The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-15 00:00:00

GREAT NORIERRY RAILWAY.

In the report of the directors now Mimed, the
amounts for the half-year ended 31st December, 1867, as a.
follows:-Capital expended to 30th June, 1857, 11,261,8411.
14.. Id. ' - payments during the half year to 31st Dee., 1867,
47,4581. 4s. 4d. total amount of capital expended to 31st
Dec., 1857, 11,299,2991. 18e. M.; coon and securities held by
the company 31st Dec., 1867,118,5901. lls. 7d. The gross
receipts during the half-year ended 31st Dec., 1867. wen
662,0441. 7s. 114
. By the award of Mr. Gladstone of the
22nd April, 1867, this company wee requirt d to pay over •
pardon of its reoeipts for the sixteen months from Merck
isao, to 30th Jane, 1667; one moiety was charged in the
half-year ended 30th June, 1857, and. as now shown in Be
venue Statement No. 2, the second Is deducted from this
half-year, being net 4,2901. 2.. 3d. ; reducing the available
receipts to 657,8441. 6e. Bd. For the
half-year in 1856, the amount was 660,3371. 117 rte.
total expenditure for the half-year hes been 341,2131.11,a._ 911. •
leaving a balance of receipts beyond expenses of 316,8101.,
13e. IW.; add balance from lea half-year 7711. 10s.. and
the farther sum of 8,4001. due from the Eastern Comities
Railway, as shown by the net !EMU* imamant (No. 3),
8,40 W.; making to meet fixed charges and dividend, a seal
of 326,7581. 3s. 1 Id. The toed cherges, mortgage interest,
to. es shown in the net revenue amount (No. 3) amount to
108,9694 10e. 3d.; leaving available for dividend, 216,7884
13a. 8.1. ' • deducting therefrom the BUM reqohnd to
pay the dividend on the several preference stocks, at
the prescribed rate to which each is entitled, vie.,
83,9601. 18e. 9d., the remainder 132.8274 14e. 11d.
le applicable to dividend, whilewin give to the orignal
noel 21. lie. 3d. par cent. for the hel6year being at the
rate of 64 10s. 6d. per annum ;to the B stock 61. Be. per
cent. for the half-year, making, with theper mi. pig
for the first half of the year 61. per cent. for the whole year
on B stock ; and to the A 'stock 2e. 6d. per Ma, 111• Y •
balsa., of 3171. 17s. M. to be tattled to next account, the
directors recoennend that these rem of dividend be declared
accordingly. The recent examination of the accounts of the
rergiereson department has rendered • re-adjustment of the
capital account neceesary, end the socoant now preeneedshewe
the amount received on account dealt capital nook. On some
of the stocks there are calls yet unpaid amount-
ins to about 6,0001. A part of the stock fully
paid up has not yet been sent In for registration.
The expenses have been somewhat greater than veal, from
the canoes stated in the reports of the engineer end the loo-
motive manager ; bat it will be seen that part of this !nosey
so spent has gone to Maven the permanent value and en-
chewy of the railway. This company end the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company, have bow working
t* sine Ist August, 1867, on the terms which were
Ithattie sid
to the elareholders of both companies at the ex-
traordinary meetings of July last • bill is now before par-
liament for confirtutng that amnestied. The dinners
have to announce that they have mede an agreement with the
Midland Company for running !Mend triune over the Great
Northern Railway, betimes Rain snd EibeS•CYOlll. These
Using began to rem accordingly on the Ist day of this month.
The purchase of the Great Northern and East Lincoln-
shire stooks, fraudulently lamed by Redpath, hes teat
elided at a cost of about MOOOl., ender the visions of
the Company's Act of 1867; bat the aim fa Rd-
being
of not being_ooododed, complete account
of We mat. enact pt leldl Mrs as ahsrapcmin.