The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-13 00:00:00

MARYPORT AND CARLISLE.

The directors of this company have recommended
a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum
for the half year ending the 30th of June last.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL.

The report of the directors of this company states
that the balance to the credit of revenue is £27,569,
and after deducting £6,593 for interest, £20,976
remains, which enables the directors to recommend
a dividend for the half year at the rate of 3 per cent.
per annum, being an increase of one quarter per
cent. upon the dividend paid at this time last year.
The net increase of receipts for the past half year
is £1,813; the total receipts amounted to £45,967,
against £43,838, showing an increase of £2,129;
and the total expenditure to £18,397, against
£lB,OBl, showing an increase of £316. The whole
of the goods station on the south side of the line at
the Minories will shortly be appropriated to the
Great Northern Railway Company for their exclu-
sive use. The share capital to be created under the
authority of the new Act is £300,000, and the esti-
mates for the several works are—for the London
Dock branch, £73,555 ; for the Midland Company's
station, £25,000; for enlargement of Great Northern
Company's station, &c., £27,800 ; for Victoria Dock
new goods station and alditional warehouses,
£50,250; and for repayment of loan from bankers,
£123,395. The directors recommend that the new
capital should be raised by the issue of 4.6,154
shares of £6 10s. each, which are to be eventually
converted into stock at £lO per share. • The capi-
tal account showed £1,780,519; had been received,
and £1,923,585 expended, leaving a balance of
£143,065 against the company.

NORTH LONDON.
The report of the directors states that the gross
traffic receipts during the past six months have been
£71,322, being an increase of £3,494 as compared
with the corresponding period of 1859. The above
increase has been chiefly derived from the coal and
goods traffic, and the directors havt every reason to
believe that the passenger traffic receipts would
have shown more than their usual progressive im-
provement had it not been for the extremely un-
favourable weather during the spring and summer.
The directors have expended a large sum during
the past six months in renewing the permanent
way, and they have carried the whole of this out-
lay—viz., £4,267, to the debit of the revenue ac.
count. InelKding this expenditure, the working
charges of the railway have been £9OO in excess of
the corresponding period of 1859. The net amount
at the credit of revenue account is £24,606, out of
which the directors recommend the payment of a
dividend of 24 per cent. fur the half-year, amount.
in to V 1,375, leaving a balance of £230. The
account to the 30th of June last showed that
£1,388,078 had been received, and £1,396,174 ex-
pended, leaving a balance of £8,096 against the
company. The revenue account for the half-yeer
ending June 30 showed that £73.823 had been re-
ceived, and £11,984 expended, including £2,647 for
taxation, and £5,458, toll to the Blackwall Com-
pany, leaving a balance of £31,839, out of which
X 7,234 is deducted for interest on loans, leaving
£24,605 for dividend.

MID KENT.
The report of the directors states that the re-
venue account for the past half-year shows a net