The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-25 00:00:00

PUNJA.B.

The directors of this company state in their re-
port that upon the 24th of April last the railway,
253 miles in length, extending from Umritsur to
Mooltan and Sher Shah, was opened throughout for
public traffic. The immense ad vantages conferred
on the commercial interests of the province by the
establishment of complete steam communication
with the sea at Kurrachee appeared to be fully
appreciated by the natives of all classes. The re-
venue accounts for the half-year ending the 31st of
December, 1864, showed that the balance available
towards the liquidation of guaranteed interest ad-
vanced by Government mounted to about 17 per
cent. of the gross receipts during that period. The
total receipts for the half-year ending June 30
last amounted to 16,400, including £6,ooo:for
goods, and for the same half of 1864 to £10,604, in-
cluding £2,231 for goods. The weekly receipts
during May and June averaged about £1,065 ; but
during the latter month the receipts had steadily
increased, those in the latest week for which returns
had been received were £1,405. In recording the
successful completion of the railway, the directors
stated that their special thanks were due to the
chief engineer, Mr. Harrison, for the unfailing zeal
and ability he had displayed, and the valuable ser-
vices he had rendered to the company. The direc-
tom proposed to raise additional capital to the amount
of £500,000, by the issue of 25,000 shares of £2O
each, and upon which the Secretary of State for
India in Council had guaranteed 5 per cent. interest.

DELHI (lIMRITSUR TO DELHI).
The directors state in their report that during the
half-year ending 30th June last considerable pro-
gress had been made with the works of the railway.
The temporary contracts entered into in India for
earthwork ballast and bricks having been closed at
the commencement of the present year, final mea-
surements of the works and materials collected had
since been taken and the several accounts adjusted.
One of the local contracts for earthwork between
Umritsur and the River Beas had been continued by
Messrs. Brassey, Wythes, and Ilenfrey, and the
earthworks on that section were nearly completed.
On the Umritsur district brickburning had been
commenced at several points ; during the past half-
year 7,391,162 cubic feet (273,746 cubic yards) of
earthwork have been executed, and 373,914 cubic
feet (13,849 cubic yards) of ballast deposited. A
number of sleepers had been made over to the con-
tractors, and arrangements were being made for de-
livering at Umritsur a further supply, which had
been collected by the company at Lahore. On the
Umballah district 25,370,000 cubic feet (937,629
cubic yards) of earthwork had been executed, and
brickmaking had been commenced. On the Saharun-
pore district earthwork had been executed to the
amount of 6,462,434 cubic feet (239,349 cubic yards)
and arrangements had been made for burning bricks
at several points. On the Meerut district 3,620,916
cubic feet (134,108 cubic yards) of earthwork had
been executed, and 185,562 cubic feet (6,873 cubic
yards) of ballast deposited; 20,000 bricks had been
collected at Ghazeeabad, and 290,000 are beingburnt
in kilns on various parts of the line ; 980 cubic feet of
concrete had been executed, and 3,600 cubic feet of
brickwork in culverts. Ithadbeen arranged that the
ground which had been reserved in the city of Delhi