The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-06 00:00:00

PREFERENTIAL RAILWAY CAPI

The total amount of preferential railway capital at the
close of last year was £63,555,179, of which the greater part
bore interest at 5 or 6 per cent, the highest rate being 10
and the lowest 3 per cent. The Arbroath and Forfar had
£40,000, at 5 per cent-the Banbridge Junction, £17,800,
at 5 per cent-Belfast and County Down, £80,740, at 5 per
cent-Blyth and Tyne, 50,000, at 10 per cent, and £28,969,
at 5 per cent-the Bristol and Exeter, £967,410, at 4 Per
cent-the Briton Ferry Floating Dock, £3,740, at 6 per
cent-the Caledonian, £499,711, at 3 per cent, £125,000 'Lt
31 per cent, and £39,970 at 4 per cent, £1,384,000 at 41 pet
cent, £749,156 at 5 per cent, £240,000 at 7A per cent, and
£156,355 at 8 per cent-the Castle" Douglas and Dumfries,
£28,698, at 5 per cent-the Cheater and Holyhead,
£150,000 at 4 per cent, £269,075 at 5 per cent, and £630,000
at 51 per cent-the Cockermouth and Workington, £3,434
at 41- per cent, and £21,566 at 5 per cent-the Cork and
Bandon, £48,000 at 51 per cent, and £28,753 at 6 per cent
-the Cork and Youghal, £lBO,OOO, at 6 per cent-the Corn-
wall, £400,000, at 5 per cent-the Dublin and Drogheda,
£11,225 at 4 per cent, and £203,95S at 5 per cent-the
Dublin and Wicklow, £179,170, at 6 per cent-the Dun-
dalk and Enniskillen, £333,923, at 5 per cent-the Dundee
and Arbroath, £66,700, at 5 per cent-the Dundee and
Perth and Aberdeen Junction, £290,425, at 5 per cent-the
East Anglian, £294,675, at 4 to 7 per cent-the Eastern
Counties, £2,830,839 at 5 per cent, and £887,917 at 6 per
cent-the Eastern Union, £23,750 at 31 per cent, £630,175
at 4 per cent, £199,677 at 5 per cent, and £30,000
at 4 per cent-the Edinburgh and Glasgow, £450,000, at 4
per cent, £275,000 at 5 per cent, and £150,000 at 51 per
cent-the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, £647,720 at 4
per cent-the Exeter and Credition, £20,000, at 5 per cent
-the Forth and Clyde Junction, £55,660, at 5 per cent-
Furness, £169,950, at 5 per cent-Glasgow and South-
Western, £7OO 172, at 5 per cent-Great Northern, £804,475,
at 41 per cent, and £2,837,239, at 5 per cent-Great North
of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction, £16,918, at
41 per cent, and £13,725, at 5. per cent-Great North of
Scotland, £199,625, at 41 per cent, and £291,000, at 51 per
cent-Great Southern and Western (Ireland), £1,232,493,
at 4 per cent-Great Western, £10,050, at 3 per cent-
£l,76o,Boo, at 31 per cent-£3,500, at 34 per cent-
£3,370,534, at 4 per cent-E263,455, at 4/ per cent-
£2,473,439, at 4/ per cent-£161,800, at 41 per cent-
£3,155,445, at 5 per cent-£138,628, at 7'73 per cent-and
£175,000, at 8 per cent-Great Western and Brentiord,
£33,293, at 5 per cent-Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester,
£30,000, at 5 per cent-Inverness and Nairn, £33,446, at
5 per cent-Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction, £lO,OOO,
at 41 per cent-Lancashire and Yorkshire, £107,604, at 4/
per cent, £90,780, at 41 per cent-4329,428, at 5 per isent,
£260,050, at 5.19 per cent, and £1,081,326, at 6 per cent-
Liskeard and Caradon, £7,200, at 5 per cent-Llanelly
Railway and Dock, £33,499, at 5 per cent, £14,105, at 5.95
per cent, and £14,000, at 6 per cent-Llynvi Valley,
£113,500, at 5 per cent-London and Greenwich, £210,000,
at 5 per cent-London and North-Western, £270,000, at
per cent-London and South-Western, £47,550, at 4 per
cent, £14,000 at 6 per cent, and £179,900 at 7 per cent-
London, Brighton, and South Coast, £220,000 at 4 per
cent after 1865, £506,032 at 41 per cent, £867,676 at 6
per cent, £411,177 at 6 per cent, £220,000 at 7 per cent-.
London, Chatham, and Dover, £384,732 at 5
258 per cent
(deferred)-Londonderry and Enniskillen, £250, at 4
per cent, and £31,850 .at 6 per cent-Lymingtello £4,320
at 5 per cent-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
£366,698 at 3/ per cent, and £1,920,441 at 6 Peer
cent-Maryport and Carlisle, £252,825 at£l,sl P r
57600
cent-Midland, £2,475,000 at 4 per cent,
Ott and
at 41 per cent, £2,119,902 at 6
at 4/ per
d'£46£an7snsOptat per cent
£l4o,ooocent£4o ,aotooBatpesr t 6 per cent
Railway and Canal,
ent-Nowcastle-upen-
-Morayshire, £13,560 at 5 per c
pereen t-ceMnt°, natn£ss,-- a _
Abergavenny and Hereford,
at 6i per cent-Newport,
3,697 at
6 per cent-Newry,
£166,106 at 5 per cent,
and
£25£12,900 at 6 pe
Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor,
and £lo4,oooat 5r cent-
Nor-
folk, £351,670 at 5 per cent, 1 per
cent-
ditto, Lowestoft capital, £120,000 at 4 per cent, and
Tyne and Carlisle, £150,650 at 41 per cent, and £150,000
£120,000 at 6 per eent--North British, £1,003,653 at 5 per
e-North.Devon, £38,512 at 6 per cent-North Eastern,
£31,650 at 31 per cent, £2,039,528 at 4 per cent, £608,680
at 41 per cent, £89,566 at 5 per cent, £306,485 at 6 per
cent, £440,570 at 8 per cent-North Staffordshire,
£1,170,000 at 5 per cent-North-Western, £126,285 at 6
per cent-Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (now
West Midland), £500,000 at 5 per cent, and £847,964 at 6
per cent-Peebles, £24,600 at 5 per cent-Portadown, Dun-
gannon, and Omagh Junction,l6o,66o at 6 per cent--
Rhymney, £39,091 at 5 per cent-St. Helen's Railway and
Canal, £147,770 at 41 per cent, £244,000 at 5 per cent, and
£205,740 at G per cent-Salisbury and Yeovil, DOOM at
4 per cent-Scottish Central, £190,858 at 41 per cent, and
£152,541 at 5 per cent-Scottish North-Eastern,
31 per cent, £150,000 at 7 per cent, and £276,238 at 6 per
cent-Sherewshury and Hereford, £OO
r ,000 at 41 per cent ;
-South Devon, £99,956 at 41 per cent, and £lOO,OOO at 5
6,320 at 5 per cent
per cent-South Devon and Tavistock, ACz
South-Eastern, £1,006,450 at 416g7 cent-South Walee,
£169,900 at 4 per cent, £436, at 41 per c.:ent, and
£284,508 at 5 per cent-South Yorkshire awl River Dun,
£73,174 at
£64,790 at 4 per cent-Staines, Darlington, £450 000
£45,814 at 5 per cent-Stockton and
6 per cent- wansea Vale,
at 5 per cent, and £1,028,700 at
Vale, £60,000 at 41 per cent,
£16,117 at 6 per cent-Taff at eper percent-Warring-
ton t-Warring-
£6o,ooo at 5 per cent, and £165,0005 cent-Waterford and
ton and Southport, £5,510 at per
11 per cent-Waterford and Lime-
Kilkenny, X 196,885 at IVokingham, River
D
per cent-West H rtl
Waterford and Tratnore,£lo,oool2';9,9oo a e-
at 2f per cent,
pool Harbour and
153 "ba'at 41 per cent, £95 320 at
£65,752 at 4 per cent,s
and £101,480 at 6' per st
per cent, £143,600 at 1
percent, Junction, £95 119 at 5-18cen
-Whilehaven and Furness • , • per
Whitohaven Junction, £64,980 at 5.23 per cent.
cent-and
o 857 undertakings with a total preferential ca-
rick, £247,100 at 6 per cent,_antd_£9o,Bso at 6 per cent-
I n the case
Tab-.
year.
of £621,
no interest appears to have been paid last

mu BENs 6 WAT c ES.- -" We have seen several watches
frothis wen-known firm, and can speak with confidence
of their exquisite Workninship. and artistic finish. They
keep time with very great preClsion, and have been de-
clared by competent judges to be Well worth the money.
parties wishing them can be supplied through the Post-
office,"—Glasgow Examiner, May 19th, 18GO. Benson's
Illustrated Pamphlet, post free for two stamps, is descrip-
tive of every construction of watch now made. Watches
safe by post to all parts of the globe. 3. M. Benson, 33
Nad 34, Ludgate-hill.