CLASSES. Chargeable ENGLAND. Mineral Special First Second Third Fourth Fifth at Mileage Scale, &c. Railway Clearing House 80 446 453 500 672 319 180 103 FRANCE. Sixth. Fifth. Fourth. Third. Second. First.[39] Ouest 36 329 533 250 212 326 P.L.&M. 35 104 231 265 279 511 Nord 36 106 253 279 288 557 [39] The first class in France corresponds with the highest or fifth class in England. CLASSES. BELGIUM. Fourth. Third. Second. First. 168 177 294 Goods of all descriptions in part loads. HOLLAND. B. C. 158 84 GERMANY. Special Tariff 1. Special Tariff 2. Special Tariff 3. 314 119 176 The number of articles which the companies proposed to provide for in the standard classification by their Bills deposited in the Session of 1885, was 2,656, classified as under:-- CLASSES. Mineral. Special. First. Second. Third. Fourth. Fifth. 86 389 469 483 682 334 213 Assuming that any maximum classification to be framed should comply with the conditions which have been already stated, and that it should accommodate trade in all districts of the country, the classification suggested by the railway companies in their Bills will bear the test of any fair inquiry. When the change which we have indicated is carried out--when the maximum rate clauses of the companies are consolidated and revised on an equitable basis having regard to the present powers and to the new classification--traders will be able easily to ascertain whether the charges made by the companies are within their Parliamentary powers. SECTION XI. TERMINAL CHARGES.