3 ” ” 350,000,000 10,800,000 ----------- Total annual sum required for purchase £68,175,000 =Revenue available as per= above estimates:-- Passengers £46,750,000 Goods 74,800,000 Miscellaneous, as now 10,000,000 ------------ £131,550,000 Less Working Expenses, with say, increase of £4,000,000 85,000,000 ------------ Net revenue available £46,550,000 ----------- Balance required for purchase £21,625,000 would be provided by following further increase of traffic, viz. 100,000,000 passengers at 1s. £5,000,000 10,000,000 ” ” 4s. 2,000,000 30,000,000 tons ” 10s. 15,000,000 ----------- £22,000,000 =========== This further traffic brings total increase of traffic to:-- 350,000,000 passengers = about 21 per cent. 78,000,000 tons of goods = about 15 per cent. Essential to purchase all Railways at same date--Railway Stock to be converted into Government Stock--Price to be fixed by average of market price of Stocks for three years prior to introduction of Bill. CHAPTER VIII. =Conclusion.= Page 62. Interested parties not prejudiced--Staff now employed in services to be discarded will be required for increased traffic--Facility of transport will increase trade, and open new markets, not only here but abroad--Foreign countries would adopt reform as they did Postal system--Advantages of inter-communication with Foreign Nations. ROYAL RAILWAYS with Uniform Rates. INTRODUCTION. =The Royal Mail!= What scenes and memories are conjured up by these words! In the olden days, the Royal Mail coaches--in these modern days, the well-known scarlet Mail carts and motor vans arriving at all the larger railway stations from which the mail trains, always the fastest, convey the mails to every quarter of the United Kingdom, and over the whole world.