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men judiciously about daybreak. Ha was also engaged
on the 25th of January.
"Captain Shaw, 18th Regiment, who commanded the
right picket, also behaved well, and directed his men with
coolness and judgment. Captain Dawson, 18th Regiment,
was the first officer of his corps to move out with a rein-
forcement to the right picket on January 25 ; and I have
always found him ready where duty required him. Brevet-
Major Greaves, 70th Regiment, Deputy Assistant Quarter-
master-General, directed the cavalry in their advance to
charge ; and afterwards he was conspicuous in cheering on
the infantry, when driving the enemy into the bush on the
right. From my aide-de-camp, Capt. Leach, 50th Regt.,
I received very great assistance on the 24th and 25th of
January in the conveyance of orders with rapidity and cor-
rectness.

"As Sir Duncan Cameron was in the field on the 24th
and 25th of January, I have not thought it necessary to
enter more fully into details of the affairs of those days, and
I beg to say I felt fully sensible of the great advantage I
derived from the presence and able advice of the Lieut.-
General commanding the forces.—l have, &c.,
"R. WADDY,
"Brigadier-General, Commanding Field Force.
" The Assistant Military Secretary, &c., Camp Nukumaru."

" List of Killed and Wounded at Nukumaru, New Zea-
land, Jan. 24:--40th Regiment, Lieut. and Deputy-Assist-
ant Adjutant-General Thomas 0. Johnston, dangerously
wounded; since dead, 2-18.—Lance-Corporal Patrick Cau-
line, killed ; Private Patrick Conolly and Private James
Heathwood, dangerously wounded; since dead; Private
John Bozle, Lance-Corporal John Scott, and Private Chas.
Rivers and Private Charles Gallaghar, severely wounded;
Private James Dorez and Private Patrick Cranny, slightly
wounded.—J. MOUAT, Inspector-General, Principal Medi-
cal Officer.—The Assistant Military Secretary, Head-
quarters, Camp Nukumaru, New Zealand."

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List of Killed and Wounded at Nukumaru, January
25, 2.lB.—Privates James Brien, killed ; Francis Trevor,
mortally wounded; Thomas Lock, Daniel Watkins, and
Thomas Graham, severely wounded; Robert High
and Patrick Wheelon, slightly wounded. 50th Regiment
—Privates Michael Murphy, Smith Hargreaves, Joseph
Gould, William Vine, George Poole, Jonathan Fisher,
John Kenny, William Irvin, William Land, Henry Paris,
and Robert Redyord, killed ; Private John Lyden and
Ensign T. L. Grant, dangerously wounded ; Privates Ar-
thur Poor, James Reardon, George Box, John Barley,
John Christopher, and Lieut. W. Wilson, very severely
wounded ; Privates Phelon Brown, James Cunningham,
Thomas Dobell, William Griffin, Henry Hargreaves,
William Miles, John Flynn, James Bleasdale, Boez Hand-
over, Michael Burke, Robert Barnett, and William Crout,
severely wounded.—J.MouNr, Inspector-General, Principal
Medical Officer.—The Assistant Military Secretary, Head-
quarters, Camp Nukumaru, New Zealand."

Railway and other Companies.

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GREAT WESTERN GP CANADA.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the London Tavern; Mr. Alderman
Dakin in the chair.
Mr. B. Baker, the secretary, having read the
notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract
of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report and statement of accounts to Jan. 31 last,
and also a dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per
annum for the half-year, payable on May 2, said he
did not think it necessary to make many remarks
on that occasion. He thought they would agree
with him that, under the circumstances of the past
half-year, the report was tolerably satisfactory. The
sum available for dividend was a matter for con-
gratulation. The capital account had been reduced
by the discharge of the 6 per cent. bonds (£.72,681)
which became due, and were paid off. This ope-
ration saved about £4,362 in interest, and he had no
doubt they would be able to re-issue those bonds at
a lower rate of interest. The revenue account for the
past half-year was as satisfactory as could be ex-
pected. The passenger traffic showed an increase of
£24,550, and the goods traffic a decrease of £13,455
as compared with the corresponding half-year, leav-
ing an increase on the whole of £10,093. The pro-
portion of the through traffic for the half-year end-
ing Jan. 31, 1864, was 591 per cent., and of local
traffic 40/ per cent. ; for the half-year ending Jan.
31, 1865, the through traffic amounted to 651 per
cent., and the local traffic to 34i per cent. The
larger proportion of through traffic receipts was
caused by the increase in the through rates. The
charges for through traffic were increased under the
convention agreed to in July, 1864. That gave the
advantage in amount as compared with the local
traffic. Were it not for the large deductions for
losses on the American currency and the heavy cost
for the renewal of the permanent way they would
have had a very satisfactory amount for dividend.
The heavy charge for the latter was being brought
to a close, and the loss by exchange of the American
currency would become less. But for those two items
the revenue would have presented a most satisfac-
tory account. The working expenses had been re-
duced and the traffic receipts increased. The per-
centage of working expenses was 43.95 per cent. for
the past half-year, against 45.5 per cent. for the
corresponding half of the preceding year. When he
and his colleague, Mr. Falconer, were in New York
last year they undertook the responsibility of stop-
ping the conversion of $340,000 at 280, and even-
tually they were converted at 192, by which a saving
of £8,415 was effected, and this sum came in oppor-
tunely for this half-year's account. The sum of
£74,502 was a large amount of loss on the conver-
sion of American currency, but that rate was gra-
dually reduced during the half-year. On the 6th of
August it was 260, and on September 29 185. Now
the rate was only a little over 150. If they could
keep up the increased staff, and the rate of conver-
sion should be further reduced, they would be for-
tunate. The directors and their new executive gave
the utmost attention to the interests of the company,
including their general manager, Mr. Swinyard.
They were now obliged to reckon on a diminished
traffic, but the causes were purely temporary. The
traffic from their line had been stopped on the New
York Central from a deficiency of rolling stock on
the line, but the Central Company had ordered 50
new locomotives to prevent a recurrence of such
stoppages in future. They had made arrangements
to lease a new line now in course of construction,
which would give them an alternate route for the
conveyance of the through traffic in case other routes
should be impeded. The short line into Buffalo
would give them access to the New York Central
and the Atlantic Great Western. The agreement
was to work the Erie and Niagara line for 12 months,
and to lease it for 21 years on the basis of the traffic,
or on terms to be settled by arbitration. The Board
had taken no steps for laying down the third rail,
nor would they do so until they saw their way clear.
Another obstruction to the traffic of the company
was the passport system, which had now been
abolished. With regard to the renewal of the rails
on the line, it was commenced by Mr. Reid, their
engineer, on the Ist of Feb., 1861, and the estimated
cost was £331,279, which was to be spread over ten
half-years. Of that amount £257,403 had been
expended, leaving- £73,876 to be expended. Instead
of expending the sum over the next two half-years,
their engineer proposed spreading it over two half-
years, averaging about £24,600 for each half-year
instead of £37,000. The renewal of the whole
of the permanent • way had been a very heavy
tax on the shareholders, but that charge
would soon be removed. Another gratify-
ing matter was that the company would soon
have much more convenient goods and passengers
stations in the city of Toronto. The traffic on
the Detroit andMilwaukie Railway had not pro-
gressed so satisfactorily as they had expected. It
had suffered from the passport system and the high
price of labour and materials, which latter had
caused the working expenses to increase by 5 or 6
per cent. as compared with the corresponding period
of last year. They had, however, been able to pay
their ordinary bond interest. The appeal case of
the bank suit would be settled in the course of the
next three months by the Privy Council in this
country, and they were assured that the company
could not be made liable for anything more than
was authorised by the proprietors, and that the
company could not be; bound by
Messrs. Brydges
and Reynolds. The directors had succeeded in get-

ting the rates for the through tr affic increased. He
then read a correspondence whit, h had been printed
by the Grand Trunk Company for political pur-
poses, with a view to show that a „pplication on the
part of the Great Western of Cantu is had been made
to the executive of the Grand TrunAk Company with
a view to raise and equalise the localrates between
certain points on both lines ; and that the Grand
Trunk had declined to act on the proposition with a
view to give the Canadians the full benefit of the
present low rates. The object on the part of the