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Terminal charges of a railway company, those made at either terminus, in addition to the charges for carriage, as for warehousing, loading, unloading, cartage to or from station, etc. The special Act of each company, in prescribing a maximum rate, usually excepts from such rate 'a reasonable sum,' for, e.g., 'loading, covering, and unloading of goods at any terminal station of such goods, and for delivery and collection and any other services incidental to the duty or business of a carrier, where such services are or any of them is performed by the company'; and the Railway and Canal Traffic Commission has jurisdiction to determine what is a reasonable sum in case of dispute. See Hodges on Railways.

The (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, which by s. 24 directs railway companies to pre-pare revised classifications of traffic and schedules of maximum rates, and to state therein the nature and amount of all 'terminal charges,' by s. 55 defines the term 'terminal charges' as including 'charges in respect of stations, sidings, wharves, depots, warehouses, cranes, and other similar matters, and of any services rendered threat.' See the Railways Act, 1921, especially Part III. and Schedules 4 and 5; also Aggs & Knowles on Railways; and RAILWAYS.