The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

[PRIOR 4D. STAMPED 5

RAILWAY INT;ZI,IGENCZ

EAST INDIAN.

The twenty-first report of the directors, to be
submitted to the annual general meeting on Tues-
day next, cintains the following passage. :
" The East India Company having agreed to raise the
rate of guaranteed interest from 4i to 5 per cent.. on a
uyther sum of 1;500,0001 of the capital, the board have
rieen enabled to offer an allotment of new shares to the pro-
orietore, in the proportion of one share fer every 100/. con-
olid.r ea s'ock, or one share for every five shares of their
-vsting investments. Teis capital ieissued on pr-cisely the
...ewe terms as former issues, and when fully paid up can be
ionsolidated into stock; The directors regret that they
iave net.received information to so late a date as they
ieuld haver wished as to the state of the works on the di-
of the line from Calcutta to the river Ku. uninassa.
By the lest lettere it appears that Mr. Turnbull had corn-
eieted his tour of inspection, but his report has not
'nine f.r ward ; it may be expected by the next mail,
sod will then be open for the information of the share-
ieldere;
[ree lino from Calcutta to Ranegunge, 12li
.vies opened for traffic on 3,1 Feb , 1855. The line con-
iruetA by the company's engineers through the South
eeerhhooin district, about 45 miles, from the junction
[leer Burd wan "to the river More, was at the last date in
very forward state.]
Mr. Evans, acting chief engineer in the tipper
Jrovincee during the temporary absence of Mr. Purser,
,aving recently inspected the works on the line
roan. the river Kurumnassa to • Delhi, furnishes.
he board with the particulars of the progress
~ade to the 13th Feb. The works from the Kurum-
eassa to IVlogulserai, near Benares, about 50 miles,
re proceeding with the expedition necessary, to insure
heir being ready by the time the permanent way mate-
jai. can tie delivered to the contractors. From Beneres
Allahahad, ab 'tit 95 miles, the contractors have not
advanced the works so steadily as was expected. From
Allahabal Cawnpore, 126 miles, the woos genera ly
ire progressing satisfacterily, and the rails are leid-for
A distance of 28 miles. The Cawnpore district line, 26
miles, has been taken out of 'the contractor's heeds, and
together with the Etawab, Agra, and Delhi district liner,
.a now being carried on by the company's engineers.
the directors say, with reference to the works of the
doe from Allahabal to Delhi, in their present state,
here seems to be nn reason why, if it be found practic-
able to get the permanent way materials up, the whole
distance should be opened by the end of 1858—and the
eoard will give directions that every exertion be used
to accomplish this object. During the year ending the
31st of December last 65,000 tons of there materials
were shipped at favourable rates of freight, notwith-
standing the fact that, from one cause or other, there
was a general scarcity of shipping. The steadily increasing
traffic on the line from Calcutta to Ranegunge, as sxhi-
uited by the fulbwing facts, cannot fail to be highly gra-
tifying to the proprietors. The number of passengers
carried between the Ist July and 31st December, 1856,
was 465,121, showing an increase in this branch of the
traffic over the half-year ending June, 1856, of 32,800
passengers, or as compared with the corresponding half-
year in 1855 of 107,486 passengers. The tonnage in
goods and minerals, exclusive of parcels, carriages, and
live stock, from Ist July, 1856, to 31st December, 1856,
was 44,695 tons, giving an increase of 11,685 tons over
the half-year ending 30th June, 1856, or 24,675 tons
over the corresponding half-year of 1855. The traffic
receipts for the year ending 31t Dec.' 1856, amounted
to 95,1831. 16s. 43., 'against 58,5871. 16s. 10d. for the
year ending December, 1855 ; and in March last they
had reached 3,5001. per week. The payments made to
the East India Company, being the balances of receipts
over expenditure on account of revenue, and in dimi-
nution of their advances for interest, sill further
illustra'e the satisfactory progress of the working of the
opened line. They have been as follows : For the half-
y year ending June 30, 1855, 10,6311. Is. 7d. ; diet-, De-
cember 31, 1855, 20,6211 11s. 23. ; ditto, June 30,
1856, 27,7911. 3s. 3d. ; ditto, December 31, 1856, ac-
coulits nut received. The board are mush disappointed
at not being able to publish the revenue accounts to the
31st December. They are informed that the accounts
will arrive by the text mail, and, in that ease, may be
in the bands of the board in time to be communicated to