. Automotive industries . the newspaper Englishman, of Calcutta, on the big holdof American cars in British India. The figures quotedare from the Department of Statistics ofIndia. Theyshow that 1041 motor cars were imported into BritishIndia during September last, and of these 723 cars wereconsigned from the United States and 247 from theUnited Kingdom. During the six months April to Sept.,1920, the number of motor cars imported into BritishIndia was 7498, against 2553 cars in the correspondingperiod of the previous year. Of the 7498 cars above re-ferred to, 5654 were from the United States, 1
. Automotive industries . the newspaper Englishman, of Calcutta, on the big holdof American cars in British India. The figures quotedare from the Department of Statistics ofIndia. Theyshow that 1041 motor cars were imported into BritishIndia during September last, and of these 723 cars wereconsigned from the United States and 247 from theUnited Kingdom. During the six months April to Sept.,1920, the number of motor cars imported into BritishIndia was 7498, against 2553 cars in the correspondingperiod of the previous year. Of the 7498 cars above re-ferred to, 5654 were from the United States, 1002 weremanufactured in the United Kingdom, Canada recorded532, France 49, Italy 43. The increase in the imports for the six months of 1920over the same period in 1919 is striking, and would in-dicate the rapidity with which the car is replacing thehorse for vehicular traffic. A striking feature also is thepoor show the imports from the United Kingdom make,and the relatively good position held by Canada. February 10, 1921. AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIESTHE AUTOMOBILE r^ORUM 281
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