In another column will be; found a letter from Mr Hudson, District Traffic .Manager of Railways, in further reference to various ques tions brought before Mr J. P. Max well, by the Hamilton deputation, on his recent visit to the Waikato. It is already known that some of the concessions asked for have been granted, and that a new time-table will come into force on Monday next, which provides for a fast passenger train service, and special goods and cattle trains. We have now before us a further proof of the desire of the Commissioners to meet the wishes of the Waikato people, iu granting such facilitiesas will prove of great benefit to the settlers and the cause of settlement. The im portant communication we publish to-day, is one of the fruits of the deputation's action, and is in fulfil ment of Mr Maxwell's statement that the Commissioners would en deavour to make as substantial a relaxation in the freights on small lots of produce as they could. A special scale of charges has been framed for this class of goods, in which will be found a satisfactory reduction, The charge for fruit as class E, for instance, will in future be two shillings per hundred weight from Hamilton to Auckland, or nearly one-fifth of a penny per Jb, being a reduction of one shilling and threepence. The freight on honey, bacon, hams, cheese, etc., will be two shillings and elevenpence per hundred weight, or one shilling and five pence less than formerly. The minimum of two tons, to which so much objection was always made, has been abolished, and in future, small consignments of fruit can be sent at class E rates, and will represent a reduction on the old rate, from thirty-four shillings a ton lot to twenty shillings, from Hamil ton, equal to fourteen shillings. Grain, potatoes, etc., will be sent as class E, and charged one and a half rates, equivalent to a reduction on a ton, from twenty four shillings and ninepence to seven teen shillings and sixpence. These concessions will, no doubt, be re ceived with much gratification by the community generally, and will go a long way to remove the feeling of irritation hitherto felt with the old political rajimo of the Railway Department and create a contrary one of confidence in the Board. 