The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-20 00:00:00

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.-(7H13 DAY.)

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this com-
pany was held at soca, at the LoadonfTavera. Yes. G00D603
in the chair. An shelmist of the report of the directors
has already appeared M the eolumns of this
The Cueriran, in moving that the report tamreliLved and
adopted, mid it was satisfactory to End that the traffic on
the company's lines ormitioned to iocreme, the receipts for
the meemit half-year being 57,9311. in exams of those for
the corresponding half of last year, and It would
be in the recollection of those present at the
lest half-yearly meeting that he had then to speak of a
similar comparative Increase to the extent of 33,2031. It
was true that owing to the inceemed expenditure the net
gala for the past half.year only amounted to about 1/1 0001.,
sad it might appear to some at them that *mai. wee
too large a price to icy for the earning of,
in round somber,. 58,0C31., and so no doubt it
was, but then it should be borne in mind that the increase
in the expenditure was in a great degree exceptional, aria-
log chiefly from the large amount expended on the improve-
meet of the company's property, the charge for mainteoance
of way and works and locionsotive renewals aloe* being
beer 29,0Ca1. in excess of the outlay on these heads for
the corresponding period it 1863. The total receipts
from all 'purees amounted foe the half-year to 778,2501.
15e. 10d., sad the expenditure to 392.9701. se. 9d. so that
the net praetor were 345,3101. 10e Id.. and deducting all
preferential cherries, amounting to 330,183/. 10s. Id., leav-
ing a balance of 53,135' 1. available for dividend, out of
which they prowled a dividend at the rate of
per omit. It was mainly for the declara-
tion of this dividend that the meeting had been
convened for this early date, for eater the divi-
dend were now declared and paid, it would not be
competent for the directors to declare any dividend until
the completion of the various sew Hoes authorised in the
seasiorm of 1861 and 1862. which would, however. as he
hoped, be oompleted before the period for de-
claring a farther dividend. He would, therefore,
should the meeting approve of the dividend, propose that
the meeting be adjourned to the 11th of August, when they
would be able to take into consideration the general proceed-
ings of the company.
Captain J taut, ALP., wooded the motion.
After some diecuesioe with respect to the past policy of
the board and other matters connected with the company,
the motion was agreed to sad the proceedings terminated.

LAYING THE ?MIT STONE Or THE THAYER
EMBANKMENT (NORT il &DS). —TIM DAT. —Thin morn-
ing, at baltpast eleven o'clock, the members of the
Board of Wafhl, with several eminent
boa_ rd
and
others, assembled at the ofE•as of the beard, is Spring.
ptardene, to meet the chairman of the board, Jobe Thinker,
Esq., and the members of the Thames Embankment Coa-
-1 mitten, for the porpoise of laying the dint stove of that im-
portant work, the embeeirmeet of the Thames, on its
northern chore, from Weetneinster-bridge to Bleckfriara,
wheoor they had arraaged to proceed at half-past 2
o'clock, to an appointed spot oe the !Moot the embankment,
opposite Wbiteball•staire. when the chairman, attended by
the essinser•io-chief, Mr. Basslgette„ Mr. Lorick, the eons.
neer of the portion of the work to Waterloo-bridge, Mr.
Femmes, Kr. Jobe Laird, hie meet, Mr. James Anderson,
megieesrieg clerk of the works, the oostasetor, lea, to po-
ker:a the eseesteey.