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Mr. Charles Whitworth.—P. 62.
1. You are an inhabitant of Northampton?
Yes. I am.
2. Are you a farmer and landowner?
Both a farmer and landowner.
3. Are you also engaged in trade in Northampton?
Yes. I am.
4. Have you ever seen a Railroad?
I have been on the Railroad between Manchester and Liverpool.
5. Have you seen cattle conveyed on the Railroad?
I have seen both beasts and pigs.
6. After cattle have been conveyed on a Railroad, do they land in a good state?
I have seen both pigs and beasts landed, and they came out as fresh as if they came from the field.
10. Do you know of any meat being sent from Northampton to London?
A very great deal.
11. Are you aware of any inconvenience or loss that has occurred to that meat?
I speak from experience. I bad meat sent from Northampton, and I had no return whatever for it; it became putrid, and it was thrown away.
12. Do you attribute that to the inadequacy of the speed of the conveyance?
It could not go up in sufficient time to get into the market while it was good; that often happens in summer time, in weather like this.
37. You are an occupier and owner of land?
Yes.
38. To what extent?
I am an owner of 800 acres. I occupy only one.
39. Are the 800 acres in Northamptonshire?
In Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire.
