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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

RAILWAY RATES: COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF CHARGES IN AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES FOR RAILAGE OF FRUIT, AGRICULTURAL AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 25th September, 1894. Ordered, "That a return, if obtainable, be laid before this House giving a comparative statement of the charges on our railways for the carriage of fruit and agricultural and dairy products for long distances—say, from ten to a hundred miles —with the charges for the same class of goods on the Australian railways."—(Mr. W. Hutchison.)

Charge for Conveyance of Fruit on New Zealand Government Railways and on Australian Railways.

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