OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Vol. XI. No. 9. 



DECEMBER, 1904. [NEW SERIES,] 



RAILWAY RATES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries think it desirable to 

 give publicity to the following correspondence which has passed 

 between them and the Railway Companies in Great Britain as 

 to the carriage of agricultural produce since the publication 

 of the previous correspondence in this Journal in May last 

 (Vol. XL, No. 2) :— 



I. 



The Secretary of the Railway Clearing House to the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries. 



Railway Clearing House, 



Seymour Street, Euston Square, 



London, N.W., July 19th, 1904. 



Sir, — With reference to your letter of April 16th last, upon 

 the subject of Agricultural Produce and Requisites by Railway, 

 the further suggestions made by Lord Onslow have been con- 

 sidered by the Railway Companies, in conference, and I am now 

 desired to reply thereto as follows : — 



r. Conveyance of Small Parcels of Farm and Dairy Produce. 

 1 2. Aggregation of Mixed Consignments. 



These matters shall have further consideration, but the Com- 

 panies would point out that the circumstances of the different 

 railways, and in different parts of the country vary considerably. 



The Companies are not aware of any variation in the practice 

 of charging aggregated consignments of live stock when such 

 consignments are aggregated by senders. 



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