§ MR. BUCHANAN (Aberdeenshire, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Scottish railway companies allow their passengers a less amount of free luggage than is allowed by the English railway companies; and whether he will urge upon the Scottish railway companies the expediency of giving their passengers rights as regards free luggage at least as favourable as those allowed by the English railway companies.
§ MR. RITCHIEYes, Sir; I understand that some of the Scottish companies allow their passengers a less amount of free luggage than that allowed by English companies. This they are apparently authorised to do by the terms of their special Acts. The Board of Trade will use their good offices with the Scottish companies with the object of endeavouring to bring about a uniformity of practice in this respect.