The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-02 00:00:00

PARIS AND ORLEANS.

The annual general uteeting of this company was held. -
in Paris on Saturday. M. Bartholony, the presidenti •
took the &lair.
The meeting was slso made special for the purpoie of
authorising t' e directors to issue additional capital to
,nee t tie cost of the extensions of the railway- now in-
course of construction, or which this company have,un-,:-..
dertaken to execute ; to pnrcha.e certain freehold pro-
perties, centrally situate in Paris, fur the purposes of this
railway, and of other lines having their termini in Paris;
t t form a grand central merchandise station ; to *auction
the cession of a porti n of the railway of this company to ,4
the Great Centra' Railway Company ; to ratify the ar
rangement made with the Paris and Lyons and the ?
Great Central Railway Companies for the joint construe-
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tion by all three of a new line from Paris to Lyons by
C ntheil. through the Bourbonnais ; and on other special L.
bus mess.
The Orleans group or railways l 5 perhaps, the most
extensiv. m Europe Ender cue management; it compeisti.
no less than 2 266. kilometres (1,416 English miles), of
,eh;er 1,277 t ilometres (798 miles) are now in full work ;
898 kilotnn tree remain to be made, and are partially in i
course of construction ; it embraces the richest and most •
pOrminus regions of the north west, west, south-west,
ntre, and south-ea,t of France, radiating from Orleans,,
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and brings the ports along the whole line of the western
coat, from Qii'mper to Bordeaux, into direct cornmunir,,..l
cati-n with the metropolis.
The meeting wa. held in th. spacious hall which forms -
part of the central offices of ti e company. It is cap Able
of con skint, 2,000 persons 0 in to the plan adopted
by this comf any of giving a jeton (representing six franceY''',.
to ouch start:rider present, there is always a full at-
teada .ce. Upwards of 1,400 shareholders were present
.t this meeting.
The din-c+ rs' report showed that the balance to the
eredit el capital , account was 3,000.000 E (120,0001).
T.,- revenue account for the rast year showed that s,
very large uw Ass expended in the rel ewal of the.
D.rieanent way, the invariable role of this company.'
It was explaieed that the company woul -rewire
.ids ..f 40 000-000 f, on the obligations of the Great •
Central Railwa. Coinpany i. r the portions of the rail--
••••1% ceded to that ciontio.ny ; tat the New Paris and
,Ysy would he made by obligations guaranteed.
by Al the thr-e c..m, anie j ontly ; and that, in all proe •
hat,thry, for, the erike of convenience; the whole eum•to
a •f r this branch Pf the expenditure, including
the 40,000.090 F, won d b by obliL. ations of one And the
imrfitr,e. The preference would be given to the share-
holders e f the t, nee companies in the distribution of this
stock

The rovenue ace unt for the year 1855 showed that
57.278 720 f. (2,295 1481.) had been received, ana
30,951,762 f. (1.238,070/ ) expen leasing a net profit •
on th, w rid e of 26 426,958 f. (1,057.0781.) Of this sun).
254 875 f. (10,1951.) aa. appropriated to the sinking
t ,nd to redeem the capital, 12.000 f (4801.) annuity to
the original concessionaire; 1,873.906 f. (74.9561.) to the
~ffierr: and servants of the company. leaving 24,286,176 F.
(971,447/ ) for dist.tibuti-n among the shareholders, of
which situ 9.000,000 f. (360,0001), being at the rate of
30f. per share, Vl,B p on the Ist of October last, and
it w-s now proposed to pay them a further sum of
15,000,000 f. (600,00/ ), being at the rate.of 501. per
•viare, leaving a halar,ce for the next siceouot of
286,177% (11,447/ ) The dividend for the year amounted
to 80f. per share, rl6 per cent.
The report, at.d the stries of resolutions proposed
thereon, were adopted unanimously. Messrs. Barry,
Cochin, Caihard, -Count Benoit d'Azy, and Dufour, the
five directors retiring in rotation and by let, were seve-
rally r.-elected for five years. The re-election of .the
auditors, and a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman
And directors closed the proceedings.
MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)