RAILWAY CONCESSIONS.
REDUCTIONS IN FREIGHT. The Government have under consideration the expediency of supplementing- the issue of yearly tickets for the railways with the issue of separate yearly tickets for the railways of each provincial district, and also yearly tickets that shall be available only for particular sections of the railway system. Concessions are to be made for the carriage of coal and timber intended for foreign export, and the freight of road metal for local bodies has been reduced to about half the present rate. Farmers, station-owners, meat freezing companies and dealers are to receive a rebate of 20 per cent, on the carriage of sheep, but this will be conditional upon the parties in question undertaking that the whole of their sheep shall be carried by rail when requiring to be moved. It is found that the present rates are so high as to compel sheep to be driven long distances, and it is calculated that the concession just mentioned will involve no loss of revenue, as the increased traffic in sheep will more than compensate for the reduction. Moreover, as fruit-growers have obtained a concession in freight, it is considered that stock-owners have also a fair claim tQ some consideration*
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1196, 1 February 1895, Page 15
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203RAILWAY CONCESSIONS. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1196, 1 February 1895, Page 15
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