(a) Volume and regularity of traffic between the points concerned.
(b) Weight per truck or by train which can be maintained by such regular traffic.
(c) General earning power of the traffic.
(d) Liability or non-liability to damage.
(e) Competition, direct or indirect, by water, by road or by other means.
(f) Special requirements of shipping traffic to or from ports.
(g) The creation of traffic by enabling new or increased business to be done.
(h) A general consideration of what the traffic will bear.
The following examples illustrate the actual difference between the class rates and the special rates at which the traffic is actually carried:—
| MILES. | COMMODITY. | CLASS RATE. per ton. | SPECIAL RATE. per ton. |
| 0s.00d. | 0s.00d. | ||
| 17 | Soap | 08009 (a) | 07011 (a) |
| 107 | S"ap | 21009 (a) | 17006 (a) |
| 154 | S"ap | 28002 (a) | 22009 (a) |
| 46 | Undressed leather | 17006 (a) | 15000 (a) |
| 179 | Cotton and linen goods | 45007 (a) | 40000 (a) |
| 54 | Common window glass | 21009 (a) | 15010 (a) |
| 207 | Com"on win"ow gl"ss | 43004 (a) | 30005 (a) |
| 20 | Iron in Class C | 05003 (b)(c) | 03008 (b)(d) |
| 51 | Grain | 09005 (b)(c) | 07006 (b)(d) |
| 150 | Common bricks | 11000 (b)(d) | 10005 (b)(d) |
| Notes: | (a) Collection and delivery. | (b) Station to station. | |
| (c) 2-ton lots. | (d) 4-ton lots. | ||