----------------------------+-------------+------------+-------------- | | | Total number DISTANCES. | Time | Time | of days, | allowed | allowed | station to --------------+-------------+ for loading | for | station, | | and | conveyance | exclusive of Kilometres. | Miles. | dispatch. | by rail. | day of | | | | delivery. --------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------- | | Days. | Days. | Days. 1 to 200=| 1 to 124 | 1 | 1 | 2 201 ” 400=| 125 ” 248 | 1 | 2 | 3 401 ” 600=| 249 ” 372 | 1 | 3 | 4 601 ” 800=| 373 ” 497 | 1 | 4 | 5 801 ” 1,000=| 498 ” 621 | 1 | 5 | 6 1,001 ” 1,200=| 622 ” 745 | 1 | 6 | 7 1,201 ” 1,400=| 746 ” 869 | 1 | 7 | 8 1,400 ” 1,600=| 870 ” 994 | 1 | 8 | 9 1,601 ” 1,800=| 995 ” 1,118 | 1 | 9 | 10 --------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------- For traffic which has to pass from one line to another one day in addition to the time specified above is allowed for transfer if the transfer station is a joint station, and two days if the transfer stations are apart from each other.[141] [141] NOTE.--In converting Foreign money and distances into English money and miles, the following have been taken, viz.:-- 25 francs £1 1 mark 1s. 100 pfenning 1s. 1 florin 1s. 8d. 1 kilometre ·621 of a mile. 1,000 kilogrammes 2,200 lbs. TOLL AND MAXIMUM RATE CLAUSES IN RAILWAY ACTS. The following are illustrations of the Tolls and Rates which Railway Companies have been authorised to charge in this country:-- Tolls authorised by the Stockton and Darlington Railway Act, 1821--1 and 2 Geo. IV., cap. 44, s. 62. “And in consideration of the great Charge and Expense which the said Company of Proprietors must incur and sustain in making and maintaining the said Railways or Tramroads, and other the works hereby authorised to be made and maintained: be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Company of Proprietors, from time to time, and at all Times hereafter, to ask, demand, take, recover, and receive, to and for the Use and Benefit of the said Company of Proprietors for the Tonnage of all Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, and other Things which shall be carried or conveyed upon the said Railways or Tramroads, or upon any part thereof, the Rates, Tolls, and Duties hereinafter mentioned: (that is to say),