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
£320,285, 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 44- 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. Recoil. S.
Railways.
1865. 1865. 184:6 18(5

.-..... .......... _£_ -
Belfast and N. Counties 991 99. 2,312 2.280
Belfast and County Down—. 49 49 8)6 716
Blyth and Tyne . 36 36 2,6;'6 2,393
Brecon and Merthyr . 6B 61 1,42., 3,21
Bristol and Exeter 1213/4 1213/4 8,41 I 8.259
Caledonian, Scottish Central 417/ 408 2.!,8 9 28,159
Cambrian
COO; ermouth K & Penrlth .. 313/4 3t3 469 431
Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 9
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 4'2 444
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 63/4 (3/4 274 356
Cork and Yong hal
Cornwall
Deeside l7 17 383 607
Do Extension
Dublin & Belt ast J unction .... 63 Cs 1,555 1.572
oub liP and Drogheda 75 75 ' 2,023 2.243
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 106 3,61 s 4,243
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &O
Glasgow & South-Western ~ 249 143 !2,284 11,1-7
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Union - ;'1,91 6913/4 39,134 39,20
Great Northern 422 401 42.18. 38,922
Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,810 2,832
Do Branches 42 41 1,490 1, 03
Gt. Nordin. & Westn.(lrel.) B4l 719 5t4 453
fit.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3873/4 3873/4 10,233 10,600
Great Wemtern 1292 1280 81,08 76,778

llull & Hornsea -
Highland
Irish North-Western 145 145 2,109 2,1,8
Lancashire& Yorkshire 403 403 48,6:37 44.560
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes 26f 26 139 118
Llanelly 461 161 730 7 2
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 272 26,510 29,924
London, Chatham, & Dover; f 1351 1224 i 14,673 14.1:36
all Metropolitan ,e
all 124 111 J 3,450 2.9 0
Do. Kent Coast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Han.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh
Rauch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 Of 1,5 0 1,625
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6634 51,430 40,863
Midland (3 t. Westn. of hind 2604 2601 4,140 6.146
Monmoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2.86/ 2,,,93
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 1171} 72,816 71,79'2
North London ll 9 4,572 3,358
North Staffordshire 258 258 7,904 8.516
Pembroke and Tenby ll4 114 161 183
R,lly limey 221 191 1,216 Ip3.
Scottish North-Eastern ll3 136 - -
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1.292 1,017
Sout h ,Devon
South-Eastern 315 308 3 ,311 30,1&8
Taff Vale 63 61 6,515 5,m24
Ulster

Vale of Clwyd
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 4 4 382
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1.421 1,482
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrinnt lO 10 695 711
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B 823 :9.701 37,294
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern Junction 264 204 3,1 311
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 300 9,413 5,957
Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 5,7 6 6,193
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern 01 France 1605 1551 82,112 73,20
Eastern Bengal ,, . . 110 119 1,1 9 2,180
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 25,735 k 3,63.
Great Central of Belgium 285 285 6 287 7,092
Great Indian Peninsula 7oli 590 19,212 20,.540
Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,54 s 6,6 7
Great Southem of India
-Great Western of Canada 34.i 315 1',213 10.913
Madras ..
Madrid, Saragossa &Aiicant 7;B 713 17,553 19,021
Northern of Canada
Northern of France 764 724 6',95. 61.4 A
Norwegian Trunk . 41 44 1,527 i,- 46
Ottomen
Paris, Lyons, & slediterrn 2OOO 20 6 143,793 131,252
Paris and Orleans lB2l 1818 75,148 60,276
Recife and San Francisco...4x 774 774 3,501 918
Sc,nde IC9 JO -
Do. Punjab, &c 253 2 ',3 _ -
South Austrian, &c . 1796 1646 72.792 68,493
Southern of France 9lO 823 28,116 28,203
Victoria
Welland 25 25 1,191 727
West & N-Wn. of France