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Material relating to special railway rates for coal-class traffic comprising correspondence, memoranda, press cuttings, and an official map of British railways.

Papers relating to exceptional rates and standard shipment rates, 1921-1928 and 1937. Also Railway Rates Tribunal Procedures, 1921.

Papers relating to subjects including harbour docks and piers charges, 1923-1931; Coke Owners Association, exceptional rates for coal-class traffic, 1923-1927; Great Western Railway dock charges, 1929-1930; rates charged for the conveyance of coal to Bristol Channel ports, 1931, and a map showing rail links to Newport, 1927.

Papers supporting a reduction in railway rates, 1936-1937; owners agreeing to pay a share of expenses, 1936; a lists of abandoned mines, 1928; and sundry statistics, 1927-1937.

Questionnaire returns and correspondence regarding amounts charged by railway companies for demurrage and internal use.

Correspondence and statistics on pre-war railway rates to the ports of Newport, Cardiff, Barry and Swansea, 1922; a memorandum on the South Wales position of the Committee on Industry and Trade, 1924; a memorandum regarding the South Wales export trade, 1925; notice of increase of rates from 1 October 1927; new rates on steel, 1928; the Railway Wages Agreement, 1928; relief given to railway companies of local rates, 1928; coal for export to the Mediterranean and Portugal, 1927; an enquiry into railway rates and charges on the continent and U.S.A., 1928; and German railway rates, 1928.

Extracts of minutes of the Commercial Committee, 1933-1935. Also, papers relating to the Swansea District Board appointment of a consulting engineer to examine shipping appliances, 1931-1932; digging and poking out charges at Cardiff and Swansea, 1928-1933; and anti-breakage and digging out appliances, 1931-1933.

Papers relating to the Anticipation Scheme, 1928-1929; Local Government Act, 1929, 1929-1931; review of the Railway Freight Rebate Scheme, 1931-1932; imported Pitwood through Port Talbot, 1931; and the effects of the scheme on coal to washeries, fishing vessels and cable ships, 1931-1932.

Includes a copy of the Proceedings of the Railway Rates Tribunal, 16 December 1942; and printed statements to the Rates Tribunal, statutory rules and orders.

Papers of the Dock Charges Enquiry visit to the Tyne and Scotland, 1930 (includes some earlier printed items, 1890-1924); G. W. R. dock charges, 1930-1932; the dock charges case of 1930; and charges for the tipping and weighing of coal and coke, 1932-1935.

Papers relating to the reduction in coal shipping appliances at Swansea by the Great Western Railway, 1940; charges for transfers at Swansea Docks, 1930-1935, and Cardiff Docks, 1934-1935; and tips at South Dock Swansea, 1933-1934.

Correspondence and copies of minutes.

Papers relating to hire purchase income tax on wagons, 1937-1938; the supply of Russian and Welsh anthracite to Canada, 1935-1937, the visit of Mr John McNichol, M.P. Canada, 1936-1937; and electrification, time-tables, and other developments in the railways, 1936.

Papers relating to improved appliances for the reduction of breakages, 1931-1932; rolling stock classification regulations, 1930-1931; and the haulage charges on empty private owners' wagons, 1931-1933. The file also includes extracts of Commercial Committee minutes.

Papers relating to the requisitioning of private owners' wagons for pitwood, 1939-1941; pitwood railway rates, 1942; the empty haulage commutation scheme, 1935-1941; Hire Purchase Bill, 1931; G. W. R. rates on the non-shipment coal, 1931; the Annual Congress at Caen, 1931; and regulations relating to steam wagons, 1931.

Correspondence, extracts of minutes and copies of legal submissions relating to the 5% rebate for 20-ton wagons, 1936-1943; Severn Bridge Bill, 1936; shipping weights statistics, 1934-1935; and the South Wales Coal Contract, 1935.

Material relating to railway rates including papers concerning exceptional rates, 1923-1925; Statistics Department figures on the quantity and value of coal exported, 1937-1939; and material relating to a review of the Railway Freight Rebate Scheme, 1932-1936.

Papers relating to the charges for tipping and weighing at South Wales ports, 1924-1929, 1930; a statement and statistical figures produced by the Coal Owners Association in response to Great Western Railway (GWR) dock charges at Bristol Channel ports, 1924; memoranda relating to coal transportation costs and meetings between railway companies and representatives of the Mining Association of Great Britain (MAGB) at the Railway Clearing House, 1928-1931; statements and publications regarding dock dues and charges, 1920-1932.

Papers relating to anomalies in the railway rates for the shipment of coal from collieries in the Western Area, 1925-1927; papers relating to dock charges, increase in rates, 1937-1938; the application for an increase in railway rates by Great Western Railway, 1937; papers relating to the Coal Owners Association's application to the GWR and the London, Midland & Scottish Railway for a reduction in railway rates, 1937; evidence submitted at tribunal regarding a 5% increase in railway rates; and applications for copies of tribunal judgement, 1937.

Papers include Swansea district owners' correspondence and Railway Rates Committee minutes and documents, 1937; also pit to port shipment statistics, 1937-1938.