§ MR. MYERS (Winchester)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the South Western Railway Company have raised their rates for the carriage of oil cake; and, if so, whether he will take steps to compel the Company to revert to their former rates and to refund the overcharge?
§ MR. MUNDELLAYes, Sir; I have received some complaints as regards the rates charged by the London and South Western Railway Company for the carriage of oil cake, and I am in communication with the Railway Association on the subject in the usual way. I have no power to compel the Company 186 to revert to their former rates and to refund the overcharge; but I trust that they will make the concession. Sir H. Oakley has assured me that the revised rates will be applied retrospectively to 1st January.