HL Deb 05 March 1880 vol 251 c414
THE DUKE OF ST ALBANS

asked the Lord President of the Council, Whether the Royal Commissioners on Agriculture are instructed to inquire into and report on the rates charged for the carriage of agricultural produce, live stock, and manures by the railway companies in the United Kingdom, and also, as far as possible, in foreign countries?

THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND GORDON,

in reply, said, that the Commission thought the question of transport and rates was of immense importance in the inquiry intrusted to them. They thought it was a point which should be considered very carefully and fully; but as they had not yet come to that branch of their inquiry, he was unable to answer the second portion of the noble Duke's Question.