§ Sir WALTER MENZIESasked what extra expense will be incurred by the railway companies in keeping the records and compiling the statistics necessary to enable them to prepare their accounts in the forms suggested in the Bill which he has introduced; and what will be approximately the sum total of that extra expense?
Mr. BUXTONI cannot say how far any additional expense will be incurred by the companies should the Bill become law, but the forms of account and returns scheduled to the Bill were prepared, after prolonged inquiry, by a Departmental Committee, on which the railway companies were fully represented, and were accepted by the companies' representatives. The forms of account and returns were unanimously recommended by the Committee.