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Excerpt from The New Law of Rates and Charges on Railways and Canals, Under the Railway Canal Traffic Act, 1888: A Summary of the Law of Traffic Facilities, on Railways and Canals as Affected by the Act of 1888 HE notices from the various Railway Companies, which have appeared in the Gazette and in other newspapers within the last few days, constitute one of the first steps to be taken under the new Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888. Such notices are to the effect that the different Railway Companies have submitted revised classifications of merchandise and revised schedules of maximum rates and charges for the ap proval of the Board of Trade that copies of them will be supplied at Railway Stations at the price of One Shilling, and that objections to them must be lodged with the Board of Trade within eight weeks from the date of the notices. The Act provides that within the period prescribed by such notices, objections may be taken to the classification and schedule by the trading public, by Chambers of Commerce, and by various other persons and bodies interested in the carriage of goods and merchandise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.