From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Calculating petrol allowances for an employee's journey to Belper.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan240 | |
| Date | 6th October 1939 | |
| 8 To: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} C. to Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AA.{D. Abbot-Anderson}10/DK.6.10.39. Re:- Petrol Supplies [Signature: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}] With reference to Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}5/RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}/3.10.39. if a return journey to Belper is done once a day for 31 days a month, the total distance is approximately 370 miles. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} has a standard ration of 7 gallons per month, plus a supplementary of 18 gallons per month, making a total of 25 gallons per month. Working on the above mileage that would give him petrol consumption of 14 m.p.g. His car must be either 12 or 14 h.p. as his standard ration is 7 gallons, and he should, therefore, have petrol in hand, so we do not feel justified in making an extra allowance. [Handwritten calculation on the right margin] 31 18 -- 558 [Handwritten note at the bottom] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AA.{D. Abbot-Anderson} HAA A.A. - Actual distance return to Belper 18 miles... Monthly mileage 538 | ||