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London, England, 1865-09-23 00:00:00

nine gentlemen named should form the committee
of shareholders, and declared that the meeting was
in favour of it.

The announcement was received with applause.
A resolution declaring a dividend for the half-year
at the rate of n per cent. per annum was then car-
ried.

Mr. L. WALDRON proposed that the chairman,
Mr. R. Cusack, the Hon. G. Handcock, Mr. La
Touche, and Sir P. Nugent, who went out of office
by rotation, be re-lected.
Mr. SMITH seconded the motion.

The Hon. Captain GOUGH then moved that Lord
Clonbrock, Mr. G. Morris, the Hon. G. Handcock,
Mr. La Touche, and Mr. R. Cusack be elected in
the room of the outgoing directors.
Mr. P. JOYCE seconded the amendment.

The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, and
declared that in his opinion the majority of the
meeting was in favour of it.

A poll was demanded, and the meetingadjourned.

NORTH BRITISH.

The directors of this company state in their re-
port that the whole character of the North British
Railway had been regenerated by the incorporation
of the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Monkland
Railways in their system, and the objects for which
the company had striven so long had been attained.
The union of the Edinburgh and Glasgow and
Monkland Railways with the North British, and the
restoration of the ancient route fom Edinburgh and
Glasgow to the North of Scotland via Dunfermline,
had been the aim of North British policy during
several years ; andat the same time the companylad
been absolved from the obligation to expend a very
large sum of money in the construction of works
now rendered comparatively useless. The savings of
about £300,000 of outlay which would be effected,
together with those on the South Queensferry
branch, would become applicable to the construc-
tion of the Bridge of Forth. The pier at Burntisland
was progressing rapidly, and would be the means of
enabling the company to accommodate traffic which,
under any circumstances, would find an outlet to
Leith and Granton from the opposite shore. The
extension of the Waverley line into the centre of
Carlisle enabled the North British and Midland
Companies to make the best use of their agree-
ment for a joint goods station. The net revenue
for the half-year afforded a surplus of £38,682.
There was a balance of £20,766 to the credit of
the contingent fund which was available
for the general purposes of the. company. The
directors recommended a dividend as follows :-3
per cent. per annum on the North British ordinary
stock, 4i per cent. per annum on . Border Union
ordinary stock, and 1 per cent. per annum on the
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ordinary stock,
carrying over a balance of £9,797 to the credit of
the North British shareholders proper. The capital
account showed an expenditure of £11,105,944.
The revenue account showed that £350,143 had
been received, and £156,912 expended, leaving a
balance of £194,131, out of which was deducted
£1,550 for rent of Port Carlisle, and £2,856 for
rent of Carlisle and Silloth Railway, leaving
£189,724, to which was added £1,309 from the
preceding half-year, making £191,033. From this
was deducted £58,265 for interest on loans,
£45,593 for North British preference dividends,
£22,263 for Edinburgh and Dundee interest and
dividends, and £26,230 for dividends under the
Amalgamation Act, leaving the balance as above
of £38,682 available for dividends on the ordinary
stocks.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week,
2; Res Opened. Receipts
Railways.

1865. 1864. 18(5 1864
£ £
991 2.0.11 1.757
4,1 671 837
28 2,208 2.054
89 1,254 773
121) 7,551 7.18
408 27,51 s 26,03
121 3,4 8 2.•.87
481
9 338 346
20 423 368
1i 2,7 202
326 649 67i
651 1,913 1.008
17 46) 1-7
63 1,79 1:00
75 2,061 1.676
55 308 271
3,;94 2,955
30 362 351
5) 3,670 3.333
£49 1 ~403 9,489
663 35,677 34,018
385 45,383 41,495
991 2,704 3.1,73
711 627 5_3
881 10,718 8 671
1235 76,3 9 71,610
13 .91 210
246 5,106 4,865
145 2,020 1,679
103 45,320 42,110
241 2U4 163
261 151 1.2
461 763 721
20 t 397 312
1271/ 120,466 113509
61 2,143 1,10
451 29,523 26,9537
2871 26,340 23,101
127 13,4 0 11.411
1111 2,530 2,110
27 3,260 2,100
421 2,576 2,192
216 22,8:5 21,263
9 1,602 1430
281 1,666 1.,530
3 2, 41 21 8
6111 65,080 62,,280
260/ 5,023 4,603
44 2,831 2,670

Belfast and N. Counties 991
Belfast and County Down 441
Blyth and Tyne 2B
Brecon and Merthyr
Bristol and Exeter l2ll
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB
Cambrian
Cockermouth K & Penrith .. 311
Cockermouth and Werkin .. 9
Cork and Bandon 2O
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6)
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 651
Deeside l7
Dublin & Belfas t Junction - 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern.Nrfk.,&E.lJnion
Great Northern 404
Great North of Scotland 991
lit. Nortlin. & Westn. (Irel.) 713
qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3Bl
Great Western l2BO
Hull & Hornsea
Highland
Irish North-Western 145
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403
Limerick and Ennis... 241
Limerick and Foynes 264
Llanelly 461
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 6l
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 272
London, Chatham, & Dover; j 134
all Metropolitan Extension I 12
Do. Kent l oast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Vlan.,Sheffield.&Lincolnsh
blanch. S.Jun.& A ltrincham 94
Plaryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incL N.-Western) 6721
Midland Gt.Westn. of fend- 2601
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 4l
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 11941 11601 75.314 70,486
North London 9 9 13,684 3,189
North Staffordshire 258 258 ;8,400 8.437
Pembroke and Tenby lll 111 163 13.)
Rhymney l9l 191 1016 1,002
Scottish North-Eaatern l3B 138 6,,95 1 5,600
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,0(8 958
South Devon
South-Eastern 315 306 30,813 29,613
Taff Vale 6l 61 5,874 5,342
Ulster lO5l 1051 2,649 2.324
Vale of C1wyd......... lO 10 225 208
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l .31 516 481
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,341 1;264
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 6 2 652
Whitchaven Junction l3 13 976 1,0.4
Whitehaven &Furness Jun 35 35 895 924
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern .1 unction
Bombay, Baroda, & Len. India 306 1851 4,241 2,638
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 8, 77 6,608
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 7,811 6,191
Eastern of France 1176 1428 83,915 71,976
Eastern Bengal ..... llO 110 ;2,002 1,513
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 27 467 23.142
Great Central of Belgium 285 261 7,267 ;6,852
Great Indian Peninsula 690 553 16,464 ;7,551
Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,020 5.027
Great Southeen of India
Great Western of Canada 345 3.5 16,548 13,438
Madras. •• • 571 448 7,623 4,132
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant . 689 650 18,05 20 422
Northern of Canada
Northern of France ... ... 728 723 67,597 61.7'4
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman ..
Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1967 1784 149,784 143,f30
Paris and Orleans 1616 1611 79.068 73.812
Recife and San Francisco. &c 771 774 8.7 655
Sande lcs 105 '. 1,384 1,725
Do. Punjab, &a 253 32 1.405 211
South Austrian, &c ~. . 2307 1627 83,608 59,018
Southern of France 623 770 33,975 35,531
Victoria
Welland
West 16 N-Wn. of France

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