HC Deb 11 April 1889 vol 335 cc251-2
MR. CAINE (Barrow in-Furness)

asked the President of the Board of Trade if the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom have all furnished the information required by a rule of the Board of Trade—namely, that they should "state as far as practicable the existing terminal charges in respect of the several classes of traffic, showing in each case the authority for making the charge;" and, if they have done so, where is the information to be found?

SIR MICHAEL HICKS BEACH

The statements of the Railway Companies as to terminal charges are with the statements as to existing maximum rates. These statements are not in every instance combined with the proposed classification and schedule of maximum rates, but are contained in separate documents, which the Railway Companies, did not in the first instance, supply to persons applying. A circular, however, as I have already explained, was sent to the Companies, and they have now undertaken to supply the supplementary statement