The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
At the THIRTY-SECOND PALF-YEARLY GENERAL
MEETING, and at the SPECIAL GENEIIAL MEETING, of mi.
S9UPII-E AS CERN RAILWAY COMPANY, held at the Bridge
House Hotel, Londonbridge, on Thursday, the 9th day of Septem-
ber, 1852,
JAMES MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P. Chairman, in the Chair,
The advertisements convening the meetings were read, and the
following resolutions were passed .-
1. That the Report of the Directors, and statement of accounts, as
now read at this meeting, be received and adopted,
2. That a dividend (less income-tax) for the half-year ending on
the 31st of July last, at the rate of 7s. 6d. per 301. stock, be now
declared on the Consolidated Stock of this Company, and be made
Payable on the 13th inst.
3 That, with the view of determining the amount at which the
capital expenditure will cease, the directors be requested to submit
to the proprietors, at their next half-yearly meeting, a detailed esti-
mate of the amount required to complete the lines and works of the
South-Eastern Railway Company ; also a statement of the entire
debts and liabilities of the Company, and of its property and assets
with the half-yearly accounts.
4. That the declarations of forfeiture by the several resolutions of
the Board of Directors of the 22d day of April last, so far as any
such forfeiture, or any such declations thereof, relates to the follow-
ing shares thereby declared to be forfeited, or any of them--viz., the
shares numbered 5,732 to 5,733, 21,518 to 21,520, 56,297, 57,674 to
7
57,678, 59,834 to 59,836, 67,248 to 67,264, 68,813 to 68,827, 69,777
toto 7
71,519, 701,,47851 8
t700,6771,178t70, 7703:678358,
t071,137,876t20, 7781,710892'
to 7178,510 t 0,728,
79,133 to 79,145, 80,785 to 80,799. 81,258 to 81,264, 81,453 to 81,467,
81,476 to 81,478, 81,618, 81,716 to 81,730, 82,606 to 82,615, 84,448
to 84,452, 85,404 to 85,408, 86,752, 86,755 to 86,789, 91,340 to
91,349, 91,391 to 91,493, 91,898, 92,841 to 92,852, 96,953 to 96,958
97,463 to 97,477, 98,156 to 98,162, 101,676 to 101,685, 101,823
to 101,842, 104,737 to 104,743, 105,592 to 105 594, 105,889 to
105,891, 105,912 to 105,919, 107,11? to 107,126, 107,547 to 107,576,
107,782 to 107,831, 109,327 to 109,336, 110,177 to 110,240, 110,624
to 110,618, 114,156 to 114,490, 116,380 to 116,384, 116,495 to 11,6497,
116,796 to 116,799, 117,162 to 117,171, 117,681 to 117,685, 118,376
to 118,385, 118,535 to 118,612, 118,783 to 118,790, 119,566 to
119,574, 120,025 to 1.20,029, 120,049 to 120,014, 120,618 to 120, 59,
121,586 to 121,600, 122,570, 122.962 to 122,964, 123,114 to 123,116,
123,268 to 123,277, 124,325 to 121,342, 124,855 to 124,856, 125,216 to
125,24 , 125,482 to 125,491, 126,715, 131,561 to 131,575, 132,331 to
132,343, 1
-33.680 to 133,682, 136,118 to 136,122, 136,817 to 136,841,
136,972 136,991, 137,576 to 137,585, 139.376 to 139,387, 141,031 to
141,043, 141,149 to 141,166, 141,192 to 141,203, 142,013 to 142,017,
144,766 to 144,774, 147,132 to 147,256, 150,741 to 150,817, 151,885 to
157,087, 151,779 to 151,781, 151,838 to 151,842, 152,172 to 152,177,
153,326 to 153,327, 153,575 to 153,586, 154,814 to 154,818, 154,975 to
154,984, 157,133 to 157,13'4, 157,251, 157,282 to 157,297, 157,362 to
157,363, 157,367 to 157,370-be, and the same are hereby respec-
tively confirmed.
5. That the Directors be, and they are hereby ordered and di-
rected to dispose of all the shares declared to be forfeited, and as to
which the declar Alone of forfeiture have been confirmed at and by
this meeting in manner directed by the Act of Parliament, made
and passed in the sixth year of the re.gn of his late Majesty King
William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for making a Railway from
the London and Croydon Railway to Dover, to be called the South-
Eastern Railway."
6. That this meeting approves the views of the Directors as ex-
preved in their letter to Lord Sondes of the 2d of September instant
with retard to a proposed extension of the North Kent Railway
from Strood to Chilham, and that the Directors be instructed to take
such future steps in relation to that extension as they may deem
most conducive to the best interests of the Company.
7. That the Directors be, and they are hereby authorized to bor-
row. at interest, on mortgage of this undertaking, any further sum
of money not exceeding 180,0001.
8. That the Directors be instructed to give notice to the Canter-
bury and Whitstable Railway Company, of the South-Eastern Com-
pany's intention to exercise the option given to them to purchase
the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Harbour and Works on the
terms agreed on between the two companies.
9. That the Directors be authorised to negotiate terms, with the
South-F,astern and Continental Steam Packet Company for the
purchase of that company's steamboats ; such terms to be submitted
to a future meeting of this Company for their consideration ; and
that a committee of five proprietors, who are not proprietors in the
Steamboat Company, be associated with the Directors to consider
and report on the terms that may be so proposed.
10. That the following proprietors do constitute such committee :
-Coles Child, Esq., James Ivyleafe, Esq., George Smith, Esq., B.
A. Gray, Esc; , R. S. Wilkinson, Esq.
11. That Thomas Browne, Esq., who vacated his office of Auditor
of this Company by becoming disqualified (but is now again qualified
for the office) be re-elected an Auditor of the Company..
12. That the consideration of the question of converting the mort-
gage debts of the Company into preferential stock be adjourned.
JAMES MACGREGOR, Chairman,
The Chairman having left the chair, it ma resolved :
13. That the best thanks of the meeting be presented to him for
his conduct in the chair.
14. That the best thanks of this meeting be and are hereby given
to the Secretary and other officers of this Company for their zeal,
attention, and efficiency in the discharge of the duties of their re-
spective offices. G. S. HERBERT, Secretary,