The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-09 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 9, 1552.

RAILWAY IN TELLIGEN
GREAT WESTERN.
It 'Appears from the gcnerel stirement of this com-
pany's receipts aed payments to the 31st of December
last that the receipts o7no2,c2esp7iite on accountlaccountaomfotllblletfiedx,tdo
14:582,135/.,
412 per cent. stock, 126 6454 advances on shares, and
5,518,7534 on debentereF, loan-notes, loans, &c. The
payments amount to 14,698,827/ , of which 10,611;923/.
was cepsnded in rerpeet Of the Great Western, Oxford,
Berke, and Rants, Windser, and other lines, end for lo-
comotive stock, including 234,150/. expend- d during the
half-year; 1,048,193/. expended on the Oxford and
Rugby line (opened to Baebury); 125,466/. on the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weyrneuth (opened to Freme and
Warminster); 873,943/. subscribed to the Birmingham
and Oxford; 224,693/. to the Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton,
and Dudley; 603,9751. to the South Wales
Railway; 38,6451. to the Gloucester and. Forest of Dean;
545,000/. to the Wilte, Somerset, and Weymouth;
230,414/, to the South Dev. n; 185,1031. to the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhemeton; 68.5581, to the Chel-
tenham and Oxford; 12,013/. to the Cornwall, end
9.5001. subscribed to the Plymouth and Great Western
Deck; on new locomotive attar, 44,0221.; on new sta-
tion at Paddington, 33,299/ ; and re the hotel,
14,u751.; making tho total expenditure, as above,
14,698,8271., h eying a balance against the conipan)
of 116,6914 The liabilities in respect of the railways
completed, abandoned, or not in progress, wereestimated
on the 31st of December, 1849, at 350,000/.; of this sum
234,1501 has been paid, leaving 115,849/. still outstand-
ing for liquidation. The expendituie for new works on
the railways completed, and addition to works in 1851,
is charged in the general revenue account. The inte-
rest on 1,6932094, subscribed to other companies, is
borne by revenue. Out of the 65,0004 voted by the pro-
prietors for new locomotive stock, 44,022/. has been ex-
pended; out of 50,0001. voted for the new station at Pad-
dington, 33,299/. has been expended; and out of 50,000/.
for the Paddington hotel, 14,0751 has been expended.
The revenue account for the half-year ending 31st of
December, 1851, shows that 591,5741. has been received;
viz., 571,6814 for traffic, 7,0501. for rent, Bee., from the
Bristol and Birmingham Rstlway, 4.4514 for use of
plant on the South Wales Railway, 5,9954 interest on
cash balances during the half-year, 2,1881. rent of pro-
perty, cottages, &c., and 206/. for registration fees. The
expenditure on revenue account amounted to 175,0841.,
including 14,9451. for Government duty, and 10 6851. for
rates and taxes, leaving a balance of 416,4891. The
working expenses amounted to 29.59 per cent. of the
receipts, being 6.24 per cent. less than those at the
corresponding period of 1850. The general revenue
account states that a balance of 49,9401. was brought
from the preceding half-year, which, added to the
balance of 416.498/. for the half-year ending on the-31st
of December last, makes the balance to the credit of
revenue 466,430/. Out of this sum 153,130/. is deducted
for interest on loans and preference shares, leaving a
disposable balance of 313,3001. A dividend at the rate
of 2} per cent. per annum for the half-year, or 5 per
cent. per annum, on 8,219.4404 being the total amount
of stock and shares on which dividend is payable, would
amount to 205,4864, and leave a balance over of 107,8141.
The 153,1301. deducted from the 466,4301., balance of
revenue, consisted of 1,848/. paid during the half-year
for new works and additions to works on lines opened;
15,3181. annuities of 4 per cent. per annum, guaranteed
to shareholders of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway; 1,369/. interest on the Berke and Hants ex-
tension shares; 12,718/. interest on fixed 4f per cent.
stock; 3,2251. rent of the Gloucester and Dean Forest
Railway; 1,2861. rentcharge on Paddington estate;
107,336/. interest on loans; and 10,000/. on account of
interest previously charged on the South Wales sub-
scription. The number of miles travelled by locomotive
engines during the half-year ending the 31st of De-
cember, 1851, was 1,135,799; corresponding period of
1850, 944,839 miles; and of 1849, 906,844 miles. The
tons of coke consumed were, respectively, 16,370.,13,735,
and 13,680; and the price 18e 7d., 20s. Id., and 19s. 10d,