§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELL (Kerry, W.)To ask the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland), what are the rates charged by passenger and goods trains for butter, bacon, and eggs from Tralee to London Manchester, and Liverpool; what is the value of each of those commodities imported yearly into England from foreign countries; and what is the value of the imports from Ireland.
(Answered by Mr. T. W. Russell.) The rates asked for are as follows—
| Rates for Butter, Bacon, and Eggs by Goods Train. | ||||||||
| From Tralee to | Butter (viâ Dublin, Cork, or Waterford). | Bacon (viâ Dublin, Cork, or Waterford). | Eggs (viâ Dublin, Coik, or Waterford). | |||||
| Carted, per ton. Company's risk. | Carted per ton. Company's risk. | Carted per ton. Company's risk. | Carted per ton. Owner's risk. | |||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Manchester | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 50 | 0 |
| London | 38 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 61 | 4 | 53 | 0 |
| Rates for Butter, Bacon, and Eggs by Passenger Train. | |||||||||
| From Tralee to | Butter | Eggs | Bacon | ||||||
| Company's risk Per cwt | Owner's risk Per cwt | Company's risk Per cwt | Owner's risk Per cwt | ||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
| Liverpool | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | Bacon is not usually carried by passenger train, but if a consignment was so forwarded the charge would be at the ordinary parcel's scale of 1d. per pound at the company's risk or ⅝ of a 1d. at owner's risk, i.e. say, 9s. id. per cwt. (company's risk), 5s. 10d. per cwt. (owner's risk). |
| Manchester | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| London | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
§ The above rates are subject to a minimum charge as for 1 cwt. There is no precise information as to the value of the yearly imports of these commodities from foreign countries into England. The estimated values of the imports into Great Britain from foreign countries in 1906 are—
| £ | |
| Butter | 23,195,121 |
| Bacon | 12,543,791 |
| Eggs | 7,060,856 |
§ The estimated values of the exports of these commodities from Ireland to Great Britain in 1906 are—
| £ | |
| Butter | 3,585,120 |
| Bacon | 1,877,115 |
| Eggs | 2,727,410 |