From Robert Stewart, Farmer. Middlemarch.

I am in receipt of Circular re the working of the State Railways, and am decidedly of opinion that some change should be made in the management, as I am of opinion that at present said Railways are not worked in the true interest of the country, or in the direction of advancing the settlement of the country. The present aim of the management is to pay as high a rate of interest on the capital as possible, meaning thereby high charges for all goods carried by the railways.