326 SEA FISHERIES 



To begin with, fish can be despatched in three ways : 

 by grande vitesse or express goods ; by grande vitesse 

 conditionnelle or conditional express ; or by the system of 

 denrees accelerees literally, accelerated goods. In the 

 first case the weight of the package must not exceed 30 

 kilos, or 66 Ibs. ; in the second, there is no limit of weight, 

 but the trains by which this service is effected are few in 

 number, whence annoying delays. (The familiar tariffs 

 apply to the second system ; special tariffs, G.V. 14 ; 

 general common tariff, G.V. 114.) There are special 

 tariffs relating to the Western State Railway, the State 

 Railway, P.L.M. Railway, and the Northern Railway 

 (Ouest-tat ; tat ; P.L.M. ; Nord). The general tariff, G.V. 

 114, is common to all the railways excepting the Midi. 

 It makes a uniform charge for loading and unloading of 

 i fr. 50 (is. 2jd.) per ton. 



The cost of freight per kilometric ton is given by a 

 ready-reckoner. 



For the first 300 kilometres (186 miles) the tariff is 

 69 fr. (2 155. 2jd. per ton, or 23 centimes per kilo- 

 metre per ton, which works out at 37d. per mile. For 

 greater distances the tariff is as follows : 



Per Ton. 



Per Kilometer. Per Mile. 

 Pence. 



; 3'3 

 2- 9 



: 275 

 : 2- 5 6 

 : 2- 4 

 2'l6 



(Journal officiel, June n, 1905); from the speech delivered by the 

 deputy M. Le Bail in the Chamber (ibid., February 16, 1905) ; from 

 the report of M. Tanazacq to the Congress of Maritime Fisheries of 

 Les Sables-d'Olonne, 1909. Most of this paragraph appeared in 

 my memorial to the Ligue maritime, as already cited. 



