The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-05 00:00:00

RAILWAY DIVIDENDS.

It appears that -last year four companies paid dividends
at the rate of 1 per cent per annum and under—nine be-
tween 1 and 2 per cent-25 between 2 and 3 per cent-32
between 3 and 4 per cent-29 between 4 and 5 per cent-19

between 5 and 6 per cent-five between 6 and 7 per cent---
four between 7 and 8 per cent-one between 8 and 9 per cent
-and four between 9 and 10 per cent. The folloving were
the dividends paid :-Aberdare (on lease to Taff Vale), 10
per cent on £50,000-Aberdare Valley, 51 per cent on
£11,840-Alford Valley, 2 per cent on £44,722-Ambergate,
Nottingham, and Boston, 31 per cent on £84,364--Arbroath
and Forfar, 51 per cent on £183,241-Ayr and Maybele, 4
per cent 0n£28,137-Ballymena,Ballymoney,Coleraine,and
Portrush Junction, 4 per cent on £200,000-Belfast and
Ballymena, 4 per cent on £608,802-Belfast and County
Down, 0.9 per cent. on £265,958-Birkenhead, 21 per cent
on £1,941,505-Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour
Valley, 3.16 per cent on £760,350--Blyth and Tyne, 91 per
cent on £201,000-Boston, Sleaford, and Midland Counties,
3/ per cent on £161,639-Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds,
4a per cent on £lBO,OOO-Bristol and Exeter, 5/ per cent on
£2,002,460-Buckinghamshire(onleaseto LondonandNorth
Western), 4 per cent on £1,245,000-Caledonian, 4a per
cent 0n£3,289,119-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junc-
tion, 4 3125 per cent on £238,511-Cockermouth and Work.*
ington, 4/ per cent on £82,500-Coniston, 21 per cent on
£lO,OOO-Cork, Blackrock, and Passage, 4 per cent on
£118,700-Crieff Junction, 4 per cent on £30,177; Dee-
side, 6 per cent on £94,817-Dublin and Belfast Junction,
4/ per cent on £879,372-Dublin and Drogheda, 41 per
cent on £562,952-Dublin and Kingstown, 81 per cent on
£350,000-Dunblane, Doune, and Callandar, 21 per cent on
£42,502-Dundalk and Enniskillen, 1.66 per cent on
£171,420-Dundee and Arbroath (on lease to Dundee and
Perth and Aberdeen Junction), 5 per cent on £200,000
Dundee and Newtyle (on lease to same company), 11 Per
cent on £111,650-East Grinstead, 3 per cent on 150,000--*
East of Fife, 31 per cent :on £20,960-East Suffolk, 6 per
cent on £708,584-Eastern Counties, 21 per cent en
£5,833,670-Eastern Union, 1/ on A and 11 on B stocky
capital, £1,106,266-Edinburgh and Bathgate (on lease
to Edinburgh and Glasgow), 3.4 per cost on £188,487
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 3/ on £2,223,375-Epsom and
Leatherhead, 5 per cent on £29,746-Furness, 61 per cent
on £273,000-General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour, 21
per cent on £157,718-Glasgow and South-Western, 5 per
cent on £2,886,049-Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Helens-
burgh, 41 per cent on £205,590-Gloucester and Dean
Forest (on lease to Great Western), 5.066 per cent
£254,000-Great Northern, 5.1875 per cent on £4,796,7370
and 6 per cent on £600,000 East Lincolnshire stock-Great
North of. England, Clarence, and Hartlepool Junction On
lease to North-Eastern), 3 per cent on £41,875-Great
North of Scotland, 51 on £276,860-Great Southern and
Western (Ireland), 5 per cent on £3,278,943-GrOt
Western, 21 per cent on £8,168,919, and 2.72 per cent on
£188,087-Hereford, Ross, and Gloeester, 2.108 per center'
6213,390-Hoenc. stle, 4 per cent on £47,970-Hull and
Holderness, 31 per cent on £105,267-Inverness and Aber
deen Junction, 31 per cent on £319,733-Inverness 00!
Nairn (on lease to Inverness and Aberdeen Junction), 41
per cent on £59,777-Inverury and Old Meldrumlunctioo
(on lease to Great North of Scotland), 1 per cent 00
£14,702-Irish South-Eastern, 2/ per cent on £234,593--'
Jedburgh, 21 per cent on £30,580-Kilmarnock and Troon
(on lease to Glasgow and South-Western), 5 per cent on
£15,000, but dividend applied to liquidate debt due
lessees-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 41 per cent
£12,065,654, and 7 per cent on £708,000 Preston and WYre
capital-Lancaster and Carlisle, 9/ per cent on £2,420,30"
Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction, 3± per cent oil
£136,250-Leominster and Kingston, 4 per cent exi
£58,238-Leven, 71 per cent on £22,953-Lewis and ljeir.
field, 4 per cent on £33,580-Liskear3 and Caradon, 5 Per
cent on £11,625-Liskeard and Looe Union Canal, 5 Per
cent on £13,000-Llynvi Valley, 6 per cent on £69,080-'
London and Blackwall, 3.37 per cent on £1,402,57g-Lell'
don, Tilbury, and Southend, 6 per cent on £650,492-Loo:
don and Greenwich (on lease to the South-Eastern), 2.651'
per cent on £550,000-London and North-Western, 4/ per
cent on £24,380,252-London and South-Westena, 41 per
cent on £7,197,856-London, Brighton, and South •Coast,
6 per cent on £1,618,553-Manchester, Buxton, 111atlocict
and Midlands Junction, 2.425 per cent on £136,769-'
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 01 per cent o 0
£4,089,178-Maryport and Carlisle, 51 per cent 00,
X 167,175-Mid-Kent, 4 per cent on £79,785-Mid-Kent
(Bromley to Mary Cray), 21 per cent on £61,610-311d-
land, 51 per cent on £9,026,230, and 41 per cent 00
£9781533-Midland Great Western (Ireland), 5 per cent 0°
£1,482,325 -Monkland, 8 per cent on £426,681-Monna outY
shire Railway and Canal, 5 per cent on £360,000-11ora9
shire, 4 per cent on £39,983-Newcastle and Carlisle, 61 Pet,
cent on £1,155,000-Norfolk, 3.075 per cent on £996,453-1
North and South-Western Junction, 4 per cent on £79,54
-North British, 3 per cent on £2,520,720-North-Eaetero
41 per cent on £6,731,308, 3/ per cent on £3,218,920, It
per cent on £1,393,872, and 4 per cent on VO,OOO-11°41
London, 51 per cent on £975,000-North Staffordshire, 01
per cent on £2,826,372-North Union (on lease to Lona°
and North-Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Ceriel;
panics), 10 per cent on £477,326, and 7 per cent on £261,8ir
-North-Western, 11 per cent on £785,528-Oxford,lBr°g
cester, and Wolverhampton (now West Midland), 31 Po
cent in respect of £24,000-Peebles, 3.66 per cent °ft
£68,624-Perth and Dunkeld, 2 per cent on £64,812.-r°
Carlisle Dock and Railway, 5 per cent on £35,000-101:;
stun and Hitchin (on lease to Great Northern) 6 per ce,t,
on £266,675-St. Andrews, 4/ per cent on £21,000--d
Helen's Canal and Railway, 3 per cent on £334,00u[A,
Scottish Central, 51 per cent on L1,045,000-Sooty;
North-Eastern, 4 per cent in respect of £586,500-Shres°,
bury and Hereford, 4 per cent on £196,947-Shropsbrf
Union (on lease to London and North-Western) 21 I:1
cent on £912,856-Somerset Central (on lease to Brie
and Exeter), 4 per cent on £137,760-South Devon, 145 Peet
cent on £1,469,425-South Devon and Tavistock, 2•4
cent on £150,150-South-Eastern, 5 per cent on £7,805,19,1
Beading, Guildford, and Reigate, 5/ per cent on £Boo,ut;
-South Staffordshire, 41 per cent on £941,712 A Stoeicio
South Wales, 21 per cent on £2,452,974-South Yorles°_,„
and River Dun, 3 per cent on £956 194-Stockton and D't
liugton, 91 per cent on £889,439-Swansea Vale, 3 per o_o
on £98,866--Taff Vale, 8 per cent on £717,776-11115
51 per cent on £742,517-Ulverstone end Lancaster,
00
Per cent on £270,000-Vale of Clwyd, 41 per centd
£41,923-Vale of Towy (on lease to Llanelly), 2 per
on £15,161-Warrington and Stockport, 4 per cent
£171,112 --Waterford and Limerick, 11 per cent ;00
£512,463-Waterford and Tramore, 11 per cent on £lBl
-West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway, 4h per cetollt
£815,853-Whitehaven and Furness Junction, 21. per e!at
on £257,632-Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egrement, roil
cent on £75,000-Whitehaven Junction, 7 per con
£lOO,OO0-Wimbledon and Croydon (on lease to the
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don, Brighton, and South Coast), 4 per cent on X-15,° ttie
and Wycombe, 3 per cent on £56,904. The traffic °o,
lines enumerated has generally improved during the
oot
rent year, and the dividends declared will, no doubt, re
the advance in a proportionate degree.

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