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Mr. Peter Walker
asked the Minister of Transport if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT information comparable to that contained in table 12·1 of the National Plan for the years 1954, 1959 and 1965, respectively.
Mr. John Morris
The following is the information:
| 1954 | 1959 | 1965* | |||||||||||||
| — | Tonnage | Ton-mileage | Average haul | Tonnage | Ton-mileage | Average haul | Tonnage | Ton-mileage | Average haul | ||||||
| Millions | Per cent. Share | 000 Millions | Per cent. Share | Miles | Millions | Per cent. Share | 000 Millions | Per cent. Share | Miles | Millions | Per cent. Share | 000 Millions | Per cent. Share | Miles | |
| Road | 925 | 73 | 21·1 | 40 | 20 | 1,146 | 80 | 28·1 | 51 | 25 | 1,430 | 82 | 41 | 59 | 30 |
| Rail† | 283 | 23 | 22·1 | 42 | 80 | 234 | 16 | 17·7 | 32 | 75 | 229 | 14 | 16·4 | 24 | 70 |
| 'ShippingCoastal | 41 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 220 | 43 | 3 | 9·5 | 17 | 220 | 53 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 210 |
| Pipeline | 2 | — | 0·1 | — | 3 | — | 0·1 | — | 22 | 1 | 0·8 | 1 | |||
| Inland waterways | 10 | 1 | 0·2 | — | 9 | 1 | 0·2 | — | 8 | — | 0·1 | ||||
| Air | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Total | 1,261 | 100 | 52·5 | 100 | 1,435 | 100 | 55·6 | 100 | 1,742 | 100 | 69·3 | 100 | |||
* Provisional figures. | |||||||||||||||
| † The ton-mileage figures include free hauled traffic. | |||||||||||||||