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London, England, 1847-01-30 00:00:00

EASTERN

COUNTIES RAILWAY
COMPANY.
TWENTY-FIRST GENERAL MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Act of Incorpora-
tion, the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE-
HOLDERS of the COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, Landon, oa TUESDAY, the 9th day of February
Next, at One o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving a Report
from the Directors of the progress of the undertaking, and for the
transaction of other business.
And this Meeting is also made Special, for the purpose of submit-
ting to the Shareholders the drafts of the several Bills hereinafter
mentioned, which are about to be introduced into Parliament in the
present session.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
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a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, Rear Cambridge, to
the liertford and Ware Branch of the Northern and Eastern Railway
with liranchcs.

A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to
the Bedford and Bletchley Railway, at or near Bedford, with
Branches.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a Railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway, at Hertford, to
the Great Northern Railway, near Hitchin.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a Railway from the Eafttern Counties Railway, at or near Foreat-
gate station, to Southend, with Branches.

A Bill for making a railway from the Maldon, Witham, and
Braintree Railway, near Braintree to Halstead.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to take
a railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway at Tottenham,
to or near to Guildford-street, with branches to the East and West
India Dock, and Birmingham Junction Railway.
A hill to authorise the purchase, by the Eastern Counties Rail-
way Company, of the North Woolwich Railway, and tho lease of
the Pepper Warheuses and Wharves of the East and West India Dock
Company, and the construction of docks In connexion with the
North Woolwich Railway.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a railway from the Syston and Peterborough Railway, in the parish
of Etten, in the county of Northampton, to the Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and r, oston Junction Railway, near Folkingliana.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a railway from the Great Northern Railway, near Spalding,
to the Nottingham and:, Lincoln . Branch of the Midland Counties
Railway.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Co Railway Company to make
a railway from Wisbeach to Spa and to construct Clocks at.
Wisheach in connexion therewith.

A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to enlarge
their London and Stratford Stations. and to Amend some of the Pro-
visions of the Acts relating to the Eastern Counties Railway Com-
pany.

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hill to enable the' Eastern Counties Railvray Company to make
a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway at West Rain to or
near the Victoria rark. with Branches to the East and West India
Docks, and Birmingham Junction Railway.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a Railway from the Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction
Railway, in the parish of Somersham, to the town of Romsey.
A Bill to authorise the purchase, by the Eastern Counties Railway
Company, of the Malden, Witham, and Braintree Railway.
Tho TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED on
SATURDAY, the 30th January, and will not bo OPENED until Warr-
NEIDAY, the 10th Fe)ruary.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chal.nnan.
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman.
By order,

C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Rishopnate Station, 22d January, 1847.
N.B. Th: DIVIDEND for the H LF-YEA.R, ending the 4th Ja-
nnary tact, will be payable to those parties who, on the 30th January
next, shall be the Registered Proprietors in the Books of the
Company.