!
£

I

Fy

y

on the state of the motor vehicle trade, and the distribution of the exports
from these countries will depend very largely on their position in the
markets for their motor vehicles,
8. The almost complete lack of standardisation in the rubber industry
vitiates any comparisons—particularly those based on numbers of articles
—as total figures furnish no indication of the quality of the .goods. Tt
is on the quality of the goods it can produce that the efficiency of the
industry depends.
A, —Available official information regarding the production of rubber
goods in certain countries: —

J.—GgrEAT BRITAIN,
1. The following table shows the particulars regarding rubber tyres that
were ascertained in connexion with the Census of Production for 1924;
later particulars are not available: —

Output, 1924.
Value at
Number. Factory.
£

Kinds of Tyre.

Rubber Tyres and Tubes, Pneumatic:
Outer Covers:
Motor Car ...
Motor Cycle ...
Cycle ... ats
{nner Tubes wr
Rubber Tyres, Solid:
For Mechanically Propelled Vehicles
For Other Vehicles ... vie wi
Not separately distinguished ee

1,927,100
"632,100
5,509,800
7,237,400
397,700

4,918,000
616,000
1,231,000
1.918.000

2,059,000
306,000
39.000

Total

10,382,000

CANADA.
2. Particulars are given below of the production of various kinds of
tyres in the years 1924 to 1928: —

1924. | 1995

wim. | wm | um

Kinds of Tyres.

Pneumatic Tyres :
Casings... rve
Inner Tubes ...
Solid Tyres on
Bicycle Tyres :
Casings... -
Inner Tubes ...
Motor Cycle Tyres :
Casings... es
Inner Tubes ...

Total vee

No. ! Value

Thous.| £

2,139
9,454
21

5,112
966
119

183
184

56
A

48
2Q

mA

6.361

No.

Value

Thou. Js £

2,970
3,462
Rr

6,904
1,423
148

198
208

71
20

wr 6)

A9
i

R648

No.

'Thous.

2,966
3,512
18

176
214

~r

"Value! No. ' Value

£ — £

7,703 3,856
1,632 |4,276
164 | 91

8,368
1,707
177

47
27

161
150

36
17

109
17

38
20)

b4
A

9 A009

10.365

No. Value

Thous.! £

4,339
4,638
17

8,443
1,513
129

187
208

37
19

36
99

42
5

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