Carriage of Milk by Rail. 



479 



IV. 



From Assistant Secretary {Railway Department), Board of 

 Trade, to Secretary, Board of Agriculture. 



24th November, 1899. 



Sir,— With reference to Major Craigie's letter of the 9th 

 instant respecting the conveyance of milk by railway com- 

 panies, I am directed by the Board of Trade to transmit 

 herewith, for the information of the Board of Agriculture, a 

 copy of correspondence which has since taken place between 

 the Railway Companies' Association and the Board of 

 Trade on the subject. 



I am, etc. 



(Signed) T. H. W. Pelham. 



Enclosure No. 1. 



From Railway Companies Association to Assistant Secretary 

 (Railway Department), Board of Trade. 



November 15th, 1899. 



Sir, — With reference to your letter (No. R. 13, 936) of the 

 14th instant and the communication from Mr. Craigie which 

 accompanied it, respecting the regulations of the railway 

 companies for the conveyance of milk, and the question of 

 liability to prosecution in the event of milk being adulterated 

 in transit> I made enquiry before I replied to your letter 

 dated May 20th, and was informed that, as a matter of fact, 

 the railway companies did convey milk in sealed cans, pro- 

 vided they were stamped as required by Clause No. 4 of the 

 railway companies' regulations. 



With regard to Clause No. 8 of the regulations, the meaning 

 is obvious that if there are reasonable grounds for believing 

 that a can contains a greater quantity of milk than that 

 invoiced, the companies in such cases reserve to themselves 

 power to open the can to ascertain that the quantity therein 

 contained agrees with the quantity declared. It is simply a 

 protective clause there is no reason to exercise if the milk be 

 honestly declared. 



I am, etc. 



(Signed) H. Oakley. 



