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that would be a great convenience to you and persons in your trade?
Yes; I have considerable business to attend to at home as a farmer.
15. Would the proposed Railroad, if carried into effect, be of advantage to you and persons in your situation?
Not as a salesman; but I think it would as a farmer and grazier.
17. Tell me in what instance it would be serviceable to you?
I think we could get our produce to market at a cheaper rate, and with less waste. I consider our cattle waste considerably by being driven up.
18. What is the present cost of driving up cattle from you to London?
Seven shillings in summer. There are people who drive them for 6s. 6d. It is 8s, in winter.
19. What advance of price would you be willing to pay rather than have your cattle suffer the deterioration of being driven to London?
I would pay 10s, a head more.
25. Would a Railroad be equally serviceable for sending dead meat which had been slaughtered in the country?
Yes.
30. What is the charge for driving a sheep?
One shilling a head.
31. How much additional charge would you be willing to incur to have your sheep conveyed?
I think more in proportion to the sheep, because they are longer on the road.
32. Your opinion as a farmer is, that you would be willing to pay more for sheep than beasts?
I have always understood that a sheep driven eighty miles wastes 8 lbs.; that is a stone.
33. At how much a stone?
About 4s. 6d, a stone; of course there would be a little waste if you travel by the Railroad.
