AMALGAMATIONS BETWEEN 1844 AND 1847 -- SUBSEQUENT AMALGAMATIONS -- THE ADVANTAGES OF COMBINATION -- CHAPTER VII: THE RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE -- THROUGH TRAFFIC -- THE SECRETARIAL DEPARTMENT -- THE MILEAGE SECTION -- THE MERCHANDISE DEPARTMENT -- THE COACHING DEPARTMENT -- COMMITTEES AND CONFERENCES -- IMPORTANCE OF THE CLEARING HOUSE -- CHAPTER VIII: THE DEVELOPMENT OF RATES AND FARES -- EARLY RAILWAY RATES -- EARLY CLASSIFICATIONS -- THE CLEARING HOUSE CLASSIFICATION -- THE RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC ACTS -- RATES ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- PASSENGER FARES -- CHAPTER IX: THE RAILWAYS ACT 1921 -- GOVERNMENT CONTROL DURING THE WAR -- THE RAILWAYS ACT 1921 -- PART I. REORGANIZATION OF THE RAILWAY SYSTEM -- PART II. REGULATION OF RAILWAYS -- PART III. RAILWAY CHARGES -- PART IV. WAGES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE -- PART V. LIGHT RAILWAYS -- PART VI. GENERAL -- THE WORKING OF THE ACT -- CHAPTER X: THEORY OF RAILWAY CHARGES -- THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING RAILWAY CHARGING -- THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES WHICH DETERMINE RATES AND FARES -- THE THEORY OF DIFFERENTIAL CHARGING -- CHAPTER XI: RAILWAY RATES IN PRACTICE -- THE MONOPOLY ELEMENT IN RAILWAY CHARGES -- CLASSIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE -- THE COMPILATION OF CLASS RATES -- EXCEPTIONAL AND SPECIAL RATES -- OTHER ELEMENTS IN RAILWAY CHARGING -- ZONE SYSTEMS OF CHARGING -- LIMITED APPLICATIONS OF THE ZONE PRINCIPLE -- GROUP RATES -- TAPERING RATES -- EQUAL MILEAGE RATES -- OWNER'S RISK RATES -- CHAPTER XII: PASSENGER FARES AND RATES FOR TRAFFIC CARRIED BY PASSENGER TRAIN -- PASSENGER CLASSIFICATION -- REDUCED FARES -- THE FIXATION OF FARES -- WORKMEN'S FARES -- SEASON TICKETS -- TRADERS' TICKETS -- PASSENGER'S LUGGAGE -- MERCHANDISE BY PASSENGER TRAIN OR OTHER SIMILAR SERVICE -- GENERAL PARCELS -- POST OFFICE SERVICES -- CHAPTER XIII: ECONOMICS OF RAILWAY WORKING -- ECONOMICS OF TRAIN SPEEDS -- FREQUENCY OF SERVICE