XXXIV 
Monthly Council, February 1 , 1893 . 
factory, they went to Parliament to 
ask the Legislature to interfere 
between them and the railway com- 
panies, through the medium of the 
Board of Trade, and the Committee 
of which he had been Chairman. 
They said now that they would never 
have asked Parliament to interfere, if 
they had known that they would do 
as they had done. A great deal had 
been said and written on the subject 
of milk, he thought, erroneously, 
because up to the time that these 
bills became Acts there was nothing 
to compel the companies to carry 
milk at all. They might carry as 
little or as much as they chose, and 
charge as much or as little as they 
liked. The action of his Committee 
was to put milk into a particular 
class to which a scale of rates was 
appended. Therefore, it appeared to 
him that those who sold milk were 
better off, though not of course if the 
railway companies charged them very 
high. Previously to his Committee 
there had been no obligation on 
behalf of the railway companies to 
carry milk at all. In the course of 
the Committee’s inquiries he had 
made the acquaintance of almost all 
the railway managers, and he was 
astonished at the remarkable grasp 
which they had of the whole of the 
business. As they knew, the number 
of rates was something extraordinary. 
There were something like 13 million 
rates which had to be dealt with. He 
thought that it would better conduce 
to an arrangement if the traders 
dealt with the companies themselves, 
rather than if they were represented 
by a great body. He understood, 
however, that the object of Sir Nigel 
Kingscote’s motion was to get infor- 
mation which they could not other- 
wise get except by considerable 
expense to themselves. 
Mr. Chandos-Pole-Gell said that 
he lived on the Midland System, pnd 
he understood that the increase in 
the railway charges for the carriage 
of milk would, in the case of some 
traders, make a difference of 60Z. per 
annum. He had had rather a curious 
experience in connection with this 
matter about forty- two years ago. 
He wanted to send milk to London 
from a farm in Derby, at which his 
neighbours laughed. At the time lie 
was told by the company that they 
had no objection to carry the milk as 
an experiment, but that it must go in 
the guard’s van, as it would dirty the 
parcels. (Laughter.) 
Sir Nigel Kingscote’s motion was 
then agreed to non. dis. 
Judges’ Selection. 
Mr. Sanday (Chairman) reported 
that the Committee had selected a 
list of judges to be invited to act on 
the usual terms at the Chester Meet- 
ing in June next for the various 
classes of stock, poultry, produce, and 
implements. (See p. xli.) 
Implement. 
Mr. Frankish reported his election 
as Chairman of the year. The Com- 
mittee presented their recommenda- 
tions for the appointment of judges 
for (1) self-binding harvesters, (2) 
sheep-shearing machines, and (3) 
miscellaneous implements at the 
Chester Meeting, and for the arrange- 
ments to be made for the trials of 
sheep-shearing machines. 
General Chester. 
Mr. Dent presented the recommen- 
dation of the Committee that the 
prices of admission to the showyard 
on the several days of the Meeting 
should be as follows : — Saturday, June 
17, 2s. 6 d.; Monday, June 19, 5 s. ; 
Tuesday and Wednesday, 2s. 6 d. each 
day ; Thursday and Friday, Is. each 
day. The Bishop of Chester had 
promised to preach the sermon at the 
Service to be held in the showyard 
on Sunday, June 18. 
Showyard Works. 
Sir Jacob Wilson reported his 
election as Chairman of the year. 
The form of tender for refreshments 
at the Chester Meeting had been 
approved and ordered to be issued, 
the tenders to be returnable by Mon- 
day, the 27th inst. The Committee 
recommended that in some of the 
towns and districts of Wales pla- 
cards and other advertisements be 
circulated in the Welsh language, as 
well as in English. The Surveyor 
submitted plans showing the re- 
arrangement of the pavilions in the 
showyard, which were amended and 
approved. He had also submitted 
plans, which were approved, showing 
