The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-19 00:00:00

emir N041271,11RN BAILWAL-(THIS DAY.}

The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of the
shareholders of thls Compaq was held at the Elm's.
wee beam, thie day, Osioesl 4Oxi in the chair.
The repeat. which TMs already besa pabliahad, having
bees taken so mod.
The Cnatatull, la moving that the report be received,
mid they had bees obliged to inertias the espial amount
to the aisoast of 487,2311. la the half-year, mere then
500,0001. of whisk had been expended', new Eyes and
and 112,0001. of It in leemeolime and mimeos. When al
the sew seems sad manages that were cordoned were OCan•
plena they would he able to envy as the traffic malbo-
toed .Tin laeremed revalue daring the ball-year was
78,52151.; but mit of that the receipts el the West
Yorimbire aid the Elleaford and Basks bed to be
deducted, making a set lamas. of 44,9621. 7s. Bd.
There had bees a ermaidetalie decorum In the cost
of the parlament way, which had enabled the
directors to pay off the suspense wouot, which was created
in 1860, and which now so kept Existed. Beeline this
357 toss of steel ruts Dedham lad, which had bean charged
to wee The 'Lewes in the locomotive department
had been faoreased, being 199,4211. 9y. 10d. as against
1615.1211. ss. H. in the corresponding half year, bat
this had been caused by the increased mileage ran ;
bat this additional expenditure bad been ealuteced by their
having had to hire engines at the beginning of the year to
amble them to work the traffic which moss at that time.
He trusted that the expenditure for hiring would be seen no
Imam The item for ootnpensatioa was leas by 5,0001. than
in the preceding hail-year, and he trusted that that 'l4.
aelle tee would disappear. They had oome throes& g
the mallawatry campaign 'Kitty well. They had carried as
the Arnalgation Bill of the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax
is
land West Yorkshire railways ; they had also procured a le
bill for the arrangement of the Cheshire lines, by which
to
the ELiffiaad lie.. would be admitted to Manchester, which fin
it was thought better to do, those companies pity* Dv
one-third. They had also obtained a bill for as wa-
on of the Celedoolan, Scottish Central, and
ribrattßritish, and Edinburgh and Gamow martays, It
which would enable this company to get to Perth, and
1111111 increase their !botch trad3e. The next matter he bad so
to refer to was me of coasiderable importance—he meant 36
the arrangement with the Great Eastern. As they were
aware, the directory had opposed the attempt of the Grath N.
Lateen line to get an opposing line. They succeeded gle
in throwing the bill out on the second reading.
in this matter they were opposed by the puha° sad the se
peons, which, he thought, took a one-sided view of the
matter, and stigmatised this company as monopolists. Ins- as
mediately alter the bill was thrown out be offered to enter M.
iota an arrangement. Negotiations were entered into. Three N.
parties had to be consulted and satisiled—the Great Beaters,
the Lonesehire and Yorkshire, end the Maacheater and
yt
Sheffield. But an arrasgement baboon affected. and they had as
opened the coal district and the West Riding of Yorkshire N.
to the Gnat Eastern, so that the charge of monopoly maid N.
no longer be brought against them. This arrangement 416
would come before the shareholden next year, when they g
would be called together to approve of a bill to legalise we
it, sad also a bill to approve of the purchase of the Wait is.
Rain Railway.
A Mort dimwit:a ensued respecting the amount of 9
money borrowed, the terms on which the West Riding IL
Railway is to be pyarnitamd, and the mode of presenting the st
acootrats in the report, and eveetuelly the motion was et
agreed to, and dividends declared on the original and sk
new ordinary stocks at the ratty of 51. 10s. per cent. per te
maxim ; giving on the half-year 21. 15s. to the original at.
Meek, 31. to the B stock, and 2C Hrs. to the A stook, the St_
bassos to be carried forward to the next accemat being
4.,• 10d. ti
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