Note 258 — Chapter XXVII · COMPARATIVE COST OF WATER AND LAND TRANSPORT.
Reading edition
The inland navigation rates of Germany are established according to the following scale (‘Journal of Statistical Society, 1888,’ p. 391):—
Per Ton per Mile.
(a) Goods in bulk, loaded in boats and towed in trains ·18d. to ·29d.
(b) Goods in bales, towed in trains ·24d. to ·38d.
(c) Goods in bales, carried by steam carriers ·39d. to 1·0d.