Ingenious Automatic Machines.

All over Britain, automatic machines are installed at the larger stations for the sale of platform tickets, costing one penny each and giving admittacne to closed platforms. Across the Channel, some of the leading railways have in use an ingenious machine which not only issues tickets, but also prints them at the same time. A list of fares is displayed alongside. The passenger places the requisite number of coins in the slot provided, turns a handle, and receives his ticket printed with the name of the destination station, the fare and the date of issue. Each ticket is also numbered consecutively: to add to the wonders of the machine, there is attached a device which totals up the day's receipts and thus provides a complete check on the cash in hand.