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Lancashire Distress.

CENTRAL FUND.

A meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the
Town-hall, Manchester,yesterday. The Earl of Derby pre-
sided, and there were also present Lord E. Howard, M.P.,
Lord Egerton of Tatton, Col. W. Patten, M.P., Major
Egerton Leigh, the Mayor of Manchester, Messrs. Hugh
Mason, G. Ashworth, S. J. Stern, W. Rathbone, jun., G.
L. Ashworth, J. Platt, J. Worrell, H. B, Parnell, R, H.
Hutchinson, M.:Ross and J. W. Maclure, Hon, Sec. Mr
Rawlinson, was also present.
The Hon. Secretary reported that £230 7s 5d had been
received during the past week, and the balance in the bank
was £101,667 16s 11d.

The noble CHAIRMAN, referring to what passed in the
committee last week respecting the comparatively small
number of factory operatives employed on public works,
said that the communication on the subject which by di-
rection of the Committee was sent to th 3 Manchester Town
Council had not yet been officially answered, though he un-
derstood it shortly would be. In the meantime, without
desiring to enter into any controversy with the Town Coun-
cil, which ought to be avoided, it was thought by Sir J.
Kaye-Shuttleworth, and he (Lord Derby) concurred in the
opinion, that it might be as well to notify to relief commit-
tees that in cases where money had been advanced to their
own localities under the Public Works Act they should put
themselves into communication with the local authorities,
for the purpose of stimulating the employment of cotton
operatives on the public works. It seemed to him (the
chairman) that neither party thought it its duty to take the
initiative in this matter. The local authorities said they
wero not bound to look out for these unemployed factory
Teratives, and the relief committees did not think it neces-
sary to send to the authorities lists of factory workmen fit
for employment. S 9 between them, as there could be no
doubt whatever, only a very small number of operatives
were at work under the Public Works Act, Sir James had
forwarded him a number of suggestions, which he recom-
wended should be embodied in the form of a circular, and
s gat to the several committees.

The Chaitnian read the suggestions, "and after some con-
vet-satin the following circuler embodying them was una-
uimuusly adopted, and ordered to be forwarded to the Relief
Committec—

"The Central Executive Committee has from the first
upported the plan of public works for the relief of distress
n the cotton districts, and, since the passing of the Public
Works (Manufacturing, Districts) Act, has, by its regula-
tions for the distribution of the Central Relief Fund, en-
deavoured to promote the success of this measure, as a
means of providing work with wages for bodies of mon
who had become indigent by no fault of their own, and
likewise of relieving the diffimlties of the small shop-
keepers, by giving greater activity to the several forms of
skilled industry necessarily employed upon municipal hn-
provements. The embarrassment now experienced in fac-
tory work may be comparatively transient—but if so it will
probably recur at intervals with more or less severity. And,
as the funds confided to the Central Executive Committee,
though husbanded with great care to meet such crises, are
much reduced, it now becomes more than ever important
that the several district relief committees should put them-
selves in communication with the municip 11 and other
bodies having locally charge of public works, in order to
secure work with wages for as many otherwise unemployed
factory operatives as possible. I am, therefore, to suggest
'hat, whenever a loan has been granted under the Public
Works Act, the district relief commitee should—where this
has not already been done—put itself in immediate personal
communication with the municipal or other body having
charge of such loan, is order to organise administrative
arrangements by which the district relief committee may
be enabled more effectually to carry out the intentions of
tha Legislature as to the employment of factory operatives
on such works. The Central Executive Committee, in order
to encourage factory workmen in such efforts for indepen-
dent subsistence, have provided a suit of warm clothing for
those who are likely to be long engaged on such work, and
arranged also to lend waterproof boots to those working in
water. They are disposed, under suitable regulations, to
continue to provide such clothing."

Mr Huoll MASON said that before leaving the subject of
public works he should like to mention a circumstance
which occurred a few days ago between tho Poor Law Board
and the Mossley Board of Health. The Mossley Board had
projected public works, and obtained a grant of money
under the Public Works Act. The day the grant was
made men were put upon the works, but in a few days after
the grant was withdrawn.
The CHAIRMAN—HOW withdrawn P

Mr MASON said the Mossley Board had received a notice
from the Poor Law Board intimating that the money granted
could not be used in the manner in which it was being ap-
plied. There appbared to be a technical difficulty. The
Mossley Board had jurisdiction in two counties, and a small
portion of the money would have been expended upon
works in Yorkshire, to which county the Public Works Act
did not refer. This difficulty was foreseen at the outset., and
a deputation from the Mossley Board waited on Sir George
Grey and Mr Villiers on the subject, and those two Minis.
ters sanctioned the appropriation of the money :in the way
proposed by the local Board. Under such circumstances
the Board thought it was rather hard the money should be
withdrawn, and great dissatisfaction existed in the Mossley
district generally. He had recommended an interview with
Ur Rawlinson on the subject.
Mr FARNALL said that the Public Works Act did not
extend to Yorkshire, but legal advice was being taken by
the Poor Law Board to see if the difficulty in the case of
Moseley could be overcome, and it was not impossible that
even yet the grant to that district might be finally sane •
tioned.

Mr Farnall presented his weekly report, stating that the
increase of persons receiving relief in the 27 Unions in the
week ending Oct. 22 was 2,247.
In reply to Lord E. HOWARD,
Mr FARNALL added that he had sent circulars to 181
Poor Law medical officers in the cotton districts, inquiring
as to the state of the people's health in their several locali-
ties, and from 120 of these circulars thus far returned he
was justified in stating that the health of the district was on
the average rather better than usual at this period of the
year. In reply to Lord EGERTON, he promised that Mr
Corbett's reports on the state of health at Stalybridge and
Preston should be furnished if possible next Monday.
In the course of conversation which followed,
Mr HUGH MASON stated that upwards (1 1,300 people
were employed on public works at Ashton, and that a greater
number could be employed if materials could be obtained.
Mr RAWLtNSON stated that many districts to which loans
of public money had been granted had done their duty in
the employment of factory operatives.
Col. PATTEN said ho had received a letter from Lord
Devon inquiring whether the Devonshire Collection Com-
mittee might appropriate any portion cf its funds to a diffe-
rent purpose than that for which they were subscribed. He
had taken upon himself to reply that in the present un-
favourable condition of things in Lancashire the Executive
Committee would not assume the responsibility of sanction-
ing such an appropriation.
In this reply the committee universally concurred.
The CHAIRMAN inquired what answers had been received
to the circulars addressed to the various collecting commit-
tees in the country, as to the balances still at their disposal,
The HoN. SECRETARY said that there had been 338 com •
tnittees which had collected funds in the United Kingdom,
to the officers of which circulars had been sent, making the
necessary inquiries; 171 replies had been received, which

showed, so far, that of the, committees which had replied
those in Ireland had remitted the full amount subscribed—
that in Scotland two committees had £404 103 6d in hand—
and that in England and Wales 22 committees had retained
balances amounting to £15,220 Ils. This did not, however,
include the Sheffield, Leeds, or Halifax balances, nor the
balance of the committee to which Col, Patten had re-
ferred, but did include £11,178 Os 4d in the hacds of the
treasurer of the Bradford committee. Ho hoped soon to
be able to lay on the table replies from all the committees.
The following grants were made from the general relief
fund :—To Livesey, £.so—Crompton, £.150 —Failswor.h,
£l2o—Cragg-valley, £so—Hincklay, XioO—Hurst, £l:so—
£loo—Newchurcb, £lso—St. Matthew's, Chad-
derton, £loo—Oldham, .000—Turton and Edgeworth, £lO
—and Llollinwod, £lO.

Railway and Other Companies.

EAST INDIAN.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr. R. W.
Crawford, M.P., in the chair.
Mr NOAD, the secretary, having read the notice
convening the meeting, the report was taken as
read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said he trusted they would consider it very
satisfactory. The line was now opened from Cale
cutta to Delhi, with the exception of the bridge
over the Jumna at Allahabad and the bridge over
the same river near Delhi, which latter bridge had
not yet been sanctioned. Any passenger could now
be conveyed from Calcutta to Delhi or vice versa,
and goods could be sent over the railway. The line
was 1,016 miles in length, and he believed it was
the longest line possessed and worked by one corn.
patty. As for traffic, he thought they had no reason
to be dissatisfied with it. They had had a very
steady increase in the passenger and goods traffic,
an increase in the receipts, and a diminution of ex-
penses. Whatever might be the amount of the re-
ceipts, it would not do what was requisite unless
the line was worked with economy. The directors
had given their attention to this matter with a view
that economy should be exercised in working the
line from one end to the other. The expenditure
was under the constant review of members of the
Board. Their system of audit in India enabled them
to see how the business was conducted, to check
any portion of the expenditure, and keep it within
reasonable bounds, The progress of the works was
now chiefly confined to finishing up the works in
hand. With regard to theJubbulpore line,the works
on it were progressing to the satisfaction of the
engineer. The works were proceeding rapidly,
and he hoped they would be able to perfect that
part of their system without the risk of disappoint-
ment, There only remained the short line, which
would have to be brought under the consideration
of the shareholders. It was proposed to start from
the main line at a point beyond Raneegunge to the
main line again near Luckserai. This was consi-
dered a preferable line to construct, as it would be
shorter than the main line between these points
end save the expense of doubling it for that disc.
tance. But, in addition to that, the power of obtain.
log an ample supply of excellent coal at a cheap
rate, which the chord line would give them, was a
consideration of great importance to the company.
The country through which the line intended to pass
had been examined in various directions, and one
line in particular had been selected, but the dire°
tors had received no official information about it.
We en they received the necessary plans the direr.
tors:would come to the shareholders for their assent.
The bill authorising the company to raise additional
capital received the Royal assent last session, but
the directors would not exercise any of those powers
without the assent of the proprietors. He would
ask them to sanction the raising of £1,200,000,
which would be necessary for the completion of the
Jubbulporo line. As to perfecting the main lice
and stations, the directors were not satisfied with
the estimates they bad received as to the cost of
these works. Some three or four years ago an esti-
mate of the cost of those works had been made out,
but it differed so much in amount from the meet
estimate that the directors had sent for Mr. Power,
the engineer, to explain those matters to the Board
in London. They hoped that something useful and
satisfactory would be ascertained with regard to
those proposed works. A statement had appeared
in some of the newspapers respecting the proposed
construction of a bridge across the Hooghly from
the present terminus of the line at Howrah, with a
view to carry the railway into Calcutta. All he
could say was that they had not entered into any
arrangement of the kind, and they knew nothing
about it. There was no intention on the part of
the Board of calling for any more money
until they ascertained from their officers what would
be absolutely required for the completion of the
There at
u a present
consultation
o
works. Something had been said about closing the
capital account, and it had been said by the govern-
ing body that the capital account should be closed
at a certain sum, but, however desirable, they did
noth se
otawthawtitwhatshteo
represen-
tatives ere had been hnsultion
of the railway companies on the subject
of revenue and capital accounts ; and it was
understood that • .
a principle would be adopted for
deciding those matters hereafter between each com-
pany and the Secretary of State. A circular from
the Archdeacon of Calcutta had been forwarded, at
his request, to the shareholders of the company, on
the subject of education and religious instruction,
and the result has been aa a subscription of between
£7,000 and £B,OOO. The directors had taken no
further part in it than to forward the circulars with
the dividend warrants to individual shareholders,
but they had no power as a company to subscribe
money for that purpose. He would be happy to
answer any questions.
Mr Bt Y
—ENDALR seconded the motion for the
adoption of the report.
Mr MoRGAN wished to know the amount of capi-
tal which the company had expended up to the pre•
sent time, the amount advanced by the Government
as interest on the £23,000,000 the company had
already paid
UPI and how much more would be
required for additional works before the capie
tal account could be closed. He believed, if
they were to go on expending capital, that before
the debt due to the Government on interest account
could be repaid every one present would be in the
grave. He thought it very necessary for them to
go to the Government as a body of shareholders
and represent their case. They had a former claim
on the Government for losses during the mutiny.
They had no doubt worked the railway economie
cally, and if the fares were too low, as he thought
they were. they ought to have power to raise them
to a certain maximum amount. He did not want
to disturb things, but, as he and others held a stake
in the undertaking, he thought they should not rest
satisfied with 5 per cent. They should be allowed
to develope the traffic, exercise economy, and carry
on that great undertaking as a commercial enter-
prise. (Cheers.) They should not run express
trains at 30 miles an hour over the 1,000 miles, nor
carry less than full traineloads of merchandise.
The CHAIRMAN said the amount of capital ex-
pended to the present time was about £22,000,000,
and the amount of capital not having yet passed the
final audit by the Government authorities was about
£4,000,000. The audit was completed up to March
last year. It was because they did not like the
delay of the Government audit that the directors
had initiated and adopted, with the sanction of the
Government, their present very efficient system of
audit, which gave them the power of controlling
the expenditure. The receipts wore paid into the
Government Treasury, and no money was paid out
without the sanction of the Government. Up to
the 30th of June last the Government had paid to
the company in the shape of interest on capital
£6,130,854, and they had received back from the
company £1,890,000 as profits on working the rail.
way, leaving a balance of £4,246,586 against the
icompany, which was to be repaid out of half the
suplus profits above 5 per cent, He dirl not en,

tertain any desponding views as to the result of
their traffic to and from the 120 stations on their
line. They were developing the resources as fast
as they could, and perfecting the arrangements for
conducting the traffic. He did not think the fares
were too low, but he thought they were moderate,
and should, to a great extent, bo left to those
governing aff_►irs in India. There would be no diffi-
culty in carrying out the suggestions of Mr Goez in
the statement of accounts.

After some observations respecling the obstruc-
tions, delay, and expense that had been experienced
from the Government interference in carrying cut
the undertaking, the report was unanimously
adopted, and the directors were authorised to raise
£1,200,000, being the amount necessary for the
completion of the Jubbelpore line. The total cost of
this branch, it was supposed, would not exceed
£3,200,000.

The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman and directors.

GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA.

The report of the directors states that during the
half.year no further portion of the railway was
opened for traffic. The number of miles worked was
553. The gross receipts brought into the revenue
statement amounted to £325,008, being an increase
of £90,664 on the receipts of :he corresponding
half of last year. The working expenses (including
the item " compensation ") amounted to £196,832,
or 6056 per cent. of the receipts—and the amount
of net profit for the half-year, to be carried to the
credit of the interest account with the Government,
was £94,506. The average number of miles open
for traffic was 553, against 504, showing an increase
of 49 miles. The number of train miles run during
the half-year was 968,291, against 667,142, show-
ing an increase of 301,152 miles. The number of
passengers carried was 1,803,064, against 1,558,970,
showing an increase of 244,094. The receipts for
passengers, &c., were £103,611, against £79,160
for the corresponding half of 1863, showing an
increase of £24,450. The average receipt per pass
senger carried was ls. 4.11, against 10-id. for the
same half of 1863, showing an increase of 3d. The
merchandise and other receipts amounted t0£221,396
against £155,182, showing an increase of £66,214.
The total receipts per train mile were 6s. 81-d.,
and the expenditure 4s. 9.1. per train mile,
leaving the net profit is 11,1,d per train mile. The
expenditure during the past year amounted to
£230,501, or 70.92 per cent., against £149,559, or
63.81 per cent., for the same half of last year,
showing an increase of £80,942, or 7.11 per cent.
The amount earned (but excluded from revenue ac-
count), applied to meet the cost of transporting
traffic across the ghats and in Bombay, was £48,866,
against £56,100, showing a decrease of £7,234.
The locomotive expenditure of last half year in-
eluded the cost of an engine replaced, and of re-
placing waggons lost in cotton fires. The charges
for maintenance of the line covered 24,146 sleepers
replaced, against 11,725 sleepers in the half year to
the 30th of June, 1863. Unusual local floods, aris-
ing out of the early storms of the monsoon, occa-
sioned serious damage to the opened portion of the
railway at three points. Shortly before daylight
on the 27th of Juno an embankment near Wassind
was damaged by the bursting of a succession of
shallow reservoirs in proximity to the railway, used
for the cultivation of rice. This unfortunately led
to an accident to a passenger train, attended with
loss of life to several passengers. On the 19th of
June a bridge of nine 30ft ircn girder openings
over the Nulgunga river, close to the terminal sta-
tion of Mel-Tore, on the Nsgpore branch, fell,
and on the 28th of June another bridge of five 20ft
arches, between 0)roolee and Kheirgaum stations,
was washed away, but the damage had been re-
paired. The Bhore Ghat incline had been main.
tained clear for traffic since the 3d of March, ex-
cept for two days, the 231 and 211 h of June, when,
owing to two landslips from the hillside, the incline
was impassable, and it was necrs:ary to convey the
passenger traffic along the old temporary line to
Campoolee. In addition to the Mull Ghat (nine
miles), referred to as likely to be completed by
the end of this year, a further section of 33 miles
of the N.gpore branch, extending from Mulkapore
to Shaegaem, had been finished, and was ready for
public traffic early in June, but that its opening had
been postponed till the end of the monsoon.
Upon the remaining portion of the branch the as orks
were in a very forward state as far as Budnaira,
701 e miles beyond Shaegaunt, and from Bud-
naira to Nagpore, 1081 miles, 97 per cent. of the
earthwork in embankments, 46 per cent of the bal-
lasting, 66 per cent of the viaducts, and 51 per cent
of the bridges had been executed. Upon the other
division of the north east line, from Bhosawul to
Jubbulpore, the progress accomplished was as fol-
lows :--From Bhosawul to Hurdah, 1381 miles, 84
per cent of the earthwork in embankments, 32 per
cent of the ballasting, 75 per cent of the viaducts
and bridges, and 61 per cent of the culverts had
been executed. In the Taptee viaduct 90 per cent
of the masonry was finished, and the iron girders
were being prepared for erection. The permanent
way had been laid for 26 miles, and several of the
stations were in an advanced state. From Hurdah
to Sohagpore, 82 miles, 91 per cent of the earthwork
in embankments, 31 per cent of the ballasting, 48
per cent of the masonry in viaducts and bridges,
and 37 per cent in culverts had been executed.
About 11 miles of permanent way had been laid.
From Sohagpore to Jubbulpore, 1161 miles, the
progress had been less satisfactory than was antici-
pated, but all the bridges, excepting three, were in
progress, and the ballasting for 40 miles of line had
been provided. The through railway communication
between Bombay and Madras was to be effected via
Raichore, at which place this company's railway
would be joined to that of the Madras Railway
Company. The distance from Sholapore to Raichore
is 161 miles, and the line is now in course of being
surveyed and staked out for construction. As re-
garded the connection of this company's line with
the important town of Hyderabad, the directors
were enabled to state that the (heat Indian Penin-
sula Extension Railway Company (Limited) were
in communication with the Government of India,
with the object of arranging terms for constructing
a branch from Kulburga, or its neighbourhood, to
Hyderabad.
The capital account to Jane 30 showed that
£12,150,636 had been received and £10,968,137 ex.
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showed that the total interest paid by the Govern-
ment amounted to £2,860,914, and that £709,453
of net revenue had been paid and was payable to
the Government, leaving £2,151,461 chargeable
against half-surplus profits over 5 per cent.