The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-24 00:00:00

ROUTH DEVON RAILWAY.

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The half•yearly report of the directors Mil that the
aocounts to the 30th of June show a balance of 118,883
Applicable to dividend, and they reoominend the fellow.
log appropriation of the account t—Annuillee for half.
year ending Beptettiber the lit, 18,071 'dividend on new
shame, £9,950 i dividend on additional chorea, £570 ;
dividend on consolidated 'nook, (141,4419,438) at 1 per
cent. per annum, 0,347, leaving • balance of rao.
The total reeelpte of the lialf•year, Including 147,174
from passengers anti £13,94.3 from goods, mounted to
C 81,831, &Balm,' 184,789 at the oorrroponding half of
1887. The decrease in the peasouper traffic amounted to
£2,072, and in the goods traffic. to £1,193. 'The working
expenditure amounted to 1.14,189, against £34,784 in
the 11411111 half of 1887, The directors have loaned
LWOW of the additional share capital, and the remain.
log £85,000 IN still open to eubeoription. The Tavistook
line he reported to be advancing very aatiefaotorily, and
the direcitoro have appropriated about £7,000 of the new
capitol to the purchase of additional rolling 'took, which
will be required to work that lute and to meet any in•
crease of traffic that moy moult from the opening of the
Cornwall Railway, which is expected to take piece early
in next year. The works of the Dartmouth and Torbay
Railway have been commenced, and the deed of agree
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meat fur working the line le now before the Board of
Trade for final approval. The capital account chows
that £2,178,017 hart been reoeived, and £2,188.480 ox-
pencled, leaving • balance of £9,483 against the ooin•
pony. The revenue account for the half•year showed
that £81,531 had been received and £34,162 expended,
1911,Villig a balonoe of £27,370, To this sum is added
£2,512 from the preceding account, making £20,891.
Out of thio the interest on debentures amounted to
£14,308, leaving • disposable balance, as above, of
E 15,583,

NORTH DEVON RAILWAY.
The directors of thia company in their report oonfrrxtu
late the aliareholders that the traffic on the North
Devon Redlway has been as well sustained aa on moat of
the best lines in the United Kingdom, and better than on
many of the railways of longer standing than their line.
The gross earnings for the six month, ending the 30th
of June last have been £10,500, as compered with
£10,803 for the corresponding six months of 1857. The
directors remark that the receipts from the 30th of June
to the date of this report have increased beyond the
oorresponding period of last year, showing that the
slight felling-o 6 before adverted to, may be fairly at-
tributed to the general depression in trade. The next
revenue for the past half-year, no derived from the rent
(after payment of interest on debentures and preference
stock), shows a balance of £1,297, which will allow of a
dividend at the seine rate as hist half-year—vis., His. Bd.
per cent. on the ordinary stock, and leave a balance of
£75 for the next half-yesr. The early opening of the
South-Western lines to Exeter, by way of Salisbury,
Yeovil, and Honiton, may, they think, reasonably be looked upon as likely, at no diftant period, essentielly to promote the interests of the North Devon Railway.
The *Nolte, amount to the 30th of June allow, that
£498,788 had been received, and £494,868 expended,
leaving a balance of £1,909. The revenue amouat
allowed that £3,014 had been reoeiv46 and £430 ex-
tended, leaving a balance of £5,584. To this is added
CO from last aooount, making £5,594. The six months'
interest on debenture. and to bankers amounted to
£3,141, leaving £2,453.

Mr. Poltivin, the intrepid aornoant, whoso azonroions on honobook aansod so moth szeltsmant in Landon, has
root tire fate of several of his prodoeonsors. H. foll into
the osa mum Malaga, when dosconding with his balloon,
and was drowned.

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BAITLETT ATKINS, of IforctinitsEM, Dorchester
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