S.I. No. 113/1949 - Transport Act, 1944 (Alteration of Maximum Railway Charges of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company) Order, 1949.

S.I. No. 113 of 1949.

TRANSPORT ACT, 1944 (ALTERATION OF MAXIMUM RAILWAY CHARGES OF THE LONDONDERRY AND LOUGH SWILLY RAILWAY COMPANY) ORDER, 1949.

I, DANIEL MORRISSEY, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 89 of the Transport Act, 1944 (No. 21 of 1944), hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Transport Act, 1944 (Alteration of Maximum Railway Charges of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company) Order, 1949.

2. The maximum charges applicable to the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company for traffic by rail are hereby altered by the substitution of the charges set out in the Schedule to this Order for the appropriate charges at present in operation and the altered charges shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1949.

3. Parts I and II (B) of the Schedule to the Transport Act, 1944 (Alteration of Maximum Railway Charges of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company) Order, 1948 (S.I., No. 130 of 1948), are hereby revoked as on and from the date mentioned in Article 2.

SCHEDULE

PART I.

CLASS RATES PER TON FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS AND MINERALS TRAFFIC BY MERCHANDISE TRAIN, STATION TO STATION.

	Classes
	A		B		C		1		2		3		4		5
Miles	per ton		per ton		per ton		per ton		per ton		per ton		per ton		per ton
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
1	2	10	3	4	8	0	12	2	13	10	15	10	18	4	20	11
2	3	4	3	7	8	5	12	8	14	7	16	7	19	3	21	10
3	3	7	3	11	8	11	13	5	15	3	17	4	20	0	22	9
4	3	11	4	4	9	4	13	10	15	8	18	1	20	11	23	11
5	4	4	4	8	9	11	14	5	16	5	18	8	21	10	24	10
6	4	6	4	10	10	3	14	11	17	2	19	5	22	7	25	9
7	4	10	5	5	10	10	15	6	17	6	20	2	23	6	26	10
8	5	3	5	7	11	3	16	3	18	4	20	11	24	5	27	9
9	5	7	6	2	11	9	16	7	19	0	21	8	25	0	28	9
10	5	10	6	4	12	2	17	2	19	5	22	3	25	11	29	8
11	6	2	6	8	12	8	17	9	20	2	23	2	26	11	31	0
12	6	6	7	1	13	1	18	4	20	11	23	11	27	8	31	11
13	6	8	7	6	13	8	19	0	21	8	24	8	28	7	32	9
14	7	3	7	8	14	0	19	5	22	0	25	5	29	6	33	11
15	7	5	8	2	14	7	20	0	22	9	25	11	30	3	34	11
16	7	8	8	5	14	11	20	9	23	6	26	8	31	2	35	10
17	8	2	8	11	15	6	21	1	23	11	27	5	32	1	36	11
18	8	5	9	2	15	10	21	10	24	1	28	2	32	10	37	11
19	8	11	9	6	16	5	22	2	25	5	28	9	33	9	38	10
20	9	2	9	11	16	7	22	9	25	10	29	6	34	6	39	9
21	9	6	10	3	17	2	23	6	26	5	30	3	35	5	40	8
22	9	11	10	8	17	4	23	11	26	11	31	0	36	0	41	10
23	10	1	10	10	17	9	24	5	27	5	31	9	36	9	42	9
24	10	3	11	0	18	1	24	10	28	2	32	1	37	8	43	8
25	10	8	11	3	18	6	25	5	28	7	32	10	38	5	44	7

PART II.

SCALE OF CHARGES FOR THE CARRIAGE OF RETURNED EMPTIES BY MERCHANDISE TRAIN, STATION TO STATION.

For any distance not exceeding 25 miles
		Exceptions to General Scale
General Scale		Returned empty Sacks and Bags		Returned empty Carboys or Crates (other than Glass Manufacturers' Crates and Crates taken to pieces and so packed)		Returned empty Fish packages		Brewers' returned empties
Rate		Rate		Rate		Rate		Rate
per cwt.		per cwt.		per cwt.		per cwt.		per cwt.
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
0	9	0	3	1	6	0	11	0	9
No less charge than as for 56 lbs. Minimum charge 8d.		Minimum charge 10d.		No less charge than as for 56 lbs. Minimum charge 1s. 3d.		No less charge than as for 56 lbs. Minimum charge 10d.		No less charge than as for 56 lbs. Minimum charge 8d.

SCHEDULE—(continued).

PART III

Exceptional rates for the carriage of Grain, as per the statutory railway classification of merchandise applicable to the London-derry and Lough Swilly Railway Company, by merchandise train.

Between—	Rates per ton : Station to Station :
Buncrana and
	In 2 ton lots		In 1 ton lots		In lots under 1 ton
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Bridge End	—		5	9	7	5
Burnfoot	—		5	9	7	5
Fahan	—		4	11	7	5
Inch Road	—		4	11	7	5
Manorcunningham	9	1	13	2	14	10
Newtowncunningham	8	3	11	7	12	5
Between—	Rates per ton : Station to Station :
Letterkenny and	Owner's Risk
	In 5 ton lots Owner to load and unload	In 2 ton lots		In 1 ton lots		In lots under 1 ton
	s. d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Bridge End	7 5	10	2	—		13	2
Buncrana	9 1	—		9	11	13	2
Manorcunningham	—	7	1	9	6	—
Newtowncunningham	—	7	5	9	6	—
Sallybrook	—	7	5	9	6	—

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 21st day of April, 1949.

DANIEL MORRISSEY,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.