The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-02 00:00:00

GREAT EASTERN.

The following legal notification has been affixed
to the stations, carriages, &c., of this company .:
" Take notice that all the fixtures, goods, chat-
rels, and
.fittings in, about, and upon these pre-
mises are the property of the undersigned, Alex-
ander Tracy, of Cambridge, in the county of Cam-
bridge, contractor ; William Booth, of Eastwood,
in the county of Nottingham, Esq. ; and John
APMahon, of No. 1, St. John's-grove, Brixton, in
the county of Surrey, Esq. ; and are used by the
Great Eastern Railway Company as their lessees ;
and that any person or persons intermeddling or in-
terfering with the same will do so at his or their
peri:

" JANSON, COBB, and PEARSON, 41, Finsbury-
circus, London, E.C., solicitors for the said
Alexander Tracy, William Booth, and John
MT Mahon."

METROPOLITAN.

The report of the directors of this company states
that the receipts during the past half-year (after
deducting all expenses and interest chargeable
against revenue) left a net available balance of
£87,834. The traffic receipts during the past half-
year were £114,442, and in the previous half-year
£107,295, showing an increase of £7,147, which had
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the working charges for the past half-year having
been £44,780, and for the previous half-year
£44,849. The directors recommended a dividend
upon the preference stock at the rate of 5 per cent.
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and St. John's-wood Railway were very far
advanced towards completion, and the directors
were assured that, with the assistance promised by
any, the line would be opened for traffic
next year., The directors proposed that
£lOO,OOO should be subscribed in the 5 per cent.
preference stock of the St. John's-wood Railway
Company. The Notting-hill and Brompton Exten-
sion had made great progress, and would be opened
for traffic next spring. The works to connect the
Great Northern Railway with the widened lines at
King-cross were in progress, and would be ready
for traffic through to Farringdon-street in about two
months. The directors were informed that the
works of the Midland Company from Bedford to
the junction with the Metropolitan Railway at
King's-cross would be ready for opening before the
close of the present year. An arrangement for the
accommodation of the Midland traffic over the ad-
ditional lines to Moorgate-street would be submitted
for the sanction of the proprietors. The directors
were assured that arrangements had been made by
the Metropolitan District Railway Company for
opening the portion of their line from Brompton to
Westminster shortly after the Notting-hill and
Brompton extension was completed. In order to
complete those norks, purchase the rolling-stock for
working the Western Extension, the Metropolitan
and St. John's-wood, and Metropolitan District, the
company would require funds during the next 12
months to the extent of £BOO,OOO. The direc-
tors had ascertained that the lands and houses
belonging to the company could not fail, with
judicious management, to realize within the next
five or six years at least a million of
money. The directors recommend the pro-
prietors, with a view to secure the benefit of the full
value of those shares, to raise, by the creation of
new redeemable shares, £600,000 to receive a fixed
5 per cent. interest and be redeemed and cancelled
within 10 years, and the holder of each share to he
entitled to 10 per cent. on its redemption. The
capital account to the 30th of June showed that
£5,224,807 had beeli expended, leaving a cash
balance of £53,380.