VITAL STATISTICS MISSING, SAYS B.R.F.
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IN bringing " Basic Road.Statistics" up
to date, the British Road Federation has been hampered because a great deal of official information which was made public before the war is not now available.
The Federation, which has just issued a new edition of this valuable book, states that, wherever possible, all information concerning road transport and road construction should be made public in the national interest. Unless these figures are known; it is impossible to judge the road-constructional requirements of the country, upon the planning of which every aspect of national reconstruction must depend.
The book shows that in 1938 motor• taxation amounted to £79,049,000, of which only £64,700,000 was spent on the roads. Fuel tax • accounted for £44,441,000, and motor-vehicle and driving licences £34,608,000. Combined, they represented 9.1 per cent, of the national revenue.
"Basic Road Statistics" contains a wealth of information, and comes can be obtained from the Federation at 4a, Bloomsbury Square, London, W.C.L TO HOLD FIRST DINNER NEXT MONTH NEXT MONTH
rIN Tuesday, September 30, the Insti
tute of Road Transport Engineers will hold its first annual dinner-dance, which will take place at the Paramount ' Dance Salon, Tottenham Court Road, London, W.1, at 6.30 p.m. Tickets will cost £1 10s. each, exclusive of drinks. About 40 members of the S.L.F., the Swedish Road Hauliers' Association, will be present. They are coming to England on a visit sponsored by the I.R.T.E.
The Institute's programme of visits for August and September provides for trips to Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton, on August 20, to Tyresoles, Ltd., Wembley, on September 10, and Aveling Barford, Ltd., Grantham, on September 19,