00-2,000
Section Men | 288-336 | 270-370 | 700-900 | ---
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TABLE No. 4.

Compiled from Roell's Encyclopaedie des Eisenbahnwesens.

_FREIGHT TARIFFS._--BELGIUM.

All freight is divided into three general classes:

1. _Express Freight_, which is delivered by special messengers. Parcels
weighing 5 kg. (11 lbs.) and less, if prepaid, are carried for .80 fr.
(16c.) for all distances. Parcels not prepaid and such as weigh from 6
to 10 kg. pay .90 fr. for a distance of from 1 to 25 km.; 1 fr. for 26
to 75 km.; 1.10 fr. for greater distances.

2. _Fast Freight_, which may be made use of for consignments weighing up
to 200 kg. (440 lbs.) Parcels weighing up to 5 kg. pay .50 fr. for all
distances. Parcels not prepaid and such as weigh from 5 to 10 kg. pay
.50 fr. for from 1 to 25 km.;.60 fr. for distances ranging from 26 to 75
km., and .70 fr. over 75 km.

3. _Common Freight_, which is again sub-divided into four classes: In
Class I 400 kg., in Classes II and III 5,000 kg., and in Class IV 10,000
kg. is recognized as the minimum weight.

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TARIFF FOR THE FOUR DIFFERENT CLASSES OF COMMON FREIGHT.

_Terminal Charges--Franc 1.00._

I Class--For 1,000 kg. (2,250 lbs.)
From 1 to 5 km Fr. 1.00
From 6 to 75 km, per km .10
From 76 to 150 km .08 (per km. above 75)
From 151 to 200 km .06 (per km. above 150)
Above 300 km .06 (per km. above 200)

II Class--For 1,000 kg.
From 1 to 5 km. Fr. 0.40
From 6 to 75 km., per km. .08
From 76 to 125 km. .04 (per km. above 75)
Above 125 km. .02 (per km. above 125)

III Class--For 1,000 kg.
From 1 to 5 km. Fr. 0.30
From 6 to 75 km., per km. .06
From 76 to 100 km. .03
From 101 to 125 km. .02
Above 125 km. .01

IV Class--For 1,000 kg.
From 1 to 24 km., per km. Fr. 0.06
From 25 to 75 km., per km. .04
From 76 to 100 km. .02
From 101 to 350 km. .01
Above 350 km. .02

For distances from 1 to 24 km. the terminal charges are only
.5 fr. for Class IV.

TABLE No. 5.

GERMANY.

The tariff recogniz