The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-30 00:00:00

INVERNESS AND PERTH JUNCTIO N.

The report of the directors state that the rovenue for the
half-year ending July 31 amounted to £15,535, and the ex-
penditure to £31,769, including £4,923 paid for interest on
debentures, leaving a balance of £10,756. Out of this was
deducted £1,900 for dividend on the Perth and Dunkeld
stock, £1,747 on the 41 per cent preference stock, and £7,000
for the proposed dividend, at the rate of 31 per cent. per
annum, on the ordinary stock, leaving a balance of £lO9.
The traffic during the half-year had steadily increased.
The works of the Aberfeldy branch were making satisfac-
tory progress, and there was reason to expect the line would
be reody for opening early next year. The capital account
showed that £062,767 had been expended.

HAMILTON AND STRATHAVEN.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Friday, at Hamilton ; Mr T. Tennent in the chair.
The report stated that the Act for the amalgamation of
the company with the Caledonian Railway Company re-
ceived the Royal assent on the 25th of July last, and the
Caledonian Company, in terms of the Act, had taken pos-
session of the railway and works on the Ist of August last.
The receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June last,
showed a slight increase on the corresponding half of 1863 ;
but in consequence of the high rate of interest on borrowed
money, the directors regretted that the profits would not
pay a full dividend to the preference stockholders. The
total receipts for the passenger goods and mineral traffic
amounted to £3,148. Deducting from this £2,903 for work-
ing expenses and interest on borrowed money, a balance re-
mained of £245 for division among the shareholders. The
directors recommended that a dividend for the six months
at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum be paid to the pro •
.prietors of preference stock on the 7th October next, leav-
ing a balance of £35.
After some observations by the Rev. Mr RAE on matters
of account, the report was adopted ; the dividend, at the
rate of 2/ per cent. per annum on the 5 percent, preference
shares, was declared payable on the 7th proximo, and the
proceedings terminated.

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AYR AND DOUGLAS.

At a meeting of the provibional committee for carrying
out this projected line,
recently held, it was announced that
the Caledonian Railway Company had agreed to take stock
in the undertaking to the amount of £lOO,OOO, and to work
the line,
when completed, on moderate terms.

DUTCH-RIIENISII,
The -receipts for the fortnigb.t.ending the 15th of Sep

amounted to £12,017, and for the corresponding period of
last year to £10,578, showing an increase of £1,430. The
receipts since the commencement of the present book year,
on the Ist of May, including the above, amounted to
£109,259, showing an increase as compared with the cor-
responding period of last year of £12,116. The working ex-
penses for the fortnight amounted to £1,280, or 35.61 per
cent, of the receipts, and for the corresponding period of
last year to £3,770, or 35.63 per cent., showing an increase
of £5lO. The working expenses from the Ist of May, 1863,
to the 15th inst. amounted to £38,495, or 35'23 per cent. of

the receipts. The working expenses for the year 1862.1863
were 39.08 per cent. of the receipts.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.

The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week
ending the 10th inst., amounted, on 1,335 miles, for local
passengers, to £7,357, for foreign passengers to £1,943, for
emigrants to £5Bl, for mails, &0., to £642, for local freight
and live stock to £12,534, and for foreign freight and live
stock to £3,449; total, £25,506, against £20,192 for the
corresponding week of last year, showing an increase of
£5,314, of which £1,455 was for local passengers, and
£3,667 for local freight and live stock, together £5,122.
The total receipts from the Ist of July to the above date
amounted to £222,632, and for the same period last year to
£186,781, showing an increase of £35,851,