The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-01 00:00:00

NORFOLK.

goVieorty Peb. 28.—S. M. Prro,
Eq., ALP., in the chair.—The following report was read to
the meeting :
The dividend payable to the shareholders of the team
Udated stook of this company will be at the rate of 11. 7.. 6d.
for every 1001., befog the mme which will be declared at the
meeting of the Eiden' Counties Company this day. The
lime having been worked by the Eastern Counties Company
since the agreement for amalgamation, the directors have not
the mesas of stating the details of the revenue realised an
the Norfolk portion of the united lines, bat they have reason
to believe that the receipts, particularly in the goods depart-
ment, have matieued to improve in the same ratio as in
former halt A statement of the capital account, as
✓esgeses Ike lliefolk and the Lowestoft Companies, has been
iorwerded to en* shareholder, and the di:class new lay
beton the meeting an estimate which they have made of the
ultimate outlay he the completion of the two nadertakinp :
▪ NSW awed& up to the 31st December, Ur
the IGhlelltialbre2 sad brasahte, as per amount
wafted, ameams te 81,660,3611 15 10
MI POLLOWLII6 KATZ BIM PAM circa tea
slap secluaaa:
kis repaid • t LOOS s to
ITNEWfte Meehan—sad Pa 4487
"
to
eestraet 7,210 16 0
Salk/ taftemen's hills
14,741 310

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lee the esemiells• of the Delimit
Faimism
Tar kirk by Mb, 'arming,
pielinalmey went. 7,170 IS 6
25,67015 6
6,072 0 0
1,000 0 0

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Poe coadegocio Irtikk may aria ...

Tetelempholetthelgariblklattwe
Creveylespollel
ned Meteor, lip to the
9latileeetaber,l64o..-... ......... $18,945 II 4

t 1,664,1137

17 1

747 r et u.lr74iwr .. 7O 000 e o
At may tr01m591111319....- 1,902 0 0
Tor esedmpois9 wry grim 100 0 0
348,748 1 1

Miklos a total*/ LA333,663 It 3
"The bill for the semigwatang the two companies has
been intredneed into pvliemint, and it is hoped that before
the period at whisk the next half-yearly meeting usually
takes gym, Ws undertaking will have become incorporated
with litakedthp Basbern Counties." _

Tram 11;lehmewels;et It appeared that the general ec-
%Tr-he the main line and extensions to the 31st Dee.
VW 1,840,3691. 15..10d. The balance of the capital
amount wee 28.8121. 2s. 44. The receipts of the Lowestoft
Railway and Harbour Company to the 31st Dee., 1818 were
318,1781. 2.. 11d., sad the wee expended amounted to
318,9461. lls. 4d., leaving a balance of 1,2331. 111. 7d.
In surer to a proprietor in respect to any farther all on
the 201.
The CIaArMAN said that they would not make a all
for the next two yaws.
The report sad amounts were than pima unanimously,
and the sleeting adjourned.

LANCASTER AND CARLISLE.
Haltomly Yining.—Liverpool. Feb. 28.—E. W.
Hasara., E,q in the chair.
T►e CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on the fact
that la the leas half-year the tradic had so improved that the
direeten had feltjustitied in reemameading that the dividend
*NM be raised to S per mat. pee annum, instead of the 4
per sent. hitherto paid.
The SECRETARY having reed the report and state-
ment of accounts, and some questions Wiwi been Wider-
toddy wavered, the report wee adopted.

LENDS AND THERM.
Half TworkiOrdiaary llestirai. —Leads, Feb. 28.—H. C.
MARBIALL, ~ in the chair.
The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that :
The
beansdirectot regard the tralae of that pert of the Ilse
which has open daring the last year to be oa the whole
ratisfactory. It will be observed that the geom reedpie for
the half-par are 5,0271. Bs. 10d., and the peat therms is
2,5021. 18e. 2d. Considerable propos hes bean anis with
the works on the southern seeds. a the refiway. ghee the
last aseetWi of the skerehsiiwa • The Dremshepe Tamed
new approaches easepletlea. The aressemer mates that he
will be able to nu ea amble Om* Its oath, length is the
meth of Kay seal. The dirsoMso have found it neesseary
daring the winter .maths le &legato works, in consequence
of the Mimed, oxpeoleaseathemegbout that period or unlit'
money be mend, means. The psalm of Preference
Quarter Shares taken up by shareholders on their allotment
bitten to the 17th Jan. lint, when the allotment
was Badly fiend, was 7,698 ; in addition to which
the &realm have farther sold about 1,500 of tiro ems shares
at a premiere ; bat Puy are restricting the Wm to such
an amount es thy and is setsdly required to meet the most
urgent claims ups. the sompany, and to any forward the
works in peplos towards emmleden. fhe dfreetors hare
now shod*. Ie refer to tin prima of the last half-yeses
interest on the *lmp segeld en the original shares. At the
ppeeriod at whisk M talmase has madly been payable the
directors bond taut the means were not at their disposal to
make the espial pigment, wittiest putting a stop to works
emeadd he the opening of the liaa Moreover, as the last
isidahnest ea the edginal sluiree was called up in Aagort
led, and the pomade were exploded in earrying oa the
worm nag media' other dues* upon the company there
remained adhing iather to be Mod ea this dam defame
oat of which to pay the hat six mamas' Wesel en the egged
called up on them, meet tha limpid arrears el NUL As
the directors cannot think it Justillable to the
email raised by any other elms of shame for t of
Ws Wend. they ass no NUM fpm to he except
to diZhothe ppm* re ism arrears are sollestea, or to
make Worm' dna upon these shares chargeable upon
the pleated, Oi the nedevesking, winch Mt become
tagoilhe a indium& If the arrears of pt are
le dit=ll4 .11# Iloialto have re.
Men 1111=t711 IMO IMIN men
abssi toy tbs plink sat by the
me of these it may be poodeshie rata tan requisite
mould tistima by two Instalniento anda,aret:
next els Ihe directors Use
mod away envies 1-11 Om smears of edls. ban,
lees rissiest Inzglegadiwormeres to wire payment,
or Zaino emos Where the regisemai parties
Wing widi abases, had earnegai to pay uri
their la errier, emi Übe sewordiaraissinank nmeL,
It ie that the interest for the enema %Wpm shall
be paid upon the New Extension Ursa, bet as beyond