The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-04 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL HALL (LIMITED).

The ordinary general meeting of this company
wis held yesterday at the Hall, Islington ; Mr.
Clayden in the chair.
The report stated that the net amount to the
credit of revenue with £B3l balance from the pre-
ceding year, after making an ample allowance for
outstanding liabilities,was £6,645, out of which the
to. roc°, rn rticnti od the pay in.ant-44-41 aiiridend
at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, leaving a
balance of £2,745 to be carriei forward. The re-
sults of the past year had been in every respect satis-
factory. The directors had invested temporarily in
the New Three per Cent. Stock £1,038, being de-
barred by the articles of association from selecting
any more advantageous security. The whole of the
Debenture Loan of £14,000 had been renewed for a
further term of seven years ; the company having
the option of paying off any part, at any time, on
giving six months' notice. The 600 new shares had
all been subscribed by shareholders.
The CII AIRMAN congratulated the shareholders
upon the success of the company during the past
year. While so many companies had been in diffi-
culties, this company was able to pay a dividend of
10 per cent. honestly earned, and to carry a large
sum to their bankers. The cattle shows had been
successful. In 1865 the number of visitors to the
show was 76,400 ; in 1866, 92,500 ; and in 1867,
102,700, showing a considerable increase. The
horse show last year was also a success. It brought
together a number of gentlemen and breeders of
the best kind of horses, and those gatherings did a
great deal of good. Ile regretted the increase in
the estimate for the new buildings in connection
with the hall, but sooner or later they would have
been obliged to enlarge the galleries and refresh-
ment department, so that it was essential to the
success of the whole undertaking. The works
would be completed with all additions and im-
provements at a cost of £lO,OOO, the original esti-
mate being £7,000. It was proposed to borrow the
additional amount.

The report was adopted.
Messrs. R. Leeds, J. Shuttleworth, and J. Ban-
nister were re-elected directors.

The meeting was then made special, and a reso-
lution passed authorising the directors to borrow
£3,000.

A vote of thanks to the chairman and to Mr.
Sydney (the secretary) concluded the proceedings.

MASSACHUSETTS RAILWAY STATISTICS. —The
steam railroads of Massachusetts have a capital
stock of $98,663,900, of which $74,900,953
have been paid in. The total debt amounts to
$29,496,706 ; total cost of roads and equipments,
$96,046,319; amount of dividends paid last year,
$1,665,517 ; surplus, $5,830,208. Total length
of rail (as single track) in miles, 1840. Number of
miles run last year, 10,035,309 ; tons of freight
carried, 6,113,442; passengers, 23,660,401 pre-
vious year, 22,126,881 ; men employed, exclusive
of those engaged in construction, 9,838 ; engines
owned, 562 ; passenger cars, 651 ; merchandise
cars, 10,334. Number of engines added last year,
44 ; passenger cars, 31; merchandise cars, 848.
The amount paid by the different steam railroad
corporations in 1867, for taxes and insurance, was
$1,184,238. The engines used 150,502 cords of
wood and 102,584 tons of coal, costing $1,839,436.
The expense of removing snow and ice from the
track in 1867 was $121,381, in 1866 $7,448.
The incredible number of 27,718,777 passengers
were carried on the horse railroads of Massachu-
setts in 1867, more by 1,500,000 than in 1866, and
all over 143 miles of track, and in 388 ears. The
net earnings of the railroads amounted to $224,638.
Horses were lost to the value of $32,212, and one
road, the Quincy, lost $6,632 by its operations.
Seven of the companies declared dividends within
the year, of between 4 and 10 per cent. Four pas-
sengers were fatally injured in leaving or getting
upon cars in motion.— tipringlield Republican.

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