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4. What is the result of that calculation in money?
246,916l. 16s.
5. Have you also an estimate of what the result would be if a duty was to be levied on Railroad carriages, corresponding with that now levied on coaches on the common road?
If a duty was levied on them corresponding with the duty paid to government on coaches, it would amount to a farthing per head per mile, which would be a gross sum of 31,000l, a year on that calculation.
6. If a duty was imposed, the 31,000l, would have to be deducted from the 246,000l.?
No; I apprehend that charge would be additional to the charge put down there. It would make a difference of 2s. 6d, or 3s, on the cost to an individual going from Birmingham to London.
Mr. Richard Creed.—p. 177.
1. Are you the secretary to the London and Birmingham Railway Company?
I am.
2. Have you examined the information and evidence supplied by Mr. Hart, Mr. Holman, Mr. Shackel, Mr. Partridge, Mr. Attenborough, and Mr. Warner, of the traffic on the road by coaches, posting, canal boats, &c.?
Yes.
3. What do you calculate that the conveyance of the different articles and persons would amount to at Railroad prices?
At Railroad prices it would amount to 244,858l. 8s. 10d.
4. Is that calculation made on the prices inserted in the schedule of tolls to be taken by the proposed Act?
It is.
5. Have you looked at Captain Moorsom's calculation as to the coach traffic of passengers by Railroad prices?
I have.
