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which would be finished at the same period as the rest of
the line, but for the works connected with the rivers
Ouse and Wissey.
"In pursuance of the provisions of the Act of In-
corporation, and of the resolutions of the special generd
meeting of proprietors, held on the 17th day of June
last, the directors have proceeded to borrow money upon
debentures, in lieu of making, for the present, any
further calls upon the proprietors.
" The proprietors will recollect that the directors were
authorised, by a special meeting, to apply in the present
session for three Bills, viz.:— . _ _

" Ist. A Bill for amalgamating this company with the
Ely and Huntingdon and Lynn and Dereham Railway
Companies.
" 2d. A Bill for extending the Wisbech Branch to
March.
" 3A. A Bill for extending the Wisbech Branch to
Spalding.
" With regard to the first-mentioned Bill, the direc-
tors would refer the proprietors to the following para-
graph in their report to the half-yearly general meeting,
held on the 26 h day of February last :
" The Bill for amalgamating this Company with the
Lynn and Dereham and Ely and Huntingdon Rail-
way Companies, has also been introduced into the
House of Commons. As, however, the amalga-
mation was not agreed upon until the 31st of
December last, the Parliamentary notices for the Bill
could not be given until after the time prescribed by the
standing orders had expired. The Standing Orders'
Committee have therefore necessarily reported to the
House this non-compliance with their regulations, but
there is every reason to hope that, as the Bill affects no
interests but those of the proprietors in the respective
companies, the Select Committee, to whom this Bill has
been referred, will -recommend that the standing orders
be in this case dispensed with.'
"The Select Committee, contrary to thessanguine ex-
pectations of the directors, declined to recommend that
the standing orders should be dispensed with, and the
Bill was therefore lost for the present session. The
directors will, however, take care that proper steps are
adopted in the next session for bringing in a Bill for an
amalgamation—a measure essential to the interests of
the three companies.
" The Bills for the extension lines to March and
Spalding passed through the Standing Orders' Com-
mittee of both Houses of Parliament, and through all
their stages in the House of Lords.
" The Bill for the extension to-March was withdrawn,
in pursuance of an agreement entered into by the direc-
tors with the promoters of the Wisbech, St. Ives, and
Cambridge Railway, and the Eastern Counties Company,
as the purchasers of that line, by which agreement the
use of that line is secured to this company upon advan-

,ageous terms.

" The Bill for the extension line to Spalding was most
unexpectedly rejected by the Committee of the House
of Commons, although strenuously supported by the
Eastern Counties Company, with whom the directors
had entered into most satisfactory arrangements with
regard to the line.
" The lines from Manchester by way of Buxton, Mat-
lock, Ambergate, Nottingham, and Grantham to Spal-
ding, having received Parliamentary sanction in the
present session, the necessity that exists fn. filling up
the gap between Spalding and Wisbech, and thus com-
pleting- a direct communication between Norwich and
Manchester becomes more than over apparent, and this
subject will receive the serious and careful consideration
of the directors.

" The cash accounts to the 31st of July last have been
submitted to, and approved by the auditors."
The following is a statement of the cash account:—
RECEIPTS.

Shareholders for calls £163,002 10 0
Ditto for interest on calls
Ditto for calls paid in advance 6,965 0 0
On debentures 76,600 0 0

X 246,600 16 11