Parliamentary Papers, Volume 9H.M. Stationery Office, 1923 - Bills, Legislative |
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Page 20
... Covent Garden Market in the system of distribution of fruit and vegetables throughout Great Britain . A large proportion of all classes of produce handled at Covent Garden is reconsigned by or on behalf of wholesalers to other parts of ...
... Covent Garden Market in the system of distribution of fruit and vegetables throughout Great Britain . A large proportion of all classes of produce handled at Covent Garden is reconsigned by or on behalf of wholesalers to other parts of ...
Page 25
... Covent Garden . When it is realised that a difference of 10 per cent . in the daily supplies of perishables at a wholesale market may turn a relative scarcity into a glut , it will be appreciated how sudden and drastic may be the effect ...
... Covent Garden . When it is realised that a difference of 10 per cent . in the daily supplies of perishables at a wholesale market may turn a relative scarcity into a glut , it will be appreciated how sudden and drastic may be the effect ...
Page 34
... Covent Garden was less than the railway rate on broccoli sent from Cornwall to the same market . The freight on carrots from Holland to Glasgow by canal via Rotterdam and Leith still is , we understand , more favourable than the rate ...
... Covent Garden was less than the railway rate on broccoli sent from Cornwall to the same market . The freight on carrots from Holland to Glasgow by canal via Rotterdam and Leith still is , we understand , more favourable than the rate ...
Page 42
... Covent Garden Market , the pitching charge is stated to be for unloading the wagon . where this is required , or for setting it in place and seeing to its removal . The porters employed usually work on a fixed scale of charges ...
... Covent Garden Market , the pitching charge is stated to be for unloading the wagon . where this is required , or for setting it in place and seeing to its removal . The porters employed usually work on a fixed scale of charges ...
Page 44
... Covent Garden , and to this we shall subsequently refer . 98. There appears to be considerable variation in the actual charges made . At Covent Garden the tolls leviable are fixed under ancient charter on the basis of d . per bushel ...
... Covent Garden , and to this we shall subsequently refer . 98. There appears to be considerable variation in the actual charges made . At Covent Garden the tolls leviable are fixed under ancient charter on the basis of d . per bushel ...
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