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Opinions of the Press	1
Opinions of Railway Experts	8
History of Railway Reform Movement in New Zealand	9
The Railways of the World	16
The First Want of Society	17
Common Roads and Railways	18
Invisible Turnpikes	18
The Right Use of Railways	19
Distant Land	20
Our Social Troubles	20
How it Works	22
Trade Depressions	23
Why the Evil Effects were not sooner felt	25
Have the Masses Facilities	25
Disadvantages of the Present System	25
Enforced Idleness	26
The Farmers' Troubles (Diagram)	26
Low Prices and Poverty	27
A Complicated and Secret System	28
Scale of Fares, Rates and Charges	29
Some of its Beauties	29
How Different Districts are Treated	31
Internal Trade	32
The Universal Fare	33
The Basis of Rating	34
Stage System on London and N.W. Line	35
Financial Results	36
Effect on Land Value	36
What we really want	38
How we can get it	39
Diagram of Stage System (Auckland Lines)	39
Goods Classification	42
Tariff of Fares and Rates	43
Table of Stage Stations	44
Table of Comparative Fares	45
Financial Results in New Zealand	46
The Railway Officers' Statements	48
Simplicity of New System	51
Auckland and Wellington Ports	52
Have we Sufficient Population	52
Cost of Trying the Stage System	54
The Control of Our Railways	55
Concluding Remarks	58
Mr. J. P. Maxwell's Report	59
Whose Opinion should be taken	63
Miscellaneous Papers
To the Reader	Inside back cover