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Report on the Trial of Railway- Waggons 
further arranged that Mr. Tindall should purchase the necessary 
animals in Smithfield market and elsewhere, in company with 
a veterinary surgeon, and see the same slaughtered on the day 
before the experiment was commenced ; 
Meat for each van. 
One side of ox beef. 
One carcass of ewe mutton (about 80 lbs.). 
One carcass of wether mutton (about 80 lbs.). 
One side of veal. 
One porker (not exceeding 64 lbs.). 
Couple of fowls. 
Couple of ducks. 
One gosling. 
One leveret. 
Couple of rabbits. 
Mr. Tindall's notes as to the purchase of the above provisions 
are duly attached. The following regulations were issued to 
the competitors, and for the guidance of Messrs. Easton and 
Anderson's assistants (Mr. Courtney and Mr. Devonshire) who 
were placed in charge of the waggons. 
Trial of Railway-Waggons intended for the Conveyance of Fresh Provisions, 
The two railway waggons will te at Camden Station, London and North- 
Western Eailway, by Thursday, June 19th. 
The Judges will arrive about three o'clock on the above date, and see the 
meat packed into the waggons. 
The engineers will fix a maximum and minimum thermometer into each 
waggon, and will arrange that an ordinary glass thermometer may be inserted 
into each waggon without interfering with its tightness. This should be 
arranged with the exhibitors in good time. 
Sealing-wax, a seal and lantern, to be provided. When the waggons are 
loaded they are to be sealed up so as to make access to them impossible. 
The waggons will leave London at 11 '10 p.m. on the 19th for Holyhead, 
where they will arrive at 1 p.m. on the 20th. They will start on the return 
journey at 5 "40 p.m. on the 20th, and reach London at 4 '30 a.m. on tha.21st. 
Three engineers are to accomjxany the waggons. One of them must always 
be on duty, and never lose sight of them when they are standing in any 
station. 
Observations of temperature inside and outside are to be taken at intervals 
of about one hour when the waggons are at rest, and at every available 
opportunity when the train is in motion. 
A note-book must be kept for each waggon, in which everything that 
occurs must be noted, and if ice or any other material is added, notes of the 
time and quantity must be made. 
The waggons on their return to London will be shunted into the show- 
yard, and kept there till Saturdaj', the 28th inst. The engineers must 
continue the watch, and make observations night and day all the time. 
On the 28tli the waggons will be opened by the Judges. 
