! 
£ 
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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