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he found that they all adopted uniform conditions for the carriage of milk,
presumably as a result of the Committee's action in 1903. The conditions in
question are as follows:—
"Conditions of Carriage.
" (a) Every can containing milk must be distinctly addressed, and the
" address label must be made of wood or metal.
" (b) The lids of the milk cans must be properly fastened to the cans.
"(c) The cans must be legibly stamped with the name of the station from
" which they are sent when full.
" (d) " Each can (except hereinafter provided for) must have the number
" of imperial gallons it is capable of containing marked upon it, and
" the inside of each can must be marked to indicate the space
" occupied by eight gallons, and by each additional gallon. In the
" case of 'sealed' cans, instead of the inside of the can being marked,
" each can must have its 'tare' conspicuously stamped thereon
" outside.
"(e)The Company will not undertake cither the collection or delivery of
"milk.
"(f) The senders and consignees must assist in the loading and unloading
" of the cans when the milk is carried at the reduced rate.
"(q) No milk cans, capable of containing more than 17 imperial gallons
" of milk, except cans in use prior to 1st of January, 1893, will be
" accepted for conveyance.
"(h) The Officials of the Company shall have the power to open any cans
" during transit, and if necessary to detain the same for a reasonable
" time, in order to ascertain if the quantity of milk therein agrees
" with the quantity declared.
"(i) Senders must, in each case, sign consignment notes showing the
" actual quantity of milk to be forwarded, the name of consignee, and
" the station to which it is to be sent. The Company reserve the
" right to refuse to accept milk, if and whenever the consignment
" note does not contain this information, or is not so signed.
" (j) Two rates are in operation for the carriage of milk: One the
" ordinary rate, when the Company accept the ordinary liability of a
" railway company with respect to the carriage of perishable merchandise
" by passenger train; the other, a reduced rate, adopted when the
" sender agrees to relieve the Company and fill other companies or
" persons over whose lines the traffic may pass or in whose possession
" the same may bo during any portion of the transit, from all liability
" for loss, damage, mis-delivery, delay or detention, either with respect
" to the milk or the milk cans when full or empty, except upon proof that
" such loss, damage, mis-delivery, delay, or detention, arose from wilful
" misconduct on the part of the Company's servants.
" (k) The carriage of milk must be prepaid."
In December, 1905, the Borough Council resolved—"That the Railway
Companies be asked to accept milk for transit only when enclosed in properly
sealed receptacles."