The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES.

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

The traffic receipts of railways in the United
Kingdom amounted for the week ending the 31st of
January, on 10,588 miles, to £501,040, and for the
corresponding week of last year, on 10,217 miles, to
£471,230, showing an increase of 371 miles, and of
£29,810 in the gross receipts. The gross receipts
on the following 14 railways amounted in the ag-
gregate, on 7,268 miles, to £396,038; and for the
corresponding week of 1862, on 7,032 miles, to
£374,124, showing an increase of 236 miles, and of
£21,914 in the receipts. The increase on the Cale-
donian amounted to £7l; on the Great Eastern to
£607 ; on the Great Northern to £1,013; on the
Great Western to £1,652; on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire to £1,334 ; on the London and North
Western to £6,083; on the London, Brighton, and
South Coast to £1,721 ; on the London and South
Western to £1,418; on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire to £621; on the Midland to
£1,845 ; on the North British to £1,367 ; on the
North Easterns ; and on the South Eastern
to £
3,4 ;total,
£22,195.9 But from this must be
deducted £2Bl, the decrease on the Great Southern
4 t o l,OO
and Western, leaving the increase, res above,
£21,914. The goods and mineral traffic on
those lines amounted to £221,716, and for the
corresponding week of 1862 to £208,646, showing
an increase of £13,070. The receipts for pas-
sengers, parcels, &c., amounted to £174,322,
against £165,478, showing an increase of £8,844.
The traffic receipts on 65 other lines amounted, on
3,320 miles, to £105,002, and for the corresponding
week of last year, on 3,185 miles, to £97,106, show-
ing an increase of 135 miles, and of £7,896 in the
receipts. The total receipts of the past week show
an increase of £15,584 as compared with those of
the preceding week, ending the 24th of January.
The following are the railway receipts for the
past week :

Miles Opined. Receipts.

Railways. ~...____.-.-_____. ~..._.........._
1863. 1862. 1863. 1862.-
Belfast and N. Counties 13G 136 1,668
1,847
Belfast and County Down. ••• 48 49 551 490
Blyth and Tyne ............. . 28 28 1,351 1,837
Bristol and Exeter ••••••'•••• 1211 iO7
5k
Caledonian . ... ~ 230 20 .:278779 15297 5:7983
Cockermouth &.Workington 84 84 196 26f
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 301 287
Cork, Blaclaock, & Passage 64 64 142 194
Cork and Youghal ...... . 534 324
53427
1,028397
92037,
Cornwall ...................
Deeside .. . - 17 17 202 248
Dublin &Belfast Junction. •• • 63 63 1,219 1,275
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,341 1,532
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 481 481 1,652 1,755
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. • • 31 31 1,043 1,529
011
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1691 6,295 6.
Forth & Clyde Junction 30 30 201 231
Furness, &c ... .. .. 5O s') 2,320 2,414
Glaseow & South-Western. l9B 198 7,116 6,846
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union 644 644 26,462 24,855
Great Northern ... .. .. . 330 330 25,779 24,766
Great North of Scotland. 5B 58 1,487 1,634
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 714 451 463 272
'lt.Southn. & Westn.(Ltind.) 329 329 6985 7,266
Great Western 992 9614 50,,971 49,319
Inverness & Aberdeen June 731 734 719 6;2
Irish North-Western 145 130 1,570 1.555
Irish South-Eastern
Lancashire& Yorkshire 32 sfg 31,N3 ...N:
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes
Llanelly 46 46 940 461
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51 1,623 1,341
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2471 2411 14,938 13.217
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 72* 2,739 1,553
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
blan.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh , 237 237 14,318 13,697
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham_ 94 gi 1,093 993
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,136 953
Metropolitan 34 - 2,366 -
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6141 39,612 37,767
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2491 1921 3,952 3,677
Monkland 7l 714 1,447 1,545
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,141 2,202
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. & Car 8944 8671 36,972 35,963
North London 9 9 2,932 2,653
North Staffordshire 251 242 7,044 6,808
Oswestry and Newton.
Rhymney 194 191 828 793
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 2,058 1,996
Scottish Central 55 56 3,223 2,999
Scottish North-Eastern 132 132 4,166 4,443
Somerset and Dorset 391 - - -
South Devon
South-Eastern 306 306 21, 8954 18,5u0
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale 5l 54 4,676 4,507
Ulster 5l 51 1,591 1,617
Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 2si 254 1,895 2,021
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 302 335
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,214 837
West Cornwall 274 271 655 585
W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail V 39 3,526 3,752
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 520 436
Whitehaven Junction l2 12 WO 598
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 653 560

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 828 812
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52
82852 27,885 31,110
Austrian
264 249 221
Belgian Eastern Junction 261
161 i 2,211 1,997
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6lt
3,623 2,719
185 Detroit and Milwaukie lB5
1081 4,259 3,662
Dutch Rhenish .......- 198 t
Eastern of France. *******
1073 1060 43,87710902 4105,5484
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada...., 1809041 5641
1090 1%9
' 02 15,326
495 4371 7,930 6, Great Indian Peninsula
6 134 3,751 3,011 Great Luxembourg ........ 134
Great Western of Canada.... 345 345 12,825 12,744
Madrid, Saragossa &Ali 4.... 439 435 15,772 13,086
/)4 94 774 1,090
Northern of Canada .. . .
680 46,416 47,445
Northern of France .....:: .. ::. 701
899 700
Norwegian Trunk ......... 14 44 257 162
Ottoman .. .. ..... • . : ...... 181 40
Paris, Lyons, •&
Mediterrn.... 1491 1354 107,728 117,309
Paris and Orleans ............ D4O 1204 54,637 51,075
Pernambuco ............. . 71 1,514 -
Royal Danish ............ 7.• . 69 69 - -
Sambre and Meuse ............ 68 68 1,221 1,220
South Austrian ...... .. ....... 1414 1294 39,622 45,930
Southern of France ..... ..„ . 777 777 22,121 23,562
Welland.. - ............ .- . gpt - - West Flanders . 2... ....... ...
W. and N.W. of terance ...... 758 758 31,919 32,009

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.
The report of the directors state that the balance
available for dividend is £224,478, from which the
directors recommend that a dividend be declared at
the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, payable on the
20th of February, leaving a balance of £3,039. In
accordance with discretionary powers conferred on
the directors, £178,625 ordinary stock has been
issued. The total capital of the company at the
present time stands thus !—Consolidated stock, en-
titled to dividend, £7,381,282 ; preferential stocks,
£1,648,619, and uncalled, £321,932 ; total,
£9,351,833. The gross earnings of the company
for the hell year exceed those of the corresponding
period in 1861 by £100,553. This has been earned
over an increased mileage of 42 miles, comprising
the North Devon and Bideford extension lines,
from the Ist August last. The total receipts for
the half-year ending December 31, amounted, on
4421 miles, to £707,692, the working expenses to
£309,989, the taxation to £30,317, and the net re-
vanue to £366,385 ; as compared with £606,139
received on 4001 miles in the corresponding half of
1861, £260,008 expended in working, £27,277 paid
for taxation, and £318,853 net revenue, showing an
increase of £100,553 in the receipts, of £49,984 in the
expenses, £3,040 in taxation, £47,532 in net revenue.
An increased mileage is necessarily accompanied by
additional charges, all tending to the reduction of
the gross earnings. The increase in the capital of
the company has led to the allocation of a further
portion of the earnings to meet interest; this, toge-
ther with the necessity
of appropriating an addi-
tional sum of £lO,OOO to the relaying account and
other charges against revenue, such Gs the "acci-
dent account," for claims arising from the Wimble-
don accident (all of which have now been settled
and charged against the revenue account of the past
half-year), has also tended to reduce the sum which
would otherwise have been available for dividend.
The rolling stock has been kept in good condition.
During the past half-year, in addition to the usual
working expenses,
which have been very _
heavy,
six engines and tenders have been constructed and
charged against revenue. An increased distance of