ANNUAL REPORT of the MOTOR-VEHICLE BRANCH FOR THE YEAR 1957
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is part of: Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia
creator: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
issued: 2017-08-28
issued: [1959]
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note: PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL ANNUAL REPORT of the MOTOR-VEHICLE BRANCH FOR THE YEAR 1957 Printed by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1959 To His Honour Frank Mackenzie Ross, C.M.G., M.C., LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The undersigned has the honour to present the Annual Report of the Motor-vehicle Branch for the year 1957. R. W. BONNER, A ttorney-General. A ttorney-General's Department, Victoria, B.C., December, 1958. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTOR-VEHICLES, 1957 The Honourable R. W. Bonner, Q.C., B.A., LL.B., Attorney-General, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the Motor-vehicle Branch for the year 1957. The Report shows a continuance in the upward trend in work volumes handled by the Branch. It seems indicative of the economy of the Province, with particular reference to the use of motor-vehicles in our mode of life, and I do feel it shows clearly the increasing problems facing this Branch in providing the forms of service necessary to meet the demands of the motoring public. The Report deals with the operation of the Branch under the following headings:— 1. Licences. 2. Accidents and Convictions. 3. Driving Safety. (a) Safety Responsibility. (b) Examination of Drivers. (c) Drivers' Improvement Programme. 4. Encumbrance Registry Division. 5. School Buses. 6. Staff. 1. LICENCES The growth in the number of motor-vehicles, so evident in recent years, steadily continued in 1957. Total motor-vehicles licensed in 1957 amounted to 487,844, an increase of 37,351, or 8.3 per cent over the 1956 total of 450,493. The 1957 total is comprised of 371,727 passenger-type vehicles, an increase of 8.8 per cent, and 116,117 commercial vehicles, an increase of 8.0 per cent. Trailers licensed increased from 24,581 in 1956 to 29,663 in 1957, an increase of 20.6 per cent. Utility…
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identifier: J110.L5 S7
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