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BROKERS. •
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 29, Lothbury ; and
'ours. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Barthelomew-lane.
SECRETARY—Mr. G. P. Stoddard.
Temporary Offices-141, Fenchurch-street.
The Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway Company is de.
connectlligurictesdiyitongtothe so
Calcutta,uth by rail, with the important dis-
-eastward of that city, and of ulti-
,.,llla;telY extending the line to Chittagong, Arracan, and the
'l,l.4lelPal Places in the Burmese territories. Its immediate
.°sJect, however, is to Connect Calcutta with the head
of the Mutlah River, a distance of about 26 miles, over a
F°llntrY: presenting a dead level, and to construct Wet Docks
i_i..connection with the rail, at the last-named place. Until
is portion of the undertaking is completed and in work, it
u" intended to commence any of the more extended opera-
tions.
The question
Sea t of opening a new communication fiotti the
tngo the Port of Calcutta has for a considerable time past
agkd the serious attention of all connected with the Go-
.,eritrent or the Commerce of India. The Committee of the
rgal Charaber of Commerce addressed the Government of
o,l4nT'l on the subject on the 27th of March, 1853, pointing
th.' the difficult and dangerous state of the navigation of
reePler Hooghly, which threatens at no distant period to
tienb" access to the, Port of Calcutta altogether imprac-
a 1? for any vessels but • those of the smallest ton-
inge''ad calling attention to the practicability of pt
arutltinew communication to the sea by mea s of the
ent,:a*--is river, the Committee proceed to state, "the
",_ae of which is about 50 miles to the eastward of the
te,aiY. and to be approached from the sea without any ma-
fro`lai difficulties of navigation At the distance of 23 miles
in its mouth it has a good sheltered anchorage for
,lseels of the largest burthen., Its tides never run more than
.: to four miles an hour, and the flood-tide is never accom-
r dbY a bore. It has in the shallowest
part three and a
:ta,fathoms of water at the lowest side, and in many places
depth varies from sixtO nine throughout its course from
re sea to within 25 miles of Calcutta, thus offering facilities
navigation superior to those that ever existed in the
Jazoglay.,,
G the answer to this application was the appointment by the
grninent of Bengal of a Committee to report on the state
the Ilooghly ; an order to Lieut. Ward, of the Honourable
trnPany's surveying vessel Krishna, to
proceed to survey
and report upon its present state, and as to
Whether it had since the last survey, 14 years previously,
st4;:e_rgolle any material changes ; and instructions to Colonel
-, the consulting engineer to the Government of India,
examine the country between Calcutta and the head of the
and tiallt With the vie o
w ailway between f ascertaining the ptworacticplaceability
the expense of a railway
the Directors are in possession of copies of the Reports of
aboVe-named officers, as well as one of the official charts
a 71,114 surveys made in connection with them. The Report of
(70 HoOghly Committee states " that the River Hooghly has
deteriorated up to the present time ; that that deterioration
has been gradual, and caused by the shoaling and contraction
of its deep chancels from accumulations of silt, and that, nu-
the present condition of the river, the deterioration will
I:l,l)rogressive." Lieut. Ward reports that he found the
had not changed since the last survey in 1839 ; that the
—,,ast water in the channel is four fathoms at low-water spring
'ea (with a rise of fourteen feet, which wonkl give 38 feet at
,Igh water), and that there is nothing to prevent vessels of
il:aeilearcgest tonnage
proceeding up the river at ail times." Col.
reply is of an equally satisfactory character. The fol-
„",nag extracts from his official report, dated Aug 26,1853, will
Znw the entire absence of engineerino. difficulties :—" I have
Z'Lade such personal examination as the season admitted of the
untry
.ea establish
ninggbetween Calcutta and the head of the Mntlah
2ver, .and have satisfied myself of the perfect practicability
a communication between these two.points by
Teans either of a railway or a ship canal." " About the 21st
Zdle the line would cross Telly's Canal by a girder-bridge,
tll6 this channel necessity to provide head-room for boats navigating
will probably occasion the only gradient excep-
rional to a dead level along the whole lino." "On engineer-
hge grraounyinadys.! have no hesitation in stating my preference for
may navigate the Mutlah for a third less than the
2top eoefttwheatseprroinfr Calcutta To
-11_0of ghly now demands. Take, for instance, a vessel drawing
onsoon, threegdsa'yaus'got to sea, she must take the
dwould require, during the north-east
steam hire, at C. Rs. 350 per day, and
:1114ng the south-west, five day; ; which would give for the
I);ll7.lbaleehr C RS.
1,050, and for the latter C. Rs. 1,750, to
add pistage 700=2,150, and incidental expenses pro-
t° Ye• 00 more. Total C. Rs. 2,950, or 2951 to get her
4ra. By the Untlah, 'one day's steam hire would suffice=
adding 350 for pilotage =7OO. But say C. Rs. 1,000 in all,
0.,,.. there is the enormous difference in favour of the Mutlah
tkjßs. 1,950, or nearly 2001., for each ship, to say nothing
riskhe,saving on insurance in proportion to diminution of
ace tze
Whe •
11, therefore, the facilities of this river, combined with
sßanuitabledocks, are compared with the increasing difficulties,
m„lra, and delays of the Hooghly, it is obvious that the
-,,,-;`lah must become the principal, and eventually, for ships
‘,• nrden the only Port of Calcutta. The opinion of the local
;1-*_ v.ernment may be inferred from the fact that it has just
Luenled on the site for the railway terminus and public build-
.4gs.
sect is, no exaggeration to say that the traffic upon the first
„ of the Calcutta and South-Eastern line will be far be-
'oc,ud that of
any yet contemplated for India. blndependently
trade which must of necessity follow the ppening of the
lah as the Port of Calcutta, with its enormous imports
'Ports, exceeding four millions of tons per annum, there
t" ''
ii great and increasing trade going on between Calcutta and
14,„Ealstern Districts, which passes througu the head of the
th:`taii, at all seasons, en route to Caieutta ; while, during
urY season, or for seven months of the year, when the
t11(1clea rivers are impassable, the whole of the goods for ex-
ortation from Calcutta come that way. Whether, therefore,
Xntlah had been adopted as a port or not, a Railroad in
'at direction was urgently wanted, and could nits f
of
beingr,! of the most remunerative character.
from the capital necessary for making a double line of Railway
b ,Calcutta to the site on the Mutlah chosen for the public
btilblings of the Port is estimated by Colonel Baker, in his
i,Pert'4,l4l to the authorities already alluded to at- C. Rs.
'°6 or equal to about 556,4941., upon which sum that
°fficer calculates there would be a return to the shareholders
et 10 per cent. Colonel Baker also stimates the dividd
V
oil the capital to ba expended one en
the Docks at 10per
tet• The return from the Railway is calculated upon
te trade only to be looked for from the Mutlah as a
it, and independently of the ordinary traffic from
,like eastern districts of Calcutta already alluded to,
t:I°11, according to official returns, is set down as equal
cine million and a half of tons per annum. Taking
sue latter into account a dividend of 15 per cent. on the
Vlole capital may be confidently reckoned upon.
hiThe Indian authorities in this country have been commu-
tated with, and the Directors rely with confidence on the
they
of the Home Government, and that every assistance
443, can desire will be most liberally granted by the Honour.
the
ceeourt of Directors of the East India Company, including
4,,'tree, gift of all the land required for the, construction of
c''"e first section of the works, as also the use of Col. Baker's
rveys, the possession of which will enable the Directors to
~,..nainelice the works at once, and without the heavy expense
d great delay which are usually entailed upon undertakings
of this description.
„ Zoir communications with thet authorities, that the East In-
Company would not at present grant any further guaran-
tees of interest to new railway undertakings in India, the Di-
rectors have refrained from soliciting a guarantee. They felt,
however, that the prosecution of an- undertaking of such
acknowledged public utility and importance as this, de-
°landed alike by all classes of the community, ought not on
tliat account to be postpone& Looking to the reception it
1118 already met with from the hands of the Government, its
Lal'eat national importance, and the strong expressionofofctel-
:g on the subject displayed by the Bengal Chamber
—rce, coupled with the interest evinced by the latend tGrahoe.-
'vernor General of India, the Marquis of Dalhousie, and
ef.er,tainty of success as a commercial operation, the Directors
,"et assured that, should the East India Company
"°
grant further guarantees of interest, this Company will
.
be induced
grant
the same favourable consideration as those railway
"InPanies which have been already sanctioned.
Until a single line of rail from Calcutta to the Mutlah is
completed
and at work, a period which ought not to exceed
,5
blollthS from the date of commencement, it is intended
that the shareholders shall receive interest upon all calls made
4/' to that time, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
Applications for shares must be made accompanied by the
.1 an
-4nPy's bankers' receipt for a sum equal to 2s. upon every
ii;2lre
linhares will applied for. The deposit will forthwith be returned
ecli shares applied for as may be. allotted. A portion of
; be reserved for India.
)3aZellls of application may bp obtained at the Brokers' and
rai ;
lorrest; at the Temporary Offices of the CempaaY,l4l,
41114 Va

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