The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-05 00:00:00

DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY COMPANY.

The half-yearly report of the directors of this corn-
pant states that " The traffic account shows the amount of
receipts on the line at 6.59,50,i1.54c., being 63,3411fi.86e. more
than the preceding year. Other articles of revenue sistout
to 4,65.58.98 c., being an increase of 1,17411. 77c. in feet
year. The expenditure has not amounted to more thin
296,4618.90 c.. being 60,7498. Me. less than the year before.
This decrease would have amounted to 68,01711 01c., if the
expenses of the management of the company had been car-
ried to this account in the same ratio as was always dune in
the preceding years." It further states that " The directors
were enabled, with the concurrence of the commissaries, to
make a dividend of 90c. per share out of the interest saved
,on the bonds of the 9,000,0008. loan belonging to the
icompany. for the first half of the year; and they ars
now again enabled, by the said interest saved, to pro-
pose the payment of 60e. per share for the second half-year.
For the expropriation of lands on the section from Utrecht
Ito the !CM, • rum of 371,05011. was paid in the course of
last year in satisfaction of contracts previously entered into
but now matured. Hence it appears that all pecuniary en-
gagements resulting from said contracts have thus far been
punctually fulfilled ; there still remains to be paid a sum of
111,7711 i. 40e., which appears on the balance sheet under the
I head of sundry creditors, which amount will disappear in
the course of the present year. During nearly the whole
year the directors have given their undivided attention to
the subject of the junction of the Rhenish Railway with the
German lines. It was incumbent upon them to guard and
protect the interests of the company in relation to govern-
ment in thin matter; but at the same time it was
their duty, u far as lay in their power, to obtain
the removal of all the difficulties still pending on that sub-
ject between the Dutch government and that of Prussia.
They would have felt themselves truly happy if it had been
in their power to announce to this meeting the definite con-
clusion of the requisite treaty; but this has nut yet been
accomplished. arious notes have been exchanged between
the two governments, and in order that the company might
be properly represented at the negotiations now pending,
the directors; availing themselves of the powers vested in
them by Art. lii of the Interior Regulations, delegated
their authority temporarily for this purpose to the chair-
man and Mr. Hesleden. These gentlemen accordingly re-
paired telt:Him, but found that the resumption of the nego-
tiations was connected with conditions and the stipulation
of points which were altogether foreign to the junction of
the line of railway. The result of this circumstance is
that the subject is being treated altogether in diplomatic
form, and is negociated between the representatives of two
governments whu have combined interests in numerous
other matters with which the company is not directly
interested, and iu the deliberations respecting which we
cannot be called upon to take an active part. The afore-
said members of the direction did, however, exert their
utmost endeavours to obtain the removal of all obstacles to
a good understanding between the two government.. On
the return of the chairman, Mr. Ilealeden still remained at
Berlin, and having returned after a stay of about two
months, he has again proveeded to the said capital. The
obstacles which hitherto prevented the resumption of nego-
tiations are now removed. The Dutch government has
sent a commissioner to Berlin, with directions to terminate
the negotiations. The directors trust that a speedy and
successful result will shortly follow, and it is their inten-
tion, so soon as is final determination shall be attained, to
convene an extraordinary meeting of the proprietors, and
there to make such propositions as will be required to be
approved, in order to terminate the matter, and insure the
execution of the works. Meanwhile, and with the view of
avoiding all delay on their part, the directors hays in-
structed the company's engineer to proceed with the pre-
paratory surveys and other operations required for the con-
tinuation of the line, and for which purpose they have
provided the said engineer with the necessary stall. The
surveys have progressed so far that the direction of the
line is marked off to the frontiers, and the elaboration
of the plans is bring actively pursued: by these means
everything requisite will be prepared, in order to set
immediately to work on the continuation of the line.
The directors would have been very willing to enter into
more detailed particulars on this paramount subject, but
they trust your meeting will appreciate their silence in re-
spect to negotiations in which the company could only take
au indirect part. We close this present report by remind-
ing you that you will be called upon to elect two new mem-
bers of the direction in lieu of the retiring members, Mr. J.
D. Landri, and Mr. C. W. Ilesleilen ; to nominate a presi-
dent and vice-president of the direction, agreeably
with Article 2 of the Interior Regulations, sanc-
tioned by the Board of Commissaries ; and finally,
that you will have to appoint successors for the re-
firing commissaries, Messrs. Arriens, Mules van Gendt,
1 Hoffman, Van Ityckevorsel, Van Dam van Ysselt, Th.
Boueh, and A. Macgregor, as well as for Mr. John Moss
l and Mr. E. J. Mosley, the former having resigned the office
of commissary, and the hitter being deceased. Thus re-
solved at the orating of directors on the 311th June, 1851.-
18. DUNKER CURTIVS, chairman; J. C. s'J ACOH, secretary.
N.B.—The subsidiary documents alluded to in this report
may be obtained on application at the company's office, No.
61, Gracechurch street, London."
At the general annual meeting of shareholders, held at
the offices of the company at Amsterdam, on the 30th of
Jane, 1851, the following resolutions were adopted:-1.
That Mr. Faber van Ricinadyk be chairman, and Mr. B.
Booker Curtius vice-chairman, of the general meeting of
shareholder* fur the coming year. 2. That the report of
the direction be printed and circulated among the share-
holders. 3. That the balance sheet for the book year end-
ing the 30th of April, 1851, be approved. 4. That the di-
rection be empowered to distribute to the shareholders., oat
of the saved interest on the bonds of the loan of 9,000,090 d.
in the possession of the company, sixty cents. or one shilling,
per share. 5. That the directors, Messrs. J. I). landa
and C. W. Ilesleelen, retiring by rotation, be re-elected.
G. That the commissaries, Messrs. Areiens, Hoffmann, Van
Ityckevorsel, Van Dam van Ysselt, Thomas Routh, and A.
Macgregor, retiring by rotation, be re-elected; that Hr.
William Allcard be elected commissary, in room of Mr. E.
Mozley,.deceased, and that Mr. W. U. de Hem be elected
a commissary, in room of Mr. Merkes van Gendt, retiring,
by rotation, but declining to be re-elected. 7. That the
thanks of the meeting be expressed to Mr. Merkes van
Gendt, for his services rendered to the company. 8. That
Mr. B. Dunker Curtius be elected president, and Mr. C.
W. Uesleden vice-president of the direction for the ensuing
year. 9. That this meeting Ibe adjourned, and the further
day of meeting be fired by the direction by public adver-
tisement. 10. That the thanks of the meeting be given to
the chairman, for his conduct in the chair.—J. C. a.JACOB,
Secretary. Amsterdam, June 30, 1851.

THE LIVERPOOL DOCK ESTATE.-The Liverpool
dock returns, from the 24th of June, 1850, to the 24th of
June, 18.31, have just been published, and are highly satis-
factory, both as relates to the position of the clock estate,
and to the state of the commerce and navigation of the port
of Liverpool. The ordinary revenue of the duck trust, for
the financial year just ended, amounted to 269,0201. 14s.
The income of the previous year was 242,9891. 14s. Od. This
gives an increase, in comparison with 1850, of 26,0301. 19s.
3d. On comparing the items which form these totals we
find the following results:-In 1850 the duties on ton-
I nage produced 116,5411. 7s. 11d., and in 1441 128,0261.
Os* 7d.: 'increase, 11,4841. 12s. Bd. In 1850 the du-
ties on goods imported produced 95,2011. llis. Bd. ;
in 1851, 1107,501/. be. 7d.; increase, 12,2991. ss. Ild.
In 18.30, the lighthouse dues produced 10,0661. to. 64.;
in 1851, 10,9091. Its. 9d. : increase, 84.31. 6s. 3d. In 18.50,
the flouting-light dues produced 4,332'. ; in 1851,
17s. 641. : increase, 427/. 17s. 6d. In 1850, the
Graving-dock dues produced 13,2061. 7s. ; in 19.11,
13,9891. 19s. increase, 7931. 12s. In 1850, the Graving-block
dues produced 2,400!. 14s. fal.; in 1851, 2,4751. ss. 6d.: in-
cream, 741. Ils. In 1850, extra dock rent produced 1,2411.05.
24.; in 1851, 1,358/. 14s. ld.: increase, 1171. 13s. 11d. Thus,
there is an increase in every department, amounting, in the
whole, to 26,030'. 195. 3d. The total number of ships which
Raid dock dues in Liverpool in 1850 was 20,457 ; 1851,
21,071: showing an increase of 611 in 1851. The increase in
tonnage is much greater. In 1850 the amount of tonnage was
3,530,387 tons ; in 1851, 3,7.37,666; showing an increase of
201,329 tons of shipping in 1851. The increase of the value
of goods imported is not so easily ascertained ; but the
amount of the dock rates on the increase is 12,2991. 3s. 111,
This, we should think, represents an increase of goods of thu
value of a million sterling. In the year 1810, when the Dock
Trustees applied for powers to enlarge the Queen's Dock,
and to form the Prince's and Brunswick Docks, they so
arranged the amount of the dues on tonnage and goods as
to make each of them yield 30,0001. a year. Now, after a
period of 40 years the duties on tonnage produce 128,0261.,
and those on goods 107,5011., giving a total of 269,0201.,
instead of 60,000!. This large sum is Collected from a
much smaller per tentage on shipping and goods. lu 1848
the sum of 40,000/. a year of dock income was surrendered
by a single stroke of the pen ; and other reductions, to a
much greater amount in the whole, have been made at dif-
ferent times during the last 20 years. Had the rates which
were expected to produce 60,000!. a year in 1810 been re-
tained without alteration, they would have produced from
350,0001. to 400,000/. at the present time. In oddities' to
the dock revenue, derived from the numerous sources men-
tioned above, the Albert Dock warehouses will this year
produce en income of about 20,000!., snaking the total in-
come of the dockeatate for the year 1851 upwards of 288.000 i.
-Liverpool Chronicle.
DESTBCCTION OF A COTTON MILL BY FIRE.-
On Friday night last, between eleven and twelve o'clock,
an alarming fire broke out at • mill at Hurst. So rapid
was the spread of the Homes, that before half-past twelve
the roof had fallen in ; and at a few minutes past. one a
great part of the east wall fell in. The total lugs is esti-
mated at between 7,0001. sod 8,0001., the whole of which
sum will be covered by insurances effected in the West of
England and Manchester offices. The premise* were occu-
pied by Mr. L. Cooke and Mr. Cooper, cotton manufac-
turers; and the cellar was occupied by Mr. Ilegginbottom,
bobbin turner, who has lost the whole of his stock and
uuncltester Guardian.