The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-28 00:00:00

BRISTOL PORT AND PIER.

The fifth half-yearly meeting Williscompany was held
on Saturday at Bristol. Mr. P. W. S. Miles presided.
The report stated that the railway was completed, and;
subject to the sanction of the Government inspector, Capt.
Rich, would be opened early in March. The works of the
pier were approaching completion. An agreement had been
concluded with Messrs. Waring Brothers, whereby they
undertook to work the traffic of the railway and pier for
six Eears, and an agreement had also been concluded with
the Avonmouth Hotel Company, which would, it was
hoped, prove mutually advantageous. The accounts showed
that £123,702 had been received, and £123,619 expended,
leaving a balance of .CB3.
On the motion of the Chairman the report and accounts
were agreed to.

The meeting was made special, and an agreement was
approved by which the Volunteer Rifle Corps of Bristol
would be conveyed at a low rate to and from their practice
ground at Avonmouth.

The agreement with Messrs. Waring, the contractors,
was then adopted, the terms being that the contractors
were to defray all expenses and pay the following dividend
to the shareholders :—For the first year, 2/ per cent. ;
second and third years, 3 per cent. ; fourth year, 4 per
cent. ; fifth year, 4+ per cent. ; and sixth year, 5 per cent.
It was believed the line would be opened for traffic on
the 6th of March.

CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON
JUNCTION.

The directors' report states that the works on the line and
at the station were in so forward a state that there was
every reason to believe the railway would be opened for
traffic on the Ist of July next to the new high level station
at the Crystal Palace. The London, Brighton, and South
Coast Company would complete by the same date their por-
tion of the South London Railway, which would give access
from the Victoria and Ludgate stations to the Crystal Palace
and South London Junction Railway. The London, Chat-
ham, and Dover Company had secured in their arrange-
ments with the Metropolitan Inner Circle Railway, now in
course of construction, exchange stations at Victoria and at
Ludgate, by which passengers on this company's line would
have the opportunity of booking to every part of the inner
circle line of 121 miles in length, by trains at three minutes'
interval at both those stations. The capital account showed
that £750,591 had been expended.

SEVENOAKS, MAIDSTONE, AND TONBRIDGE.
The directors' report states that the traffic on the railway
continued steadily to increase, the receipts for the last half-
year being 27 per cent. in excess of those of the correspond-
ing half of 1863, and 81 per cent. in excess of those of the
corresponding half of 1862. Business would shortly be com-
menced at the goods station of the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway Company on the river at Blackfriars, which
it was believed would bring a considerable increase of traffic
to the line. The agreement with the London, Chatham,
and Dover Company in respect to the construction of the
line between Sevenoaks and Maidstone had not yet been
finally settled, but was on the point of completion. The
capital account showed that £299,417 had been expended,
leaving a balance against the company of £4,495. The traffic
for the half-year ending December 31 amounted to £5,046,
and the working expenses to 50 per cent., or £2,533, leav-
ing £2,523.