§ MR. H. H. FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether any communication has taken place between the Board of Trade and any railway company, since the termination of the public inquiry with reference to the classification and Schedule under "The Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888"; and, if so, 339 will he lay such communication upon the Table?
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.Yes, Sir: letters were written on Saturday to the London and North Western Railway Company and the Great Western Railway Company, enclosing, with the object of coming to an agreement, draft Schedules proposed to be made applicable to those companies respectively. Copies of these letters and Schedules were forwarded to the Railway Association. Copies of all these communications will be on sale at the Stationery Office.