370 



THE GAEDENEE'S ASSISTANT. 



The light boxes which the principal railway 

 companies are now providing at low rates for 

 garden and farm produce, and which they 

 deliver carriage-free to any station on their 

 own systems, have previously been alluded to 

 in the chapters on Apples and Pears, still it 



may be of service to include the full list here, 

 so that they may be compared with those just 

 given. It must, however, be added as a cau- 

 tionary note that the larger sizes are rather 

 fragile, certainly not fitted for any heavy 

 goods. Upon some of the lines the boxes, 



4. 



27 2.x 14 x 6. 

 CUBIC CONTENTS,!. 856f Inches. 



CUBIC CONTENTS.2.208 Incheso 



5. 



20 x 15 x 10. 

 CUBIC CONTENTS,2,299 2 Inches. 



3 



28 x 12TX 8f, 

 CUBIC CONTENTS,2,496 Inches. 



284 x 142 x 71 



CUBIC CONTENTS 2.457 Inches. 



22.2_x 131-X.1L2. 

 CUBIC .CONTENT'S 2,864 Inches, 



Fig. 1135 —New forms of crates for Apples, &c, used in New Zealand and Australia. 



when packed for sending by rail, are collected 

 within a certain radius of the principal centres 

 by the company's officials. This is a step in 

 the right direction, and should lead to further 

 improvements. The Great Eastern Eailway 

 now supplies annually over 130,000 of these 

 boxes, and the same company also issues a list 

 of farmers and fruit-growers who will forward 

 their produce by rail direct to the consumers. 

 The prices here given vary slightly on the dif- 



ferent lines, but those furnished are the usual 

 rates. 









Price 



Length. 



Width. 



Depth. 



d. 



10i in. 



x 1\ in. 



x 3 in. .. 



... 1* 



13 in. 



9 in. 



4^ in. ,. 



... 2 



15| in. 



10f in. 



5 in. .. 



- n 



16f in. 



1H in. 



51 in. .. 



... 3 



18| in. 



13 in. 



6 in. .. 



... 4 



21| in. 



14 in. 



7 in. .. 



... 5 



In some of the Colonies much attention has 

 been paid to the provision of suitable boxes for 



