Railway Rates and Charges, No.6 (Festiniog Railway, &c.) Order Confirmation Act 1892

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Citation1892 c. xliv
Year1892
[55 & 56 VICT.] Railway Rates and dkarges, No. 6 [Oh. xliv.J
(Festiniog Railway, fyc), Order
Confirmation
Act, 1892.
CHAPTER xliv.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
A.D.
1892.
of Trade under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
containing; the Classification of Merchandise Traffic, and
the Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges applicable
thereto, of the Festiniog Railway Company, and certain
other Railway Companies. [20th June 1892.]
HEREAS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
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&.52Vict.
the Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the c-25, s- 24-
classification of merchandise traffic and schedule of maximum
rates and charges, including all terminal charges which, in the
opinion of the Board of Trade, ought to be adopted by the Railway
Companies specified in the schedule to the said Provisional Order:
And whereas it is expedient that the Provisional Order, as set
out in the schedule to this Act annexed, be confirmed by Act of
Parliament:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,
by and with, the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows :
1.
This Act may be cited as the Railway Rates and Charges, ghort title.
No.
6 (Festiniog Railway, &c), Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
2.
The Order, as set out in the schedule to this Act annexed, Confirmation
shall be and the same is hereby confirmed, and all the provisions oi Order in
of the said Order in manner and form as they are set out in the s
said schedule shall, from and after the passing of this Act, have
full validity and effect.
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[Trice 8s.] A 1
[Ch.
Xliv.j Railway Bates and
Charges,
No. 6 [55 k 56
VICT.J
(Festmiog
Railway, 8fc), Order
Confirmation
Act, 1892.
SCHEDULE.
Order
of the Board of Trade under the Railwayand Canal Traffic
Act, 1888,
embodying
the
Classification
of
Merchandise
Traffic and
the Schedule of Maximum
Rates and
Charges,
including
all Terminal
Charges
applicable to tJie said Classification of the Festiniog
Railway
Company,
the Corsedda
Junction and Portmadoc Railway
Company,
the North
Wales
Narrow
Gauge
Railway
Company,
and
the
Portmadoc,
Croesor,
and
Beddgelert
Tram Railway Company.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Railway Rates and Charges, No. 6
(Festiniog Railway, &c), Order, 1892.
2.
This Order shall come into force and have effect on the first day of January
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, or such later date as the Board of
Trade may by order direct, which date is in this Order referred to as the
commencement of this Order.
Interpretation. 3. This Order is to be read and construed subject in all respects to the
provisions of the Railway and Canal Traffic Acts, 1873 and 1888, and of any
other.
Acts or parts of Acts incorporated therewith.
Schedule of 4. From and after the commencement of this Order, the maximum rates and
rates and charges which the Railway Companies specified in the schedule to this Order
charges. gj)aji ^e entitled to charge and make in respect of merchandise traffic on the
railways of the said companies, shall be the rates and charges specified in
the schedule to this Order annexed, and shall be subject to the classification,
regulations, and provisions set forth in the said schedule.
A.D.
1892.
Festiniog
Railway,
Short
title.
Commence-
ment.
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[55 & 56
VICT.]
Railway Rates and Charges, No. 6 [Ch. .xliv.j
(Festiniog Railway, Sfc), Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
SCHEPULE OF MAXIMUM RATES AND CHARGES, AND CLASSIFICA- A-D- 1892-'
TION OF MERCHANDISE TRAFFIC APPLICABLE TO THE FESTINIOG, Festiniog
RAILWAY COMPANY, THE GORSEDDA JUNCTION AND PORTMADOC.
#C!,T^'
RAILWAY COMPANY, THE NORTH WALES NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY
COMPANY, AND THE PORTMADOC,
CROESOR,
AND BEDDGELERT, TRAM
RAILWAY COMPANY.
I.—MAXIMUM
RATES
AND
CHARGES.
1.
This schedule of maximum rates and charges shall be divided into six
parts:
Part I., containing the maximum rates and charges authorised in respect
of the merchandise comprised in the several classes of merchandise specified in
the classification; Part II. and Part III., containing the maximum rates and
charges authorised in respect of animals and carriages as therein mentioned ;
Part IV., specifying the exceptional charges mentioned in such part, and the
circumstances in which they may be made; Part V, containing the rates and
charges authorised in respect of perishable merchandise by passenger train,
with the provisions and regulations which are to apply to such class of mer-
chandise
;
and Part VI., containing the rates and charges authorised in respect
of small parcels by merchandise train, with the provisions and regulations
which are to apply to such parcels.
2.
The maximum rate for conveyance is the maximum rate which the
Company may charge for the conveyance of merchandise by merchandise train;
and, subject to the exceptions and provisions specified in this schedule, includes
the provision of locomotive power and trucks by the Company, and every other
expense incidental to such conveyance not herein-after provided for. Provided
that '
(a.) The provision of trucks is not included in the maximum rates applicable
to merchandise specified in Class A. of the classification, and the Com-
pany shall not be required to provide trucks for the conveyance of such
merchandise, or for the conveyance of lime in bulk, or salt in bulk, or of
the following articles when carried in such a manner as to injure the
trucks of the Company; that is to say, ammpniacal liquor, creosote, coal
tar, gas tar, gas water, or gravel tarred for paving.
(b.) Where, for the conveyance of merchandise other: than merchandise
specified in Class A. of the classification, the Company do not provide;
trucks, the rate, authorised for conveyance shall be reduced by a sum
which for distances not exceeding 50 miles shall, in case of difference
between the Company and the person liable to pay the charge, be
determined by an arbitrator to be appointed by the Board of Trade, and
for distances exceeding 59 miles shall be the charge authorised to be
made by the Company for the provision of trucks when not included
in the maximum rate for .conveyance.
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