The Railway System To-day 



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The amounts paid in 1910 by some of the leading companies 

 under the two heads in question may be shown thus : 



COMPANY. 



Great Central . 

 Great Eastern . 

 Great Northern . 

 Great Western . 

 Lancashire and Yorkshire . 

 London and North-Western 

 London and South-Western . 

 London, Brighton and South 

 Coast .... 

 Midland .... 

 North-Eastern . 

 South-Eastern and Chatham 

 Caledonian 

 North British 



The following table shows how the sum total of the payments 

 both for rates and taxes and for Government duty in the years 

 from 1900 to 1910 work out (a) per train mile and (b) per 

 mile of open railway : 



This question of the taxation of railways is a matter of 

 material concern as regards (i) the direct results thereof on 



