The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-26 00:00:00

HUDSON'S BAY.

The report of the committee of this company
states their intention of paying in January next a
dividend of Bs. per there on the juint stock of the
company, in anticipation of the result of the year's
business, which cannot be ascertained until the 31st
of May next, when the accounts will be made up.
The lands belonging to the company in Vancouver's
Island and in British Columbia and those in which
it is interested will, no doubt, become a source of
increased profit on account of the recent discoveries
of fresh gold mines in these colonies, but the
committee were scarcely in a position to turn
them to the best account until all the questions
connected with Vancouver's Island shall have been
finally closed in legal form, and the arrangements
with her Majesty's Government can be brought
to an end. Another large item in the miscellaneous
aggregate of property consists in the claim against
the Government of the United States about
to be arbitrated at Washington. The com-
missioners on both sides are probably at the present
moment at Washington, and chief factor Dugald
Mactavish has been sent to afford them the assist.
anco of his local knowledge in arriving at the true
value to be put upon the property affected by the
Oregon treaty and the Convention of July, 1863.
With regard to the construction of as electric tele-
graph from Red River across the company's terri-
tory through British Columbia to New Westmin-
ster, the report states that although the country
between Red River and the Rocky Mountains was
well-known to the officers of the company the com-
mittee thought it prudent to despatch Dr. Rae
with an assistant for the purpose of examining and
reporting on the best line for crossing the territory
and traversing the Rocky Mountains between Fort
Edmonton and the head waters of the Fraser
River. Dr. Rae's report may be expected at
any moment, and in the meantime a portion of
the telegraphic wire and insulators are actually
on the Mississippi, waiting only for the spring, to
bo sent up to Red River. Two other portions of
the wire have been sent by sea to Victoria and York
Factory respectively, as being at those points
nearer their destination than they would be if sent.
through Canada and the United States. The warm
thanks of the Hudson's Bty Company are due to
the Grand Trunk Railway of Car....da for the liberal
manner in which they have assisted in the transport
of the wire sent over their line, free of cost, and for
their general aid to this enterprise. Telegraphic
communicltion from the Pacific to the Atlantic
across British territory must be au object of the
utmost importance, and the committee have no
doubt, there ore, that in itself this enterprise will
ultimately prove advantageous to the company.
The dividend is 3s. more than it was this time last
year.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.
Mlles Opened. Receipts.
Railways.

1864. 1863. 1864. 1863.
Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,001 1.964
Belfast and Comity Down 49 49 710 631
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2,431 1,990
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1214 5,926 5,596
Caledonian
Cambrian

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dockermouth& Workington 81 -81 335 329
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 321 385
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 117 140
Cork and Youghal 321 321 379 365
Cornwall 654 651 1,226 1.235
Deeside l7 17 2)2 2.8
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,377 1.370
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,580 1.6 4
Dublin and Meath
Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 911 2,252 2,091
Furness, &c 5O 5:1 3,363 2,771
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union 663 663 31,027 29,179
Great-Northern 387 853 36;2(.6 33,070
Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,643 1,631
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 460 477
'lt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 387 3734 6,692 7,658
Great Western 1222:, 1169 62,142 59,113
Hull and Hurnsea l3 - 91
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno ll7l 1061 1,358 1,181.
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 1191 1,533 1,300
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,772 1,49 )
Kent Coast 27 27 630 300
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 401 33,792 34,340
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes 261 261 147 131
Llanelly 461 461 6 5 655
Llynvl Valley
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 54 1,714 1,769
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 267/ 2611 17,079 16,024
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 721 6,832 4,800
Do. Metropolitan Extension 111 104 1,190 3,040
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.. Sheffield, & Lincolnsh
&ranch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l 91 1,206 1,219
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,776 1,4:8
Metropolitan 3l 31 2,2 2 1,89 u
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6514 641 45,748 41,623
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 262 2591 4,317 5,625
Monkland 7ll 714 1,6,2 1,661
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,837 2.574
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 1095 58,866 51,504
North London 9 9 3,223 3,280
North Staffordshire 254 251 8,972 8,653
Rhymney l9l 191 959 955
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 4,:27 4.721
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 762 646
South Devon
_7O
_751
_3.232
_3,112

South-Eastern 3OB
Taff Vale 67

18,9.)7 18,793
6,637 6,965

Ulster lO5l 105,1 2.033 2,367
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Neath 43s 43N 2,851 2.403

Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 410 283
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,454 1.216
West Cornwall 271 271 751 709
W.Hartlepool Harbr.Bzßall.
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 oe3 637
Whitehaven Junction l3 13 1,103 957
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 1,004 883
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

Austrian B2B 82,5 44,795 31,765
I
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern Junction 261 26 380 319
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1851 185 1,873 2,100
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 6,450 5,040
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 5, 32 4,324
Eastern of France ll7O 1428 68,208 60,906
Eastern Bengal • • 110 110 1,607 1,388
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1335 1335 21,010 23,625
Great Central of Belgium 220 220 5,€69 5,554
Great Indian Peninsula s'3 5381 10,365 5,025
Great Luxembourg 134 134 4,793 4,252
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 12,158 13,052
Madras

Madrid, Saragossa SzAlicant 660 650 16,077 18,665
Northern of Canada
Northern of France 697 697 59,283 67,869
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mcditerrn 1967 1785 134,3356 147,557
Paris and Orleans 1616 1614 70,565 69.395
Pernambuco
_?74 77h 63d 454
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Scinde.
105 103
South Austrian
Southern of France ..... ..... 823 770 :24,622 .7,388
Victoria
Welland
West Flanders 75 75 1,199 1,121
West &N- Wes tn of France 9oo 931 48,659 41,804

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