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Street, the remainder being distributed amongst some 

 fifty Great Eastern suburban stations in the North, 

 North-East, and East of London viz., Tottenham, 

 Hackney, Bow, West Ham, East Ham, Ilford, etc. 

 Formerly the bulk of the traffic was received at Liver- 

 pool Street; but owing to the great expansion of the 

 suburban districts during the past few years, the milk 

 is now required more in the suburbs than in the City, 



Deputy General Manager of the North-Eastern Rail- 

 way Company, Mr. Philip Burtt, is an active member) 

 buys milk from Wensleydale farmers, who, in return for 

 a close adherence to certain strict sanitary and other 

 regulations and conditions, are paid a higher price for 

 their milk than they have hitherto received. The milk 

 is taken to the Northallerton depot, where it is tested, 

 filtered, cooled, and run off into bottles. These are 

 then sealed, put into boxes for transit by rail, and 



