The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-04 00:00:00

LONDON AND ST. KATHARINE'S DOCKS.

The half-yearly general meeting of this company
was held on Tuesday at the Dock-house, Tower-hill;
Mr. C. J. Manning in the chair.
The Secretary read the report, which stated that
the earnings for the six months ending the 30th of
June last had been £499,214, and the expenditure
£20,285, leaving a profit on the working of
£178,929. From this was deducted for interest on
debentures, £40,188; on 4 per cent. debenture stock,
£21,250, OR 4 per cent. preferential stock, £1,158,
leaving £116,334, out of which the directors recom-
mended a dividend on the ordinary stock at the rate
of 2 per cent., free of income-tax. The amount of
outstanding charges on the 30th of June last was
£395,674, while the amount for the corresponding
period of 1865 was £387,526. The number of loaded
ships from foreign parts which entered the docks
during the six months was 852, measuring 450,013
tons, and for the corresponding period of 1865, 790
ships and 403,979 tons. The directors were informed
that the East London Railway Company had ac-
quired nearly all the property contiguous to the
London Dock, and the works under the dock would
be commenced as soon as the contractors for the con-
struction of the railway were put in possession of
sufficient land to enable them to insure their execu-
tion within the stipulated time.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said that the amount paid for interest was
in excess of the usual amount, consequent upon the
very high rate which they had to pay. The in-
creased revenue was not obtained without hard
work, not only on the part of the directors, but also
on the part of the dock employes, all of whom worked
most energetically. In the St. Katharine's Docks
the cost of labour was £45,000, and the revenue
£135,000. In the Victoria Docks the cost of labour
was £40,000, and the revenue £106,000. The item
of labour was in the London Docks 33 per cent., in
the St. Katharine Docks 33 per cent., and in the
Victoria Docks 38 per cent. of the receipts.
Mr. CATER, the deputy chairman, seconded the
motion for the adoption of the report. He said that
their business was advancing very satisfactorily.
(Hear, hear.)
After some obeservations from Mr. TAYLOR and
other proprietors, the report was adopted. The
meeting was then made special, and the directors
were authorised to give to the holders of the pre-
ference stock the option of converting that stock
into ordinary stock of the company at any time
within five years.
A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.
Miles Opened. Receipis.
• Railways. -........____,,,...._-_,...-_-,
1860. 1865. 1866 1865
£ Z
Belfast and N. Counties 9ll 901 2,312 2.280
Belfast and County Down.... 49 49 8;6 730
Blyth and Tyne 36 36 2,676 2,394
Brecon and Merthyr ..... ... 68 61 1,425 .1,21 ,
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 8,441 8,259
Caledonian, Scottish Central 417/ 408 24,8'19 28.159
Cambrian
Cockermouth K & Peurlth .. 311 3/1 469 431
Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 9 - --
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 412 444
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 6l ei 274 336
Cork and Youghal - -
Cornwall 651 651 2,135 2.180
leeside l7 17 382 607
Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,555 1.572
Dubliix and Drogheda 75 75 2,023 2.243
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 106 3,611 4.243
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O 5/ 5,3 3 4,337
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik~&E.Union
Great Northern 422 401 42,48' 38,922
Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,810 1,854
Do Branches 42 42 1,490 1, 03
Gt. Nortlin. & Westn.(lrel.).„ 841 711 544 450
'lt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3871 387} 10,233 10,600
Great Western 1292 1280 81,68. 76,778
Hull & Hornsea -
Highland
Irish North-Western ll5 145 2,129 2,11.8
Lancashire &Yorkshire 403 403 48,637 44.560
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes 261 26 139 118
Llanelly 461 461 730 7 2
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 272 26,510 29,924
London, Chatham, & Dover; i 1351 122} 1 14,073 14,138
1
all Metropolitan Extension l2} 111 j 3,459 2.9 0
Do. Kent Loast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Slan.,Shetlield,& Lincolnsh
Ranch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9i 91 1,5 0 1,625
Ilaryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,523 4,480
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6771 603} 51,430 40,863
Midland Gt. Westn. of hind 2601 2604 4.440 5 146
llonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal l4 44 2.854 2,93
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 12071 1171} 72,613 71,792
North London ll 9 4,5:1 3.358
North Staffordshire 258 258 7,9:4 8,516
Pembroke and Tenby lll 111 161 183
liiiytnney 221 191 1,216 1,(13i
Scottish North-Eastern 143 138 - -
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1.292 1,017
South Devon
South-Eastern 315 358 3 ,311 30:488
Pall Vale 63 61 6,5.5 5,524
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd. lO 10 211 293
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 4 4 362
W.,tt-rford and Limerick 77 77 1.421 1,462
14".1.1aven,Cle,ttor,1.Egrinut lO 10 653 741
Foraaux AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B 826 ',9,70; 57,294
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern .1 unction 261 261 3 4 311
Bombay, Baroda, & i en. India 306 506 9,4 i 3 6.957
Getroit and Milwaukie lB9 18J 5,7 6 6,193
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of Franc"
Eastern Bengal
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1577 1;)77 25,738 2303)
Great Central of Belgium 285 265 6 287 7' 0,3
Great Indian Peninsula 7Oll 590 14,212 24;'340
Great Luxembourg 134 131 5,524 5.6
,7
Great Southern of tndia
Great Western of Canada 345 315 1 ',2 I 3 10,913
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 713 17,55:3 19021
Northern of Canada ... .....
Northern of France 764 724 61,95 , of, 4, 0
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2006 20 6 143,799 131,262
Paris and Orleans lB2l 1818 75,243 66276
Recife and San Francisco. &c 771 771 1,561 918
Sc,nde lO9 105 __
Do. Punjab, &c 253 2.3 - __
South Austrian, &c ......
Southern of France 9,13 823 28,110 28,203
Victoria
Welland
West & 11-Wn. of France