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SEA FISHERIES 



comparison between the freights of German railways 

 and French. 1 



The special rates of the Northern Railway do some- 

 what approach the German rates. In England the 

 freights on fish between Hull and London, Aberdeen 

 and London, Aberdeen and Birmingham, are about half 

 as much as they would be by the French tariff G.V. 114. 



These high freight-rates are aggravated by special 

 regulations. In Germany and England shipments are 

 received ten minutes before the departure of the train ; 2 

 the French companies demand three hours' grace. Nor 

 is this the worst. At various points on the journey there 

 is fresh delay : three hours when the station is common 

 to two railway systems ; six hours if each railway has 

 a separate station ; six hours at the various termini in 

 Paris. Then there are delays in delivery : two hours 

 after the arrival of the train in the day-time ; or, if it 

 arrives at night, two hours after the opening of the 

 station. Finally, five hours' delay in porterage. In 

 Germany and England fish is accepted by the express 

 trains ; not so in France. 



1 For details of railway service in fishing-ports, see Part II., 

 Chapter II. 



a All the busier English fishing ports have special " fish-trains," 

 put on at the time most convenient to the buyers. [TRANS.] 



