loan of £1,700 for the purchase of an additional motor fireengine.
Douglas (I.o.M.) Corporation is, after the summer season, to reconsider the substitution of motorbuses for the cable trams.
Mynyddislwyn Urban District Council is seeking Parliamentary powers to enable the establishment of municipal bus services.
Stoke Corporation has arranged for the British Petroleum Co., Ltd., to supply a petrol pump for the Burslem depot at a cost of £92.
Northumberland County Council is asking county authorities to support a resolution to the effect that the taxation of heavy motorcars should be materially increased.
The water committee of the Douglas (I.o.M.) Corporation recommends acceptance of the tender of Messrs. Christian and Shaw, at £511, for the supply of a 2-ton motor lorry.
The tramways committee of the Chesterfield Corporation has accepted the tendiir of the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., to supply eight Bristol 30-seater chassis for £5,897, and the tender of Messrs. Reeve and Kenning to supply eight bodies for £3,600. It has also accepted the tender of Messrs. Reeve and Kenning to supply a 20-seater Karrier chassis with a body of their own design for £1,012.
The A.E.C. Works.
A. Sunday newspaper has announced that there was a prospect of the early closing of the works at Walthamstow of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., because of a dispute over rating with the local authorities. As the dispute has been continued for ten years and there is no need for violent action, one can only regard this news, as extremely stale.
Keighley's Last Tram Rails Removed.
Keighley, the first town in this country entirely to abolish tramways in favour of railless and petrol-bus services, has now completely removed the tram rails from the streets, the aceom
pauying picture showing the Mayor of Keighley (Alderman Arthur Smith) removing the last rail. The roads have been resurfaced for the whole of the six miles along which the trains at one time ran, and the unbroken surfaces now pre pre*nted are appreciated by road users.
Rotax Battery Agents..
Amongst the recent -agents for their batteries which have been appointed by Rotas (Motor Accessories), Ltd., Rotas Works, Willesden Junction, London, N.W.10, are Messrs. Tysoe and Lewin, London Road, Basin•r'stoke, and Mr. E. R. Wilson, Wenlock Street, Hull.
Inst. of T. Examinations.
The examinations for associate membership and .graduateship of the Institute of Transport will he held at King's College, London, on April 15th and 16th. The last date for the receipt of applica
tions to take the examinations is March 1st. Thp requisite forms can be obtained from the secretary of the Institute at 15, Savoy Street, Victoria Embankment, London, W.C.2.
American Exports.
According to figures just available exports from America of goods-carrying vehicles and motorbuses (electric excepted) during November totalled 7,814, valued at 4,329,819 dollar. The chief purchasers were : Australia, 1,905; Belgium, 721; Denmark, 532; Italy, 461; • United Kingdom, 437 Argentine, 396: British Africa, 318; • and Brazil, 313.