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had gone up 75 per cent. since the opening of the Exhibi- 
tion, though he hoped this statement was not true. He 
had received a communication from Mr. Summers, of 
Ramsgate, stating that the charges by the South-Eastern 
Company were, for prime fish, 40s. per ton ; offal, 22s. 6d. ; 
coal and minerals, 6s. §a.; vegetables, 20s. ; corn, 9s. 7d. ; 
2 tons, 7s. 6d. and 4 tons, 6s. 8d. By the London, Chat- 
ham, and Dover line the charge for prime fish was 40s. ; 
for offal, 22s. 6d.; coals and minerals, 6s. 5d. ; for corn, 
6s. 8d.; and for vegetables, 20s. per ton. He had also re- 
ceived a letter from Mr. D. Veal, of St. Ives, who stated that 
the rate for mackerel was 44 per ton; for common fish, 
43; for new potatoes, £3 5s.; and for broccoli, £2 7s. 6d. 
per ton. From a letter which he had received from 
Mr. W. H. Murray, Peterhead, it appeared that the rate 
for fresh fish per passenger train was 3s. 9d. per cwt., if 
carried at owner’s risk, and 4s. 8d. if carried at company’s 
risk. Beef was carried at 77s. 6d. per ton at owner’s risk, 
and 85s. per ton at company’s risk. Cured goods were 
carried at 76s. per cwt., the rate by steamer for fish being 
25s. Mr. James Sellars, of Scarborough, had written to 
say that one class of fish, sent at owner’s risk, was carried at 
35s. per ton, provided a load of 3 tons was sent ; other fish 
was carried at 40s. per ton, and another class at 55s. per 
ton, though much lower rates were charged for vegetables. 
Mr. David Murray, of Cellardyke, had written to say 
that the rate by the North British Railway was 3s. 9d. per 
cwt. by passenger train, Is. extra being charged if carried 
at company’s risk. The steamers carried fish for 2s. 6d. 
per barrel, but the charge by railway was 7s. 6d. The 
next letter was from Mr. Jennings, of Harwich, and was as 
follows :— 
