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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.

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.

Correspondence and copies of 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.

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.

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.

Material relating to charges for digging out coal from wagons, comprising correspondence and copies of minutes.

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.

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

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.

Statistics and extracts of minutes mainly relating to a 10%, 6 2/3% increases in railway rates, 1940; and increase of 8 1/3%, 1946.

Documents, statistics and correspondence, 1938-1946, compiled for the Railway Rates Enquiry, 1946. Subjects include an increase in railway rates and dock charges, 1946-1947; the protection of the interests in the Cardiff Colliery Agreement, 1946; minutes of proceedings, fifteenth and sixteenth days relating to Traders Co-ordinating Committee on Transport, 1946; Charges Consultative Committee papers, relating to adjustment of charges made by controlled railway companies and joint lines, 1946; and the Public Enquiry into charges to operate in 1947, 1946.

Papers include a copy of the article ‘The British Coal Export Trade’, by Finlay A. Gibson, published in 'Fairplay', 18 August 1938; particulars of profit and loss 1933-1934, of certain South Wales collieries, 1935; material relating to subsidies for shipping, steamers requisitioned by the Government for North American trade, production of gas for vehicles, the gas and electricity campaign against house coal, and cranage and wharfage charges, 1939-1940.

Papers concerning the substitution of oil for coal, including correspondence with Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, 1946; the increase of duties on steam driven vehicles, 1933; steam road vehicles, 1934; the practice of using coke for coal in the Portsmouth District; various Bills promoted by railway companies regarding canal charges, 1935, including a handbook on canals 1918; the British coal campaign comprising bulletins and letters to the press, 1939; coal utilisation and research, 1943; papers of the British Colliery Owners Research Association, 1939-1946.

Papers include the Great Western Railway Act 1931, Dock Charges; railway freight rebates, 1937; the scales of rebates, 1936-1939; de-rating rebate in tipping and weighing charges, 1936-1937; de-rating relief on coal for the Admiralty, 1940-1941; and the docks de-rating rebate, as of 1 October 1930, 1930-1931.

Papers relating to the Railway Rates Tribunal, alterations and additions (Grey Books), 1934-1946; the nominations for a representative on the Railway Rates Tribunal, General Panel, 1944; Board of Trade certificates enabling representation at the Rates Tribunals, 1922-1937; letters and memoranda relating to buffer springs compliance, 1935-1937.