The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-15 00:00:00

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.

The financial statement of this company for the
half-year ending the 30th of June last is, as usual,
full and explicit. It shows that 35,492,0041. had
been received on capital account, including
23,359,8701. received on stock and shares, 39,9521.
received on aceount of calls on the 121. 10s. shares,
314,5411. in advance of calls ; 10,689,7131. on loans
and debentures, 312,8301. on 3 per cent. debenture
stock, and 775,098/. on 4 per cent. debenture stock.
The expenditure on capital accounted to 34,813,0531.,
including 5,665,5781. invested in 12 lines in which
the company have an interest, 3,089,3941. expended
on rolling stock, 421,9071. in lairls and buildings
yielding rent, and 269,892/. in improvement of
road, leaving a balance of 678,9511.
Of the loans on debenture the sum of 361,8001.
was borrowed at 5 per cent., 1,439,5081. at 41- per
cent., 5,514,8721. at 44.- per cent., 65,4001. at 41 per
cent., 2,627,205/. at 4 per cent., 377,5281. at 31, per
cent., 261,0001. at 3 per cent., 41,7001. at 31 per
cent., and 7001. at 3 per cent. ; total 10,689,713/.
The return of working stock to the 30th of June
showed that there were 779 locomotive engines,
772 tenders, 1 state carriage, 710 first-class mails
and composite carriages, 506 second-class, 425 third-
class, 32 travelling post-offices and post-
office tenders, 313 horse-boxes, 259 car-
riage trucks, 273 guards, break, and parcel
vans ; 31 parcel carts and trucks 11,058
waggons, 1,238 cattle waggons, 279 sheep
vans, 1,122 coke waggons, 27 trolleys, trucks, &c.,
8,500 sheets, and 208 horses. The total amount of
capital expended on this working stock and move-
able machinery was 3,089,3951. including 6,3981.,
expended during the past half-year. The amount
expended out of revenue for the half-year ending
the 30th of June on repairs and renewals of the
above stock amounted to 181,9271., and for the pre.
ceding half-year to 182,7501., making for the year
363,7771, or 11.77 per cent. on the cost of the stock.
Of the 363,7771. expended out of revenue for the
year ended the 30th of June, 193,1821. was for the
repairs and renewals of engines and tenders,
61,966/. for ditto of carriages, 80,4671. for ditto of
waggons, 14,903 for ditto of machinery and coke
waggons, and 13,2481. for miscellaneous stock.
The revenue account for the half-year ending
the 30th of June showed that 1,736,5991. had been
received, including 8,986/. for cash balances and
calls in arrear, 21,2941. for rents of land and build-
ings, 4191. transfer fees, 2,096/. for Huddersfield
Canal traffic, and 69,7481. estimated dividends on
investments on other railways. The expenditure
for working the traffic amounted to 787,8751., in-
cluding 24,9051. for passenger duty, and 31,162/. for
rates and taxes, leaving a balance of 948,714/.
From this is deducted 243,0261. for interest on loans
and debenture stock, 5,3771. chief rents and interest
on land purchases ; 2,5001. expenses of Peterborough
joint station ; 10,0001. for Parliamentary and legal
proceedings ; 5,2761. Preston and Wyre deficiency;
24,900/. Buckinghamshire rent ; 25,734/. North
Union rent ; 56,4311. Chester and Holyhead guar-
anteed dividend on preference shares and interest
on loans ; 16,216/. Shropshire estimated deficiency;
2.5671. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock defi-
ciency ; 900/.lVest London rent ; 1,0351. Leeds and
Rochdale canals deficiency ; 10,665/. Stour Valley
estimated dividend ; 2,582/. for Stockport, Disley,
and Whaley-bridge moiety of traffic, 6,5301. depre-
ciation and insurance of Holyhead steamboats,
2,3951. interest, &c., in respect of Haydon-square
depot, 6,9581. replacement of Trent Valley
and Nuneaton viaducts, and 28,3331. for re-
newal of road, leaving 497,226/. To this sum
is added 23,1961., the balance from the last account,
making a disposable sum of 520,4221. Out of this
is deducted 447,2741. for dividend on the consoli-
dated stock at the rate of 2/. 2s. 6d. per cent. for
the half-year, 32,7441. at the rate of 4 per cent. per
annum on the 121. 10s. shares (71. 10s. called up),
24,418/. on the Huddersfield and Leeds and Dews-
bury stock, and 6,750/. at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum on the Coventry and Nuneaton stock, mak-
ing together 511,186/., and leaving 9,256/. for the
next_account. It is proposed to make the dividend
warrants payable on the 27th inst.