Carriage of Milk by Rail. 



477 



The Board desire me therefore to invite the observations of 

 the Board of Trade on the subject, and to inquire whether in 

 their judgment it would be feasible to provide any remedy 

 for the complaints referred to. 



I am, &c, 

 (Signed) P. G. Craigie. 



II. 



From Assistant Secretary (Railway Department), Board of Trade y 

 to Secretary y Board of Agriculture. 



17th October, 1899. 

 Sir,— Adverting to your letter of the 20th May last with 

 reference to the regulations of Railway Companies 

 respecting the conveyance of milk, and to the question of the 

 liability to prosecution in the event of milk being adulterated 

 in transit, I am directed by the Board of Trade to transmit 

 herewith for the information of the Board of Agriculture a 

 copy of a letter which has been received from the Railway 

 Companies' Association on the subject. 



I am, &c., 

 (Signed) FRANCIS J. S. HOPWOOD. 



Enclosure. 



jFrom Railway Companies Association, Kings Cross Station, to 

 Assistant Secretary, [Railway Department) , Board of Trade. 



October 12th, 1899. 

 vSir, — With reference to your communication (No. R 7,352) 

 of the 29th May last, enclosing a copy of a letter dated 20th 

 May from the Board of Agriculture, with regard to the 

 regulations of the railway companies for the conveyance of 

 milk, and to the question of the liability to prosecution in the 

 event of the milk being adulterated in transit : The railway 

 companies have considered the question, and I am requested 

 to inform you with reference to the statement made in 

 the letter from the Board of Agriculture, that senders have for 

 a long time been allowed to send milk in sealed cans, the 

 companies accept the declaration of the senders as to the 

 quantity conveyed, no extra charge being made ; the only 

 condition the companies require to be fulfilled is that the tare 



