oo 440,043 AUTOMOBILES ' IN NEW YORK STATE ! NEW YORK, Jan. 24. Recent reports re-ports of Francis M. Hugo, secretary! of state, indicate there has been a 21 ' per cent increase in motor vohlcles in 1 New York. There Is at present 440,043 passenger cars and 93,846 trucks in operation in the state. It is noticeable that motorcycles in New York show a decrease of 519 over a year ago. This also holds true of Ncv York City, where tho decrease amounts to 91. In the state as a whole, automobilo dealers have increased from 2215 to 1661, making a total o 18 per cent. The total receipts to the secretary of state's office from Its motor vehicle end will reach $6,000,000 by the latter part of January, running a million dollars dol-lars over last year, or, in percentage , terms, amounting to approximately 20 per cent. Taking New York City registration figures separate from those of tho en-! tire state, an increase of 35,087, or 36 per cent is shown in Its passenger cars. The same twelve months has; brought an increase of 21 per cent in the city's commercial vehicles. The number of dealers has grown from 645 in 1918 lo S13 on December 1, 1919. New York City registered 171,539 motor mo-tor vehicles in 1919, while its chauffeurs chauf-feurs now number 104,632, as compared compar-ed with S2.476 on December 1, 1918.