The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-16 00:00:00

(Stamped ld. Additional.) [TWOPENC E.

HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER
RAILWAY.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at Hereford; Colonel VAUGHAN in to. chair.
The report expressed a wild lent hope, from the result of
the working of the line since the opening on the lst of June,
that the shareholders would ultimately be amply rensune
rated for their outlay. The traffic receipts fur the first
month after the opening showed an ge of 161. per min.
The directors, with a view to economy, proposed to reduce
their own allowance from 4001. to 2001. per annum. Their
best efforts were being aids to ensure an early complet'en
of all the works. 01 the 30,0001. which they were autho-
rised to rain by 6 per cent. preference shame, only 18,0001.
had been allotted, mid the remainder the directors recom-
mended should be 'akin up by the present shareholder.
The statement of accounts showed the total amount received
to the 30th of June to be 316,4911., and the expenditure
315,2291, leaving a balance of ,262.1. The directors would
be enabled at the half-yearly meeting ill February is lay
before the shareholder a complete, end, they trusted, a
satisfactory position of the entire financial position of the
eompany.
The report was unanimously adopted, as were the other
formal resolutions, and the proceedings terminated.

SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.
Yesterday the half•yearly meeting of this company
was held at Shrewsbury, Mr. W. Ormsby Gore presiding.
The report stated that the trafile receipts during the put
half-year showed an increase of 1.4 per cent. beyond thire
of the corresponding half year. Tun increase would have
been greater but for the severe winter. The permanent
joint station at Hereford would, it was expected, be opened
in October seat. The directors recommended an applica-
tion to parliament for powers to raise the capital, to lay
down a double line of rails, to order that soon as the
tingle should require this alli!ional acooniniodation the

—....oiciere and the lemee might be In a position to sane.
tion the seceseary outlay. Dividend warrants, after the
rate of 4 per cent. per annum Oros income-tax) would be
hatted to the shareholden, payable on September 1. The
accounts stated the capital authorised to be raised by the
company at 800,0001., and up to the 30th of Joao last
629,3921. had been received on shut, and debentures.
7,830 shares remitted on band. The motion for the adep-
ties or the report wee carried wet. dia.

WOHCASTER AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.—The
half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Worcester
arid Hereford Railway Company was held at the Easton-
Kean Station yesterday, Thomas Heywood, Esq., in the
ehahr ; bat there wee a° report to be presented, and the
business yea of • strictly fennel character. Four or five
hareholden only were presevt.

Naw Tustin= LOAN Acy.—Yeeterday the
set, which received the Royal Lunt on Tuesday, was
printed, " To suable her Maje•ty to carry into effect a eon-
nation made between her Majesty, bit Majesty the Bs-
pwer of the Freed', and his Imperial Majesty the Bekaa."
rim* are three amnions in the set. The lean is 6,000,00 W.
at 4 per mat. Her Majesty is empowered to guarantee the
interest to be charged oaths Consolidated Fund, and where
sums are repaid as interest they are to be carried to the same
fend. The amounts relating to the loan are to be laid before
Parliament. In addition to the 4 per cent. the Porte is to
pad osames
by per own. peter annum cm the whole capital of aBn
wey el him had.