Abstract: This invention relates to transfer points for flowable particulate bulk materials, particularly transfer chutes and more particularly to a method of operating and constructing such chutes. In one form, this invention provides a method of using the design capabilities afforded by transfer chutes like the chute described and claimed in SA Patent 91/7215—Chute (Baller). These chutes use cascade formations to accumulate quantities of the bulk materials being conveyed thereby to create an accurately definable chute liner. This invention provides a method of utilising this design capability to create a self-lining materials transfer chute 200. The method comprises the steps of using a plurality of cascade formations (such as trays 224) with free edges that project into the chute and face the intended incoming materials flow 216. The trays 224 define ledges that serve, co-operatively, as dead boxes into which the bulk material is projected upon material flow through the chute.