The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-03 00:00:00

TRAFFIC ARCRIPTS.

The traffic receipts of railways in the United
Kingdom amounted for the week ending the 27th Dec., on
10,577 miles, to 530,7101., and for the corresponding week
of last year, on 10,186 miles, to 449,7101., showing an in-
crease of 391 Mina, and of 36,0001. in the receipts.
The gram receipts oa the following 14 railways amounted
in the aggregate, on 7,227 miles, to 422,6141. ; and for the
corresponding week of 1861, on 7,006 miles, to 39E9491;
showing an increase of 221 miles, and of 27,6651. in the re-
ceipts. The increase on the Caledonian amounted to 4351.;
ou the Gnat Eastern to 587/. ; on the Greet Northern
to 4,0611 • on the Great Southern and Western to 116/. ;
on the G;eat Western to 3,8401; on the London and
North-Western to 9,6661.; on the London, Brighton. and
South Gout to 1,4061. • on the London and South-Western
to 2,4081 • on the limehenter Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire to ; on the Midlaod to 1,7591. ; oe the North
British 1,234/. • on the North Eastern to 20041 ; and on
the South-Eastern'
to 468/. ; total, 28,2111. But from this
must be deducted 5461., the decrees on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire, leaving the increase, as above, 127,6651 The
goods and mineral traffic on those lines amounted to
209,7051., and for the corresponding week of 1861 to
196,1171., showing an increase of 13,5881. The receipts
for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to 212,900/.
against 198,8321, showing an increase of 14,077/. The
traffic receipts on 64 other lines amounted, on 3,351 mile%
to 108,096 r and for the corresponding week of last year,
ou 3,180 miles, to 99,7611., showing an increase of 171
miles, and of 8,335/. in the receipts. • The total receipts
of tit'', part week show a decrease of 1,0151. as com-
pared with thine of the preceding week, ending the 'loth
her.
The traffic receipts for the year 1662 on railways in the
United Kingdom amounted on 11,386 miles to 28,850,3221.,
being at the rate of 2,534/. per mile • and for the year 1861.
on 10,811 miles of railway, to 25,263,3741, being at the rate
of 2,614/. per mile, showing an increase in the te
length of 575 miles sod of 586,9481. in the receipts ; which
increase, however, is less this half the average increase of
railway traffic during the past 20 years. The increase in the
traffic receipts of 1861 over those of 1860 amounted to 686,5911,,
and in the receipts of the latter year over 1859 to 2,000,6831,
showing • considerable falling off in the usual
increase of traffic receipts during 1862 and 1861 in
conse-
quence of the depression of trade ; but the falling off in the
total receipts of last year would have been math more con-
siderable were it not for the International Exhibition,
which for several months had operated favourably on the
railway' having their termini in the metropolis. Up to
the 4th of May last the traffic on the Greet Eastern showed
a decrease of 2,68/41, the Great Northern • decreer* of
26,858!., the Great Western a decrease of 2681, the London
and North-Western • decreer* of 54,9791, the London,
Brighton. and South Coast an increase of 9.9471 , the Loo-
don and South-Western an increase of 1,4591., the Midland
• decrease of 41.126/., and the South &stern • clacreuie of
17,864/, as compared with the oorrespooding period of the
preceding year. During the International Exhibition, from
May 4 to the end of October, the receipt, on the Great
Eastern showed an increase of 35,265/., the Great Northern
an increase of 57.031/., the Great Western an increase of
143,5 W., the hoodoo and North Western an isereale of
154,184/., the London, Brighton, and South Coast an in-
crease of 49,3381, the Loudon and South Western an increase
of 80,988/, the Midland an increase of 40,3001., and the
South Eastern an increase of 62,2941, making together a
total increase of 617,7061. as compared with the correspond-
ing period of 1861.
The expeoditure of capital on the 11,386 miles of railway
referred to above amounted to about 355,107,2801, at
:11,14.4/. per mile. The gross traffic receipts for the peat
year amounted, as above, to `A850,322/., being $1.2 per
cent. of the capital expended. The working expenses, rites,
taxes, to., amounted probably to shout 48 per cent. of the
gross receipts, or 13,848,155/, hams( 15,002,1671., being
4'22 per omit. on the total capital expended, to pay interest
on loans and preference shares and dividends on the ordi-
nary capital.