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

HUDSON'S BAY.

Tho report of the committee of this company
states their intention of paying in January next a
dividend of Bs. per share on the joint stock of the
company, in anticipation of the result of the year's
business, which cannot be ascertained until the 31st
of May nest, when the accounts will be made up.
The lands belonging to the company in Vancouver's
Island and in British Columba 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 come
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°
ante 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 an 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
be 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 Bay Company are due to
the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada 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
communication from the Pacific to the Atlantic
across British territory must be an objet of the
utmost importance, and the committee have no
doubt, there:ore, that in itself this enterprise with
ultimately prove advantageous to the company.
The dividend is 3s. more than it was this time last
year.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.
Miles Opened. Receipts.

liallwaya. ~,..___....A...-...„......-..-.........__
1864. 1863. 1864. 1863.
£ 4
Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,001 1.964
Belfast and County Down 49 49 710 631
Blyth and Tyne gs 28 2,431 1,990
Bristol and Exeter l2l/ 1211 5,926 5,596
Caledonian
Cambrian 9l 81 1,631 1,318
Cockermouth & Workington Bl 81 05 329
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 321 385
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 117 1.0
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 651 651 1,226 1.235
Deeside ~ 17 17 292 2, 8
flublin & 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 91 i 2,252 2,091
Furness, &c 5O 5,' 3,363 2,771
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 387 353 36,216 33,070
Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,613 1,632
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 460 477
'3(t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 3731 6,092 7,658
Great Western 12221 1169 62,142 69,113
Hull and llurnsea l3 _ 91
Inverness & Aberdeen June ll7/ 1063 1,358 1,181
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 1191 1,533 5,309
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 26-1 262 147 131
Llanelly 461 461 6 5 555
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 62 61 1,714 1,769
I
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 267 2611 17,079 16,024
London, Chatham, & Dover 72 221 6,832 4,800
Do. Metropolitan Extension 114 104 1,490 1,040
Lou., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Shetileid, & Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 ti 1,206 1,2;9
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6611 611 45,748 41,623
Midland G t.Wes tn. of irind 262 2594 4,317 5,625
Monkland 714 714 1,612 1,661
Monmoutlish. Hail. & Canal 4l 14 2,837 2,574
North British, Edin., Perth
_ __

and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Danl 1095 1095 58,866 53,501
North London 9 9 3,225 3,280
North Staffordshire 254 254 8,972 8.653
Rhymney l9l 191 059 035
Scottish Central

Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 4,727 1,721
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 762 646

South Devon ..... 791 751 3.232 3,112
South-Eastern 3OS 806 18,9,7 18,70 J
Taff Vale 57 57 6,637 6,965
Ulster lO5l 1051 2,133 2,3;)7
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Neath 431 431 2,851 2.403
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 410 283
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,451 1.286
West Cornwall 271 271 751 769
W.llartlepool liarbr.Satail 521 521 4,402 4.032
Irhaven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 653 637
Whitehaven Junction l3 13 1,103 957
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 85 1,(,04 883
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

Austrian B2B

828 44,795 34,765

Bahia and San Francisco 761 761 337 _
Belgian Eastern J unction 261 261 • 380 349
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1851 1851 1,873 2,100
Detroit and Milwaukie 139 189 6,456 5,040
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France
Eastern Bengal
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1335 1335 21,010 23,625
Great Central of Belgium 220 220 5,869 5,554
Great Indian Peninsula 5,3 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 &Aiicant 653 650 16,077 18,665
Northern of Canada ..
Northern of France. ...... ... 697 697 59,283 57,839
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman .. 4Bl 481 627 429
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1967 1781 134,856 144,507
Paris and Orleans 1616 1614 70,565 60,395
Pernambuco 771 771 636 454
&lade 165 105 - -
South Austrian
Southern of France .... 823 770 ',24,622 57,385
Victoria
Welland
West Flanders 75 75 1,199 1,121
West &N- %Vesta of France 960 931 45,639 41,804

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