The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW A'AILWAY COY•

PANT.

The ordinuy half-yearly meeting of ibis ComPanY
yea held on Tuesday i the Queen's Betel, Glaatthw ; Firma_
BLACKBURN, Esq., M.P., charism of the dim tolis In '"
chair. _

as
The report, which has already bleu publishad, laaa bald
read. .

—The bariramaa, le movies the egpeenl of the re,•erti
said—lt wound be sheered hem the emettata thatis asso.•l*
map with • 00.11.61.8.1101101111 lestaiseting, it woald". •
obeereed that the eletentne or the capital account Ma
bees treadened le miens headings ; 77,0001. had hen
expended, bat of the SIM 6,6001. was for plant »adored
seesseary for the weekleg of the Stirling sad Du-
Wallas line. The tabor items were towards the mount
of Lighthill Brae* new stations, and the Way/Asp
Bridge station. Or halt of the latter item would be paid
by the North British Ompaay. The award to the Bdin-
Dinah, Perth, sad Demise Conmeny was altogether aserly
60,0001. Doming to 'maim, the report eiqplalaed that
there was a decrease la the pessatar troMe end ea in-
mates in the working ezponses. teen of thh =pima*
was attributable to the eireseestemes that they bed sot
been prepared to take up at one the additional seeds Indio
that as.. upon tholes, cad the reitirg.2lMlNV•ll
engines fa ilithVg.wes hh
fLitel eamatallerieles
es seelea—iphielt
le In 'eaten with the Osiedeniea
;YWIIIIIIeIa mien pessen lbeanipeallug u:sall.att
lea, awl amee that tie report be approved of, sad
dividend be declared at the tote of 2 per act. per mum.
Mr. Dawn. seeenda the notion.
The repeat was ailegeed, after some diennion and the
(M proceediage terminated with the anal vote of thanks to the
anna.

RAILWAY COMPANY.

The proprietors of this company held their ordi-
nary haltyearly aresUair yesterday, at Radlees Hotel,
Blaokfrian ; Kr. Puns, the deputy ellatritaa, presided.
The report, of whisk the followtai ate the chief features,
was taken as read :

The amounts foe the half-year to 31st July last exhibit
the following molts:

linvisun.—Chose revenue from par Bogen, 19,6611.
19s 7ld. carriages, horses, 4421. 19.. 21d. ;
3,966/. 17.. Old. ; geode sad miaerek, 32,4671. Is. 81d.; less
cattails, eoandesite, sad pPeaww ef sentence and aelivery,
2,2= 2ss. 10. 111.., =skin 19a. 9d. ; live stock,
1,9741. ll . ; miseelleneens receipts, 7014 10.. Id.;
total, 56,9924 71. 1114.
EXPINDITVIIIk —Total worths charges, 25,3141. 19e. 2d. ;
fee-duties. rates, and teen. 8861.45. 214. ; passenger duty,
7941. 6s. 94d., "sahib' 26,9941. 10s. 2ld. ; leaving a balance
of 29,9981. 7.. 918., to wet interest oa debentures, ite.,
13,3611. 61d. ; Arbroath and For rent,6,0461, 131.98.,
making 19,3981. 2s. 31d. ; free simples on the half-year,
10,6001. As. 6d. ; add oelanee shown in last account, 8,6601.
18s. 6d., leas dividend paid on 6 per cent. preference stock,
8,3001., leaving 2301. 16s. 6d. ; disposable balance,
10,8611. 2s.
Oat of this balance the usual dividead on the 6 per
cent. preference stock falls to be made, and the same
will be paid on 11th November next, leaving 2,6611. 2s.
to be sealed forward to next accouat. The directors
colloidal, the result of the baltyear to be Batts.
lactory, more especially when it is kept in view that
during the early period of the season there was a consider-
able felling off in the revenue, as compared with the same
period of the preceding year. The directors believe that
the revenue will, after May met, be sufficient to pay the
dividend on the 7 per omit. preforms stook. They will
therefore propose that the amount of &nears on that stock,
which will be due at let May, 1636, be consolidated into a
si per cent preference stook, in the manner formerly
adopted with the arrears of the 6 per ante. ; and they will
ask authority to carry out such an arrangement at the
proper time. Deferred dividend warrants for the half year's
dividend falling due at Ist November neat will be issued as
usual.

The CHAIILYLN moved the adoptite of the report, which
was agreed to.
The tinsonsolutions were than put seriatim and carried.
The Caatseux, in moving the coefirmation of the
agreement between the Aberdeen Company and the Scot-
tish Midland Company tot the amalgamation of the two
undertakings, observed that the directors were rather bold
slut to propose a double amalgamation when other t 0...
panin were repudiating each arrangements ; but the pro-
priston would recollect that the Aberdeen and the Scottish
Midlcnd Companies had long worked together, and it bad
been thought that a perfect union of interests would be for
the permanent advantage of all parties. The directors, who
as a body held me-sixth of the whole of the shame, were
uranimonaly in favour of the proposed amalgamation.
Before the agreement was serried out as cot of parliament
would he necessary, which in due course would be submitted
to the shareholders.

the resolution.
Mr. ADAMS asked what bad been the revenue of the
Scottish Midland during the last few years ?
The CIIMRMAN—Tbs total pm receiptsMSS for the
year 1851, 31,6001 ; for 1852, 34-,9001. ; for 1853, 40,0001.;
and for 1854, 46.0001 ; and the expenditure for those years
bad been 22,3001., 20,6001., 22,2001., and 24,7001. respec-
tively.
The resolution was then put and carried, u was another
seallresiag the agresisent for (statutes's' in perpetuity
the whole of the Dundee and Arbroath line.