1910.] Railway Transport of Agricultural Produce. 725 



The term "wilful misconduct" has been defined as 

 follows in the case of Forcler v. Great Western Railway 

 Company (1905), 2 K.B., 532 : — 



" Wilful misconduct in such a special condition means misconduct to 

 which the will is party as contra-distinguished from accident, and is 

 far beyond any negligence, even gross or culpable negligence, and 

 involves that a person wilfully misconducts himself who knows and 

 appreciates that it is wrong conduct on his part in the existing cir- 

 cumstances to do, or to fail or omit to do (as the case may be) a par- 

 ticular thing, and yet intentionally does, or fails or omits to do, it, or 

 persists in the act, failure, or omission regardless of consequences . . . 

 or acts with reckless ignorance, not caring what the results of his 

 carelessness may be." 



Some modifications of this condition have been made 

 recently applying to special cases, but generally the condition 

 operates as above indicated. 



Perishable Traffic in Quantities. 



Scale of rates for the conveyance of large quantities by pas- 

 senger train : — 



Miles. " 



Per Cwt. 



Miles. 



Per Cwt. 



Miles. 



Per Cwt, 



5 cwt. 

 lots. 



10 cwt. 

 lots. 



5 cwt. 

 lots. 



10 cwt. 

 lots. 



5 cwt. 

 lots. 



10 cwt. 



lots. 





S. 



d. 



s. 



d. 





s. 



d. 



S. 



d. 





s. 



d. 



S. d. 



30 



I 



0 



0 



1 1 



90 



I 



1 1 



I 



IO 



200 



2 



11 



2 IO 



35 



I 



1 



I 



0 



IOO 



2 



O 



I 



II 



2IO 



3 



1 



3 0 



40 



I 



2 



I 



1 



I TO 



2 



I 



2 



O 



220 



3 



2 



3 1 



45 



I 



3 



: 



2 



I20 



2 



2 



2 



I 



230 



3 



3 



3 2 



5o 



I 



4 





3 



ISO 



2 



3 



2 



2 



240 



3 



4 



3 3 



55 



I 



5 



1 



4 



I4O 



2 



4 



2 



3 



250 



3 



5 



3 4 



60 



I 



6 



1 



5 



I50 



2 



5 



2 



4 



260 



3 



7 



3 6 



65 



I 



7 



1 



6 



l6o 



2 



7 



2 



6 



270 



3 



8 



3 7 



70 



I 



8 



1 



7 



170 



2 



8 



2 



7 



280 



3 



9 



3 8 



75 



I 



9 





8 



l8o 





9 



2 



8 



290 



3 



10 



3 9 



80 



I 



10 



1 



9 



I90 





10 



2 



9 



300 



3 



11 



3 10 



The "Bulking" System and its Advantages. — The "bulk- 

 ing" system is recommended to the careful attention of all 

 agriculturists as being the means whereby they can effect a 

 considerable saving in the cost of conveyance of their goods, 

 both as regards their produce on the outward journey and their 

 purchases on the homeward journey. The system can be best 

 explained by the following examples : — 



Suppose, for the purpose of illustration, that a fruit-grower 

 residing in Evesham has a small consignment of fruit weigh- 



