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respect of the particular matter in respect of which he 

 asks for a rebate. I do not decide that point." 



It appears obvious that the law so interpreted un- 

 desirably limits the facilities for establishing cases of 

 undue preference or unreasonable increases. 



The desirability of effective machinery for properly 

 establishing the real charges made in railway accounts, 

 is shown by a comparison of the analysis of rates for 

 grain in 4-ton lots from Liverpool and Birkenhead to 

 Birmingham with the figures given in evidence, in the 

 case of 1892, by the Great Western Company for the 

 purpose of rebutting the allegation of undue preference. 



The analysis of 1896 is "collection by cart from dock 

 warehouse in Birkenhead, 8d ; delivery by cart in 

 Birmingham, is; conveyance ninety-eight miles, 9s yd 

 ( = ri/d per ton per mile), total, lis 3d." 



The analysis used in evidence in 1892 runs thus : 

 " Collection by cart from Liverpool warehouse, is 4d ; 

 lighterage across the Mersey, 2s ; unloading from lighter, 

 4d ; storage at Birkenhead, including loading into and 

 unloading from warehouse, is; do., do., at Birmingham, 

 is; cartage in Birmingham, 2s ; conveyance ninety- 

 eight miles ( ="44d per ton per mile) 3s yd ; total, lis 



3d." 



In the case of Rickett, Smith & Co., the Derbyshire 

 Silkstone Coal Company, and the Grassmow Company 

 against the Midland Railway Company for indirectly 

 raising their rates on coals by about 3 J per cent., by 

 altering the allowance for wastage, it was practically 

 determined that increases of rates within the maxima 

 have now to be justified by proof of increased cost of 

 services rendered, and a majority of the Commission 

 decided that this increased cost had not been made out 

 by the company. 



In the case of the Mansion House Association v. the 

 London- and North Western Railway Company, where 

 complaint was made of increases (mainly between 

 London and Northampton) in class and special rates, 

 and in rates on small parcels, and on the live stock rates 

 to Northampton from Hereford and Welsh stations, 



