1904.] 



Railway Rates. 



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III. 



The Secretary of the Railway Clearing House to the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries. 



Railway Clearing House, 



Seymour Street, Euston Square, 



London, N.W., November 8th, 1904. 

 Sir, — With reference to your letter of August 13th last as to 

 the conveyance of agricultural produce and requisites by rail- 

 way, &c, the further points raised by Lord Onslow have received 

 the consideration of the Railway Companies, and I am now 

 desired to state as follows : — 



Aggregation of Mixed Consignments of Live Stock. 



The Railway Companies do not raise any objection to a truck 

 load of cattle, known to belong to different owners, being 

 charged as a single consignment, provided the cattle are con- 

 signed by one person to one person, and that the carriage is 

 paid by one individual. 



As to the views held by the local officials, the Railway Com- 

 panies are unaware of any misapprehension on the subject on 

 the part of their local officials, and they do not know of any 

 difficulty having arisen therefrom, but any such mistake would, 

 on being brought to the notice of the Companies, be readily 

 corrected. 



Loss and Damage of Produce conveyed. 



With reference to the suggestion of Lord Onslow as to an 

 appeal from the decision of local officers to a higher authority, 

 should anyone desire to appeal against a decision, he can bring 

 his case under the notice of the General Manager of the Railway 

 Company interested. 



Provision of Special Waggons, or Waggons suitable for 

 particular classes of Traffic. 



The Railway Companies were under no misapprehension 

 with regard to the communication under this head, and they are 

 sorry they did not make this clear in their letter of July 19th 

 last. 



The Railway Companies regret that they are unable to adopt 

 the suggestion that where a consignor has been led to expect 



