Note 18 — SECTION V. DIFFERENTIAL RATES.

Many of the rates from Hull are affected by inland water competition, or by those charged from Liverpool. On the other hand, the rates from Hull govern those from Grimsby (as a competing port), Harwich, West Hartlepool, Newcastle, Sunderland and Shields. In fact, a large portion of the anomalies in railway rates arise from the competition between ports. Although improvements in detail as to such rates, no doubt, are possible, the interests of some ports would be seriously affected by any change in the principle on which railway rates are fixed.