The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week
Miles opened. Receipts.

Railways.

1804. 1863. 1801. 186
E 3.
Belfast and N. Counties ..... 136 136 2,381 2.102
Belfast and County Down 49 49 708 081
Bl'th and Tyne 2B 23 1,676 3,122
Bristol and Exeter l2li 121 i 5,1'67 5,;',66
Caledonian
Cambrian 9l 84 1,583 1,391
Cockermouth & Workington
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61
Cork and Youghal ... 321 321
Cornwall 651 651
Deeside . 17 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75
Dublin and Meath
Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 911
Furness,&o 5O Si,
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nek.,&E.Union
Great Northern 987 853
Great North of Scotland 93 99
tit. Northn. & Westn. (Ircl.) 7ll 711
qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 8731
Great Western 1225 1169
Hull and llornsea l3 -
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno ll7l 1061
Inverness & Perth Junction 1104 1191
Irish North-Western 14.5 145
Kent Coast 27 27
Lancashire& Yorkshire 403 402
Limerick and Ennis... 241 241
Limerick and Foynes 261 26
Mandl), 46f 4
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western ... 127,1 123/
London and Blackwall 6l
5
1
Lboonndao. nßr&ioSiotounth, South-Western 4274
2045111
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 721
Do. Metropolitan Extension 111 104
Lou.. Tilbury, & Southend
11an.,Sheilield,& Lincohish
blanch. S. J un.& Alt rincham.. 91 91
Ilaryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6511 611
Midland tit. Westn. of Irincl 262 2591
Ifonkland
Butirnoutlish. Itail.& Canal 44 41
North British, );din., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. AD Darl 10.25 1095 5+.'88 18 786
North London 9 9 3.337 3.051
North Staffordshire ' 251 251 8,117 7.u57
Uhyinney 194 191 t.. 9) 127
Scottish Central
Scottish-tiorth-Eastern- l3B - 1411S8 6,lnoti- ii, ,6
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 740 50S
South Devon
South-Eastern 3OB 303 20,861 ' 18.6:2
Tail Vale 57 57 4,526 5,402
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Neath 431 431 2,329 2.224
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 280 252
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 998 1.127
West Cornwall 271 271 I ±;O4 702
W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail 524 524 3,687 3.616
W'havcn,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 548 547
Whitehaven Junction l3 13 438 881
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 816 832
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B 826 40,021 35,053
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern unction 261 26 321 25
ia
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1851 185 2,854 2.593
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 6,380 4,030
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 5,671 4 570
Eastern of France
Eastern Bengal .. 110 110 - -
Nast Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1342 1335 23,280 23, 07
Great Central of Belgium 220 220 5,714 5,316
Great Indian Peninsula 653 5381 - -
Great Luxembourg l3l 131 4,433 B.IEO
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 12,576 11,162
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa Salicant 6BO 650 15,118 16,099
Northern of Canada ... - -
Northern of France 697 697 56,014 51,473
Norwegian Trunk
41 44 900 1,. 61
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1967 1781 13y,'43 135,805
Paris and Orleans 1616 1614 68,909 68.871
Pernambuco 771 771 726 528
Saluda... lO5 105 -
Do. Punjab, &c 32 32 - ---
South Austrian .. 1513 1515 4 ,235 38,500
Southern of France 823 770 27,3:9 27,886
Victoria
Welland - -
West Flanders 75 75 - -
West &N- Westn of France lOll 931 41,750 41,097

383 296
11$ 129
3.0 380
1,172 1,341

-272 250
1,283 1. •73
1,278 L 323
247 183
3,1,06 2,066
2,44 3,113
8,721 9,573
32,550 27,819
29,817 28,901
2, 01 2,420
853 354
7,u16 6,' 21
56,918 58,716
98 -

1,168 1,071
1,101 1,112
1,332 1.187
410 210
36. 10 36.710
101 121
65 77

593 513
403 229
95,831 89.273
1,950 ),772
18,908 2",473
17,348 15,011
4,686 4,411
1,6' 0 9LO
1,358 1,425
18,445 16,4;6
1,959 1,361
1,f.01 1041
2,90 2,228
47056 38.410

3:964 3.815
I,'St 1,09
2,308 2,414

RAILWAY RECEIPTS IN 1864.

It appears that the receipts for traffic on railways in the
United Kingdom for the year 1864 amount to 33,182,4901.,
and for the year 1863 to 30,490,6601., showing an increase of
2,683,8301, or about double the average increase per an-
num. The aggregate length of the railways over which
the traffic was carried was 12,582 miles, against 11,904
miles in 1863, showing an increase of 678 miles. The traffic
receipts per mile averaged 2,6461., against 2,5621. in 1863 ;
the working expenses were 47 per cent. of the receipts,
against 48 per cent. in 1863. The
urnp4eerlonspto.o,penrtairgtohaninceeonsfeatt.tpBrinia.tiffia7llcBpe6toxe3.:r
theeepe.nntdca.etpdniwtlaBasl6e347.pipeddertdheNevenasatv.,eBra.47Baeinspreert
showing an increase of a quarter per cent. So that the net
return on the working of all or nearly all the railways in
1864 was equivalent to 41- per cent. on the total capital ex-
pended. This is the largest average return on the capital
expended since 1847, when the rate averaged 4.69 or near
41 per cent. In the interval the lowest average reached
was in 1850, when it touched 3.31 per cent. ; it gradually
rose to 4 per cent. in 1856, and from thence, with some fluc-
tuations, increased to 41 per cent. in 1864.
The amount of capital expended to the middle of 1847
was 114,728,0001., to 1850 230,522,7001., to 1856
298,946,2601., and to the middle of last year 391,396,680/.—
so that from 1847 to 1864, a period of 17 years, [the large
amount of 284,218,2601. was expended on those railways,
being an average outlay of 16,719,0001. per annum. The
traffic receipts in 1847 amounted to 9,278,000/. ; in 1850 to
13,000,0001.; in 1856 to 23,000,0001.; and in 1864 to
33,182,000/. Considering the magnitude of the outlay and
other circumstances, the fluctuations on the average rate of
dividend were not great. Of the 33,182,490/. traffic returns
in 1864 the 14 principal companies received 26,370,186
against 24,258,817/. in 1863, showing an
increase
Railf-
-2,111,469/. The increase of traffic on the CaledEoaeni
Greatttie
the ta:
Great Southern and Western
to
8,
Western to
NlvoaBy,Bo7ouonnteldhe toGreloaot,7s63o/rt.,
Northern
thtoo 20180 E
ton
to 209,903/., on the Licanoertakh:
lAivreestern to 449,617 L,
191,3354 on the London and South
Coast to 32,840/., on
on the London, Brighton, an
to 61,8454 on the Man_
the London and South-Weston.
British (including the Edin-
burgh to 237,264/., on the North
the
Glasgow) to 62,204/., on North-Eastern to
burgh and
the South-Eastern to 51,616/, making
showing an increase of 572,461/., or 9-18 per cent.
together the 2,111,46 g, or 8.7 per cent. The total receipts
c3ohnoet,shste9ier,o,tt,Shahenie.
dffii
ineoeld,us and Lincolnshire
,t 300844,1. osnote94d3-1.
for 1863,