AGRICULTURAL MACHINES. ------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------- | | SPECIAL RATES. | +------------+---------+--------------- | Rates |Agricultural| Machines| Machines FROM TO | per ton in | Engines, | in cases|not in cases at |report reduced| Steam | and iron| owner’s risk | to station to| Ploughs, | harrows | collected and | station. |&c., station|collected| delivered. | | to station.| and | | | |delivered| ------------------+--------------+------------+---------+--------------- | per ton. | per ton. | per ton.| per ton. Banbury London | 26/2 to 32/- | 14/8 | 24/2 | 25/- to 29/7 ” Lynn | 28/8 ” 34/6 | 19/8 | 26/8 | 27/1 ” 32/1 ” Shrewsbury| 25/4 ” 30/4 | 16/2 | 23/4 | 24/2 ” 28/4 | | [114]| [115]| [116] ” Liverpool | 35/4 ” 43/8 | 28/6 | 31/8 | 32/6 ” 39/7 ” Bridgwater| 34/6 ” 40/4 | 24/- | 29/2 | 31/3 ” 36/8 Bedford London | 18/8 ” 22/- | 11/- | 17/6 | 18/4 ” 21/3 ------------------+--------------+------------+---------+--------------- [114] Collection in Banbury, and delivery alongside ship in Liverpool in 10 ton lots. [115] Collection in Banbury, and delivery alongside ship in Liverpool in 10 ton lots. [116] Collection in Banbury, and delivery alongside ship in Liverpool in 10 ton lots. These are not the only misleading omissions; it is incumbent to mention others not less important. In Holland bulky articles pay double the fast goods or ordinary goods rates, or as for a minimum truckload of 5,000 or 10,000 kilogrammes respectively. An actual instance of a consignment from Rotterdam to Munich will illustrate the system:--2 machines and 7 packages of appurtenances, the actual weight of which was 6,762 kilogrammes (6 tons 13 cwt.) were charged as for 10,000 kilogrammes (9 tons 16 cwt. 3 qrs.) under the conditions of special tariff No. 3. This special rate is ignored. In almost every instance, Sir B. Samuelson has taken the lowest rates in Germany, Belgium and Holland, which are applicable only to full truckloads of 5 and 10 tons, and in some cases, viz., Belgium, to a minimum weight of 8 cwt. These he has used for the purpose of comparison with English rates for any quantities over 500 lbs.