The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-16 00:00:00

GUARANTEED INDIAN RAILWAYS.

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jects—
The construction and working of lines from Cal-
cutta to Delhi, and from Allahabad to Jubbulpore
—total, about 1,400 miles. Capital-1;12,731,000.
This amount has been sanctioned for the works
specified, but it is probable that a larger sum will
be required. Rate of Interest Guaranteed-5 per
cent. on £11,553,000 capital ; 4a ter cent on
£1,178,000 debentures, convertible into shares.
"Madras Railway Company.—Object—The con-
struction and working of a railway from Madras to
the western coast, at Beypore, with branches to
Bangalore and the Neilgherries ; also of a use from
Madras, via Bellary, to join the line from Bombay
total, about 820 miles. Capital—£6,ooo,ooo. Rate
of Interest Guaranteed—ft per cent. on £500,000
capital; 41 per cent. on £500,000 debentures;
per cent. on £1,000,000 capital ; 5 per cent. on
£3,000,000 capital, leaving £1,000,000 to be raised
upon arrangements to be hereafter mr de.
" Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company.—
Object—The construction and working of the fol-
lowing lines, all of which terminate at Bombay-:--
viz., from Bombay via Callian, to Jubbulpore, to
meet the East Indian Railway Company's line
from Allahabad, with branches to Mahin and
Nagpore-870 miles ; and from Callian, via Poonah
and Sholapore, to the opposite side of the Kristna,
to meet the line, via Bellary, from Madras-366
miles—total, 1,236 miles. Capital—Xlo,ooo,ooo.
Rate of Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent. on
£8,000,000 capital, and 41 per cent. on £333,300
debentures, the balance to be raised upon arrange-
ments to be hereafter made.

‘.‘ Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway
Company.—Object—The construction and w3rking
of a line from Bombay, via Surat and Baroda, to
Ahmedabad—total, about 320 miles. Capital—
£2,3oo,ooo. Rate of Interest Guaranteed-5 per
dent. on £2,000,000 capital and 41 per cent. on
£300,000 debentures. _

" Scinde Railway Company, Scinde Railway.—
Object—The constructioTd and working of aline in
Seinde, from Kurrachee to theriverlndusatKotree
—total, 120 miles. Capital—£l,ooo,ooo. Rate of
Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent.
" Punjab Railway.—Object—The construction
and working of lines in the Punjab, from Maoltan
to Lahore and Umrister, and thence to Delhi—
total, about 490 miles. Capital—X4,ooo,ooo Rate
of Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent. on £,500,000,
the amount authorised to be raised.
" Indus Flotilla.— Object—The navigation of the
Indus, &c., by means of steam vessels, between
Kotree an Mooltan, to be worked in connection
with the railways. Capital—£2so,ooo. Rate of
Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent.
" Eastern Bengal Railway Company—Object—
The construction and working of a line from Cal-
cutta to Dacca, with a branch to Jessore—Capital
_i1,000,000. This amount has been sanctioned
for the line from Calcutta to the Ganges at
Kooshtee, near Pubnab, about 80' miles, all that is
authorised to be proceeded with at,present. Rate
of Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent,. on £1,000,000.
ee Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway Corrpany.
—Object—The construction and working of a line
from Calcutta to the Port of the Mutlah—length,
about 29 miles. Capital—X2so,ooo. Rate of
Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent.
" Great Southern of India Railway Compmy.—
Object—The construction and working of a rail-
way from Negapatam to Trichinopoly, with branches
to Salem and Tuticorin—total, about 300 miles.
Capital—£soo,ooo (for the Works at present autho