The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-25 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

Mlles Pea- Sta. Total, Total,
/AMWAY& open noisier; chandlie 1863 1882
Week ending Zan. U. 6 L L A
Northern of Canada 94 810 1,806 1,025 1,104
Grand Trunk °Masada... 1090 4,228 15,033 10,26) 11,008
Wog ending Feb. Ft.
Scottish North Lams and
Dander and Arbroath 132 4,676 4,341
Week ending Feb. 21.
Cork and Bannon
Week ending Feb. U.
Great Luxembourg
London and Blackwall —1,200 210 1,600 1,380
North London
eaweetag and Newtown
& LlamdlosestNeowtown 42 046 626 871 481

Burma AND bum MacnciTlC TELEGRAPH COX-
PANT (].Dorsal—The sixth ordinary general meeting of
proprietors was held at the Clarisedoe-rocens, Liverpool,
yesterday, Mr. W. Legion in the chair. The report and
statement of accounts, an abstract of which we have already
published, ware taken as read. The chairman having moved,
and Mr. Theodore Rathbone seconded the adoption of the
report, Mr. Hansbury made some remarks upon the *Tort-
ano• of establishing a reserve fund in order to equalise
future dividends to 5 per cent. par annum, to improve the
character of the stock, and to meet contingencies such as
accidents, lac., which could not be foreseen. Mr. Hanabiu,
also dwelt upon the importance of a friendly investigation
into the affairs of the Submarine Company, in order. if pos-
sible, to place the interests of the Magnetic proprietors in
that company upon a more satisfactory footing. Mr. J. B.
Jeffery having followed up the subject, and seconded
• motion made by Mr. Heathery, some discussion
followed, daring which the chairman, on behalf of
the board, expressed no objection to the adoption of a
resolution that no dividend exceeding 5 per cent be paid in
any year until the reserve fund amounted to 10,000!. This
reeolution having been adopted, Mr. Bariabury moved
another, to the effect that the directors of the British and
Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company be requested to take the
necessary steps to insure, as far as might be in their power,
the more satisfactory mansgetheat of the Submarine Tele-
graph Company, and more particularly to insist upon the
establishment of a reserve fund. After some conversation,
however, this motion was withdrawn, the chairman, Mr.
Honaby, and others, explaining that it was desirable that
the boards of this and the Submarine should work in the
most harmonious way together, on account of the large
amount of traffic interchanged, and that such • resolution
would be likely to irritate the Submarine directors, who
were only doffing what they could to improve the menage.
ment of their affairs. The report and amounts were then
unanimously adopted, and the reeds' director re-elected.
STAINES, WOILINGHAN, AND WOKING RAILWAY.
—Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company
was held at the offices, 5, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Mr.
James Garrard in the chair. The report, an abstract of
which has already appeared, was taken as read, and the
chairman, in moving its adoption, congratulated the pro-
prietors on the increase, amounting to NW., that bad
taken place in the company's traffic. The directors in.
tended to take the requisite steps before parliament to
protect the and Interests of the company against
the p West Drayton, Staines, and etteey, and
Wed Drayton, Staines, and Woking railways. There
remained 1,8014 to the credit of this half-year's account,
equal to the payment of 5 per cent. on the preference
shares, leaving a balance of 5981, to the credit lof the
company. The report wee adopted.

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