The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-18 00:00:00

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.

The report of the directors to the forty-eighth
half Toady meeting of the proprietors, to be held at the
Landon 'htern, on Thursday mit, has just been published.
n. receipts for the half year ending June JO Wine
Phissearre-furst class, fa,n7g/ • second class, 96,5631.• I
third clam 96,4711.; merchandise--goods, 244,3011.; coat',
47,9331.; cattle, including she, andJf!lP• 51t.0064;
induding warehouse rent and sundries, 27,6631.;
homes, oirriages, and dom, 22,54 V.; trails, 10,5061.; rests,
kc., tenet, gi41,562/. The worlogg expenses for
the same period were. - Locomotive, 119,0071.; way and
works, 44,1741.; carrying and micellaneoue„ 141,391 M.•
mew end motes, 111.7134.; government duty. 10,8761.: total:
3312,170/. ; lees working expenses, fiat Suffolk lines, as per
pear account, B, 8.8181. ; leaving 5gi,3521. The
Meemes scored for the half-year exhibits an Menem
of 'COWL 14. M.; the receipts represeeting 639,3621.0..1d,
es wine 613,3161. fur the ounsepooding
.penod
el PAM The eameditere es the capital acaunit half-
year in respect of my works mil increased aooommodation
to Mathew amnesia to .1,1254. In 7d. A sum of 11,01561.
Ise elm been cheered on account of the permanent improve-
ment of bridges, whack have been mewed wahMantially
with brick, ire, and earthwork, instead of timber, with
which perishable materiel they were originally emetructed.
A further stun of 15,0001. has been charged for seiworrignt
melded to the rolling stuck of the company, fer the of
the Past Suffolk and other lines, being for 4 MOMS 96
Waggons. The remit of the enrkrtaking am ',pada the Footers
thunties Calaway is, that there is a hat ease applicable as
merenue (after deduction the working sepeems, which
opovant to 323,3:4f. 9.. Id.). as will be sees by reference to
rpresee seemed It, 0f214,475. Se. 3d.; lees interest cm ger.
strutees end loans, 146,636/. te. Wane, 67,t1651. 20.7 d.;
add emu carried over after pug leg DOOlllllllO/ 1459,
/M g& 3e. 7d.; total, 70,7411. M. Si; &dart nu account
.1 deferred permanent way account, ea per statement,
3,000'.; leering 67,741/. be. 2d. ar.o!able fur dividend,
eut of which the directors here declared • dividend of
B. Is. 3d. per cent. fur the half-yew, being after the rats
• 31. 2a 6.1. per teat. per annum 01 the ordinary
Mere capital of the company, which will absorb
gl,Mr3/. 15a, leaving a balance of 6,7881. Ile. Yd.
to be carried forward to the inecceeding half-year.
The working expense. fee the half-year are 471. 10e. per
cent- is against 461. UM per mot. for the corresponibog
period of I$W. The cooditioe of the permanent way and
w oaks coututues gradually to impel,. Bach portion of
the ae at it has been found amiamery Wrinkly with sew
ra.l. I. ire bees 'mewed ie the meet a hi tbi manner,
with a rm.+ to future economy of maintimance; asd is the
preee.d of timber bridle*, of which Ulan Wan YOU May.
Mich ..tel iron have bees suletitneed far the same abject.
Tao w-rk tag ~f Ll44(...'motive derertment engages numb of
We attention the directors, am for the purpose of main-
tao.ii the rtfieletu v of the plant it les bees found
e t.. rap ;of a couesolairalde mina is re•
pears, welch has ocia.ioned an increase in the
amount cdupable .I,;alivit the revenue of the 'self-year.
The usual examination of the register foi the half-year
ending ..10th June last ha. been made by a perms anetni.
5e.1,01 with the ,oiniomy. The stock ledgers have been
carefully checked ; exb transfer boa also been examined
end checked ; and the togiatar I. found to agree with the
amount of the seseril •t• 410, 14.4 Authorisiol to In mimed by
tt.e company. The in eleiel account ham likewise under-
gone an examination. mat is ale° found correct. Of the bill.
wb,•ll have beers brought hekre parliament for the menet*
d new lime affective the restore Counties district, the re-
salts have bees as follow. Norwich sod Spalding-Ex-
Motion from Suttou.l.i idge to Wisbeach : defeated by the
opposition of local potties. \Verve, Valley -Litenikat
from paean, to jolts the Feet Suffolk at Beaks •. paired.
rfeoaereham and Helms Railway-Withdrawn. 8:In
selforl, and Clue Railwev• -A focal lire not 0p10.14
the directors pissed. •Thetfotil and Buy
by this company and defeated in the Genoese.
T.pping Railway - Extension to Niemen : pesesd.
lipping Railway.. -Amen to London by Titian, line: with_
diary in consequence of the oppenimi of this °mammy.
Bedfoed andt'ambriiire Liae-Peseed. The director* me.
solor the Epping Railirsy, and the Bollard sad Ca
iebsig"
Medway, as lines directly opposed to the intereeta al the
Eastern Coutitice Railway. and not required for the Mem.
able onvenieree of the public. They have. tbereforklleos
their lest to point out to the parlesioeutary ememittees
before which these projects were brought, the einglirrimi