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Carriage of Milk by Rail. 



weight of the cans shall be stamped upon the outside of the 

 can, so that in case of doubt the quantity of milk within the 

 churn can be approximately ascertained by allowing iojlbs. 

 for each gallon of milk declared. 



It does not appear to the companies that there is any 

 difficulty in the senders protecting themselves against alleged 

 loss of milk in transit by sealing, padlocking, or otherwise 

 fastening their cans. 



I am, &c, 

 (Signed) H. Oakley. 



III. 



From Assistant Secretary, Board of Agriculture, to Assis- 

 tant Secretary [Railway Department), Board of Trade. 



9th November, 1899. 



Sir, — Adverting to Mr. Hopwood's letter of the 17th ult 

 (R. 12,901), and to the enclosure from Sir Henry Oakley on 

 behalf of the Railway Companies' Asssociation, I am 

 directed by the Board of Agriculture to inquire whether they 

 may understand from Sir Henry Oakley s letter that sealed 

 or padlocked milk cans are as a matter of fact conveyed by 

 the railway companies at the reduced milk rate (at 

 owner's risk), provided that they are stamped with the tare 

 weight of the cans, and that Section 8 of the Companies' Condi- 

 tions of Carriage does not apply to such cans. 



With reference to the concluding sentence of Sir Henry 

 Oakley's letter, viz., that it does not appear to the companies 

 that there is any difficulty in the senders protecting them- 

 selves against alleged loss of milk in transit by sealing, pad- 

 locking, or otherwise fastening their cans, I am to point 

 out that the published conditions of the Great Northern 

 railway contain no provision relating to sealed cans, but on 

 the contrary state specifically (Section 8) that the company 

 shall have power to open any cans, a condition that appears 

 to preclude their being securely fastened. 

 I am, etc., 



(Signed) P. G. Craigie. 



