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CONFIDENTIAL

Annex B (cont'd)

B.

Operating statistics

March 1981 March 1982

April 1983 April 1985

Daily average km

operated

253

239

203

175

Daily average paid kin

163

149

117

101

Daily number of paid

trips

47

45

40

36

Meter income per km

0.96

0.94

1.02

1.18

Operating cost per

km **

0.86

1.04

1.26

1.76

Expenditure per

0.58

0.69

0.77

1.05

km ***

No. of registered

NT taxis

790

1036

1514

2568

No. of NT taxis per

1000 population in NT taxi operating

1.46

1.88

2.34

3.32

areas

Note

**

***

Based on mid-point of Government Motor Driver salary scale.

Including notional driver's wages.

The expenditure per km was derived by the following formula :-

Total monthly expenditure

Daily average km operated x the average number of operating days per month (i.e. 26.5 days)