The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-16 00:00:00

LONDON AND BLACKWALL.

We make the following extract from the report of
the directors :—" Your directors have to report that the re-
ceipts on the account for the half-year ending 31st
Danaher last, with the Wanes of 9381. Ws. Ikea the pre-
Tian account, amount to 44,3371.6 e. 7d., and the expendi-
ture to 17,2611. 19s. 4d., leaving a profit of 27,0861. 7s. 3d.;
and after providing for interest°, debentures, amounting to
2,1461. 13e. 4d., there reaming a net balance of 24,9391.
13s. 11d. for division amongst the shareholders Out of this
nun your directors recommend the payment of a dividend
of 4e. 6d. per share, which will leave 3861.45. 6d. to be
carried to account in the current half-year. A comparison
of the aooount with the eorreeponding period of
1863. will show that there is as busman in the receipts of
3,2661. 2s. 104., and in the expenditure of 1,6891. 21. 3d. ;
the passenger traffic &Wag the two half-years baring been
as follows, cis. Pemesgm, 3,697,827 ; amount,
33,4291. 13e. Id. 1864: Pmeasgare, 4,072,276 ; amount,
39,6361.45. 2d. The leseemed eopenditure is owing to the
enhanced price of maseriels, sod to the additional staff and
accommodation required for the *latent eespesies wing
this line. The improvelitint in the receipts Wail been so
remunerative as might lave been sa le4iltedi het there
can be no doubt that the various seesese ef Mello kr which
the additimsal epees at the Feinkeraketrest lermlans has
been made available will be developed as the soma M-
eanest. A tramp arrangement with the North landau
Railway Company for an extended pitied has hues made.
upon mutually advantageous terms; end the aposatent,
when prepared, will be milsolitsd ketlineweel
Or of the
shareholders. For the reopen of eapitei
amount, your diraton papule Is Mr n
ansisa of tits
shareholders for the issue of deasheneell 1111 aid SOM.
diters for works on the main line, mod at the eallemism to
the Eastern Counties at Bow, whisk have hem time to
time been authorised. The reseklie• to be submitted to
the meeting with this view will embrace the sum of
130,0001., but the actual addition to the existing debenture
capital will be 22,5001. cooly."

NORTH AND EAST RN RAILWAY COMPANY.—The
ordinary half-yearly general meedag of the proprietors of
this company was held yesterday at the Bishopegate station ;
Mr. Richard Paterson m the chair. The business was con-
fined to the reading and adoption of the report of the direo
tors, whist annoyer/ad that the dividend guaranteed by the
Eastern Counties Company upon the Northern and Eastern
shares, of 11. de per share on the Five per Cent. stock, and
U. 10s. per than on the Biz per Cent. stock, for the half
year ending 31st of December last, would become payable
on the 26th inst._
COUNTIES RAILWAY. The directors
ban declared a dividend of 7s. pa share, envying over
6.0801., which has been added to the balance of the previous
half-year—cis .6,5621., mans together 11,6421.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY CON-
rAirr.—At a meeting of directors of this company held on
the 14th inst., at Manchester, it was decided to nocenntend,
to the propriston at their next meeting to declare • divi-
dend for the past hall-year at the rate of 4 per cent. per an-
nom, and to add to the surplus brought forward from the
previous half-year.

TEE LIVERPOOL CORPORATE ESTATE.-At an
adjourned meting of the Liver Town Comae held en
Wednesiey, the Wayor, J. A. Wili4 Req., praidiag, the
renew* resolution was stippled the modes of Mr.
Beleenten Gladstone, by a of one ; " That the
renew be instr Wed to mew% is the meet senepiste
cenewheueive form, for the inhemetien of the =sleben of
the emit an inventory of the while teal estate of the ear-
defining socurately tat heelitise, beeradeithe,
re=ndiaa the Messture, if any, eel quendlies et MI in
sash respossimly ; and to penfeehrise the mew of
*I Nom* distiegaishing whisk ere in the swim of the
emperatiee, together with the rents charged and paid for
tfeunnie:= to let of Jemmy. 1866, indulge ; and
the prowl, is ea kw, to doodles whs.
thee the lease hon lives ee hr a tern of years separately or
ermjethely, adding the awn of the leaseheidess ; also to
htnehh a list of ell wasseeplei beimeging to the
seepesedsk the during 'Web wey wt of
Ms same Ms peesgsaW, the
sews why It bas remained set end 5 ,in ow where
a beading Wade is pert eminmeidilmlime, wed in itart en
MAIM preprty, that seek should be Masi: The
thethalhe we rise to a leigibmaid diseudon.