§ MR. CAINE (Barrow)asked the President of the Board of Trade if the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom had 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 had done so, where was the information to be found?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.The statements of the railway companies as to terminal charges are with the statements as to existing maximum rates. The 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 statements.
§ MR. TOMLINSON (Preston)asked what extension of time had been granted?
§ *SIR M. HICKS BEACHAn extension of time has been granted to small railway companies worked by other companies.