Freight.

The average charge for carrying a ton of freight one mile by rail is only 2.38 pence. If this were taken as a basis for calculating rates, one ton of goods would cost the owner 19/10 for transporting a distance of 100 miles. Lime for manuring farm lands is actually carried free to the farmer for a limited mileage. Other farm products or requirements carried 100 miles for less than the general average of 19/10 per ton are such goods as firewood, etc., at 9/3 per ton, chaff, hay, etc., at 12/2 per ton, wheat fertilisers, etc., at 14/10 per ton, and New Zealand coal at 13/7 or 15/8 per ton (according to class).