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material, 2-ton lots, station to station, 85 cents per ton; collected 

 and delivered, $1.28 per ton. 



Tyne Dock to Hylton, Sunderland. Distance, 10 miles; esparto 

 grass in bales, minimum, 5-ton lots, 71 cents per ton; 2^-ton lots, 

 81 cents per ton; esparto grass, loose, minimum, 2o-cwt. truck, $1.11 

 per ton, station to station; paper-making materials, 4-ton lots, 79 

 cents per ton; wood pulp, 4-ton lots, 67 cents per ton; paper, in 

 bales and bundles, delivered at owner's risk, $1.07 per ton. 



Northumberland Dock, North Shields to Hylton, Sunderland. Dis- 

 tance, 23 miles; 2-ton lots, $1.56 per ton; wood pulp, 4-ton lots, 

 $i.n per ton. 



Sunderland to Tyne Dock, South Shields. Distance, 7 miles; rags, 

 not oily, 2-ton lots, station to station, 79 cents per ton. 



Tyne Dock, South Shields to Blackhill (Shotley Bridge]. Distance, 24 

 miles; esparto grass, minimum, 20 cwts. per wagon, station to sta- 

 tion, $1.70 per ton; rags, 4-ton lots, station to station, $1.22 per ton; 

 paper-making material, $1.22 per ton, station to station; wood pulp, 

 4-ton lots, $1.11 per ton; esparto, in press-packed bales, 2-ton lots, 

 $1.29 per ton; 5-ton lots, $1.09 per ton, at owner's risk, station to 

 station; 4-ton lots, $1.22 per ton, at owner's risk. 



Northumberland Dock to Blackhill (Shotley bridge). Distance, 26 

 miles; esparto grass, hydraulic pressed in iron-bound bales, 4-ton 

 lots, $1.28 per ton; rags, 2-ton lots, $1.53 per ton ; paper-making 

 material, 4-ton lots, $1.28 per ton; wood pulp, 4-ton lots, $1.15 per 

 ton, station to station. 



Class B. Products of paper mills. 



Blackhill (Shortley Bridge] to Newcastle. Distance, 18 miles; writing 

 or fine paper and printing paper for books, $1.82 per ton delivered; 

 coarse paper, delivered, $1.62 per ton. 



Sunderland (Monkw ear mouth] to Newcastle. Distance, 16 miles; 

 fine papers, $1.72; coarse papers, $1.28 per ton, delivered. 



South Dock to Tyne Dock, South Shields. Distance, 9 miles; paper 

 in bales and bundles, $1.05 per ton, delivered. 



South Dock, Sunderland to Newcastle. Distance, 18 miles; paper 

 in bales and bundles, collected and delivered, $1.28 per ton. 



Sunderland to Tyne Dock, South Shields. Distance, 7 miles; paper 

 in bales and bundles, $1.05 per ton, delivered. 



The above rates are all rail, and the weights given are 2,240 



pounds to the ton. 



HORACE W. METCALF, 

 NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, February 14, 1899. Consul. 



