724 Railway Transport of Agricultural Produce, [dec, 



the purpose of checking the railway company's carriage 

 account, but the signing of an owner's risk consignment note 

 is an indispensable condition attached to the carriage of goods 

 at these rates. 



Farm and Dairy Produce. 

 Scale of rates for the conveyance of small lots of the follow- 

 ing goods by passenger train : — Butter, cheese, cream, fish,,, 

 eggs, honey, game (dead), poultry (dead), rabbits (dead), 

 meat, vegetables and fruit (hot-house and not hot-house), 

 flowers, plants, bulbs, seeds, ice, mushrooms. 



Distance. 



2 lb. 



3 lb. 



7,1b, 



9 lb. 



10 lb. 



12 lb. 



i 4 lb. 



Up to 30 Miles 

 » 5° 5, 



„ ICO „ 



„ ,, 200 ,, 



Above 200 „ 



s. a; 



0 4 

 0 4 

 0 4 

 0 4 

 0 4 



s. d. 

 0 5 

 0 5 

 0 5 

 0 5 

 0 5^ 



s. d. 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 6 



s. d. 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 7 

 0 8 



s. d. 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 8 

 0 9 



s. d. 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 9 

 0 10 



s. d. 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 7 

 0 10 

 0 11 



Distance. 



16 lb. 



17 lb. 



19 lb. 



20 lb. 



21 lb. 



24 lb. 



Above 

 24 lb. 



Up to 30 Miles 



,, „ 50 

 IOO 



,, „ 200 „ 



Above 200 ,, 



s. d. 



0 6 

 0 6 

 0 7 



0 10 



1 0 



s. d. 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 8 



0 11 



1 0 



s. d. 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 8 



0 11 



1 1 



s. d. 

 0 6 

 0 6 

 0 8 



0 11 



1 2 



s. d. 

 0 6 

 0 6 



0 9 



1 0 

 1 2 



s. d. 

 0 6 

 0 6 



0 9 



1 0 

 1 3 



d. 



| per lb. 



1 - ' •"; a 



4 55 



3 



5 J5 



JL 



2 5 5 



1 



Including Free Delivery (but not collection) within the usual limits at those 

 places where the Company performs such service. 



Owner's Risk Conditions. — Considerable economy may be 

 effected by taking advantage of owner's risk rates, as the 

 difference between the owner's risk rate and the ordinary risk 

 rate is generally much greater than the sum which would be 

 sufficient to cover the risk of loss in transit, but it is desirable 

 that consignors should understand the nature of the contract 

 which they make in order to effect this economy. 



The "owner's risk" consignment note contains a condition 



to the following effect : — 



" Receive and forward the under-mentioned merchandise, to be carried 

 at the reduced rate, below the company's ordinary rate, in consideration 

 whereof I agree to relieve the (contracting) railway company, and all 

 other companies or persons over whose lines the merchandise may pass, 

 or in whose possession the same may be during any portion of the transit, 

 from all liability for loss, damage, misdelivery, delay or detention, except 

 upon proof that such loss, damage, misdelivery, delay, or detention arose 

 from wilful misconduct on the part of the company's servants." 



