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 £7ll on the Great Eastern to
£607; on the Great Northern to £1,013; on the
Great Western to £1,662 ; 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 Eastern to £1,009 ; and on the South Eastern
to £3,454 ; total, £22,195. But from this must be
deducted £2Bl, the decrease on the Great Southern
and Western, leaving the increase, as 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 Opened. Receipts.

Railways. ~„„- --_.....,„"____.,
1861 1862. 1863. 1862.
£ z
Belfast and N. Counties ..... . 136 136 1,668 1,847
Belfast and County Down 41 49 551 491
Blyth and Tyne ............. 2B 28 1,351 1,837
Bristol and Exeter 1213/4 107 5,277 5,173
Caledonian ..•Workington ,B`4
230 2'.30 15,789 15,718
Cockermouth.&• Workilagton 83/4 gi 196 261
Cork and Bandon 2O 2:
301 287
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 6} 142 194
Cork and Youghal ...... . 323/4 27 287 207
Cornwall ................... 634 27a 1,039 09
17 17 202 248
Deeside ... .. ... ,
J
Dublin & ........ ......... .• . 8633 63 1,219 1,275
Dublin and Drogheda . - 63 63 1,341 1,532
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 484 484 1,652 1,755
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun.. • 31 31 1,043 1,011
Edinburgh and Glasgow l69} 169} 6,295 6.529
Forth & Clyd.e Junction 3O 30 201 241
50 59 2,320 2,414
Furness, &a ... .. .
Glasg,row & South-Western l9B 198 7,116 6,846
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.lUniou 644 614 26,462 24,855
Great Northern ... .. .. . 330 330 25,779 24,766
Great North of Scotland .. - 5 B 5B 58 1,487 1.634
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 711 454 463 272
rit.Southn. &Westn.(lrhid.) 329 329 6,985 7,266
Great Western 992 9611 50,971 49,319
Inverness & Aberdeen J unc 734 734 719 672
Irish North-Western.. 145 130 1,570 1.555
Irish South-Eastern 215 265
Lancashire & Yorkshire lig 32 31,280 29.946
Limerick and Ennis... 24 24 163 142
Limerick and Foynes 26 26 100 106
Lianelly 4 46 440 461
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 4 52 1,623 1,341
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast :474 2414 14,938 13,217
London, Chatham, & Dover 724 721 2,739 1,553
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh - 237 237 14,318 13,697
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham_ 9} 9} 3,093 993
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan . 34 - 2,366 -
Midland (incl. N.-Western).. 630 614 39,612 37,767
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind... 2194 192 3,952 3,677
Monkland 7l 71 1,417 1,545
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,141 2,202
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. & Car 394f 8674 36,972 35,963
North London 9 9 2,932 2,653
North Staffordshire 254 252 7,044 6.808
Oswestry and Newton... 42 42 971 536
Rh . o ney 194 194 828 793
St.: elen's Canal& Railway 52 52 2,058 1,996
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern 132 132 4,166 4,443
Somerset and Dorset 394 - - -
South Devon 754 754 2,859 2,751
South-Eastern 306 305 21,954 18,5u0
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale ..........
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd - ......
Vale of Neath 251 251 1,895 2,021
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 302 335
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,214 837
West Cornwall 39 274 274 655 585
W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail 39 3,526 3,752
W'haven,Cleator,&Egriniat 7 7 520 436
Whitehaven Junction l2 12 690 598
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 653 560

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 828 812
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52
52
°7 885 31,110
Austrian B2B
Belgian Eastern Junction 264 886 i ' •249 221
2,211 1,997
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Detroit and Milwaukie
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France lO7B 1060 43,877 45,568
East Indian ........
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Indian Peninsula....,, 405 4371 7,930 5'326
Great Luxembourg
.... :
Great Western of Canada 345 345 12,825 12,741
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant
Northern of Canada, ..... •
Northern of France ..... :..
/IPorweg,ian Trunk
Ottoman .. .. .. . .... 48i 40 257 162
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn..
Paris and Orleans 1340 1201 54,637 51,075
Pernambuco ...............
Royal Dani5h........, 69 6g
Sambre and Meuse M 1,221 1,220
68
South Austrian
..... 1414 1294 39,622 45,930
Southern of France .....__,• „,... 777 777 22,121 23,562
%Velland.... ...
.. • •• .. • • 25 25 _
...._
West Flanders ..... 75 75 931 824
W. and N.W. of France...... 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. Is
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 half 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
4424 miles, to £707,692, the working expenses to
£309,989, the taxation to £30,317, and the net re-
venue 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 as 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.
alf-year, in addition to the usual
During the past h
working expenses, which have been very heavy,
six engines and tenders have been constructed and
charged against revenue, An increased distance of