The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-12 00:00:00

DANUBE AND BLACK SEA.

The report of the directors states that the receipts
for the eight month' ending 31st May amount to 14,615/.,
against 6,553/. in the corresponding period of 1861.2. These
mulls have been obtalued sotwithathodieg the great defi-
ciency of the Louses in 1862. the produce of which has sup-
plied the traffic of the lot eight months, and it is only
reasonable to expect that the results of the coming year will
Lear their full relation to the abundant prospects of the
present season. This ratio of increase has been maintained
up to the date of the List advice., the receipts for June and
July Laving been about 7,100/., aa compared with 3,3191. for
the same months iu the past year. The proportion between
receipts and working expenses I. flitted by 'steal experience to
be substantially as follows :—W hen the receipts amount to
Wt. per mile per week, the whole is absorbed by the work-
ing expenses ; when the reeripte amount to 2.i/. per mile
per week. 50 per cent. may be taken as profit. With this
fact before them, the shareholders will observe that the re-
ceipts for the List three months have averaged =l. per mile
per week, and will be glad to learn that there is reason to
anticipate an improvement in this rate during the remainder
of the current rear. The progress which these figures de-
note is almost entirely due to the increase in the through
corn traffic. The additional 10.0001. referred to in the last
report as likely to be required has Leen obtained at 6 per
cent., and exhausts the limited burrowing powers created
by resolutions of May 31, 1861.

MONKLANDB RAILWAY.—The report of the direc-
tors states that the rowel IA • on revenue acoount for the half-
year ending the 30th of June amonoted to 39,995 L, and for
the correapoodiog half of 1862 to 42,206/., allowing a de-
crease in the receipts of 2,211!., and the expenditure, in.
chiding interest oc loans, to 21,9291., against 19,8011.,
showing an increase in the expenditure of 4,0281., leaving
the net telexes 111,0661., agiaiust2'2,3lrd.. showing a decrease
of 6.2394, as compared with the corresponding half of 1862.
The directors regretted that three accounts continued to
show an unfavourable result. The main cause of the de-
ficiency was thecoutinued decrease in the mineral traffic,
arisiog from the depressed state of the iron and coal trades.
The directors proposed a dividend of 4i per Gent. per annum
to the holders of the consolidated stock. The reserve fund
amounted to 4,11821. revenue account showed that
39,99 rd. had been received for the past half-year, sod
19,8441. expended in working, 4 0841. for interest alessn
leaving a balance of 16,18161. The capital account showed
that 917,728/. had been expended.

A few days ago, several hundreds of acres of
heath and furze Were buret at Sandford, in Dorretshire.
Dothan embankments had to be suddenly thrown op to
prevent the bre from reaching fields of corn and other raw
able property.

N EitVOUB DRAYNEMI, &C.—The Nose and Nostrils
—The Eustachian tube, In its ronurzimi with deafness. the throatil
Mil.ll,ther distarces of their MUCOUS lining. new and ..riginal tlwory
and treatment, with eases, will be speedily unto:Wiled by lit.
Denis Cronin, El, Upper Beymenr-Wreet, W. Conaeught.equare.
—lAdverUseurat.]