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MIDLAND.

A meeting of the shareholders in Leeds and the
❑eighbourhood was held yesterday at the Queen's
Hotel, to consider what should be done to protect
the interests of the company at the general meeting
on the 15th inst.

Mr. BArNES, M.P., was appointed chairman, and
he said he entirely approved the meeting, for if
anything was uncomfortable as to the state of a
railway, publicity and. &scussiou were always the
best. He referred to his lettcr- to the Times, and
said he had no official responsibility in connection
with the railway, except that he was one of those
five gentlemen who recommended some one as
worthy of acceptance as auditor. If the meeting
was aware of the views he had expressed in that
letter, he could only say that he now felt them to
be confirmed. He believed in the honesty of the
directors, and in the ultimate solidity of the Mid-
land line. Great errors had been committed in
going beyond the legitimate field, and in undertak-
ing far too many lines at once. It was a very great
mistake the directors had made in acceding to so
many applications from other partie. Of their own
they bad upwards of £4,000,000 of engagements,
which it was possible for the directors to have post
polled, and some of which it was possible to abandon.
But there was, he believed, upwards of £5,000,000
which it would be possible to forego for the present.
Of their own there were lines and works not
begun of £3,700,000, including the Settle and
Carlisle, the Mansfield line, the Ashby and Nun-
eaton (along with the London and North-Western)
and several coal lines intended 'to open up coal
fields. It would be much more conducive to their
interests that the coal owners should make those
lines themselves, but besides those there were also
lines nndcr the act 18G5-6 which would cost
£450,000, and he was told it was possible to post-
pone £200,000 of them. Then of the Cheshire
lines, there was a "proposed outlay of £835,000,
and that might be postponed. Then there were
works in progress to the amount of £300,000, of
which £lOO,OOO might be put off. Then, as to the
rolling stock, £320,000 additional stock was or-
dered, and that would he sufficient to work an
additional traffic of £7,000 a week, and therefore
the outlay of £200,000 might be postponed. The
London Station Hotel it was intended to defer, and
in all he thought there was about £5,235,000 which
might be postponed. He believed the directors
really were willing to do all they could. His spirit
was to treat them as men who desired to do so, and
lie recommended that this meeting should appoint a
committee to consult with the directors, and report
at the annual meeting.

Mr. GATINETT stated why he had been one of
the parties to calling this meeting, and said the
company had come to that position which reiuired
all their energy to prevent confusion and difficulty.
He recommended shareholders to keep their proxies
in their hands until the meeting on the 15th inst.
He moved :

"That, taking into consideration the injurious effect
produced on the value of the Midland shares by the in-
tended application to Parliament fur powers to raise new
capital to the amount of £5,000,000, this meeting is of
opinion that it is essential that the directors should revise
their engagements for new lines and works, and all con-
templated outlay, with a view to the relinquishment or
postponement for a long time of all that can ho relinquished
or postponed." . _ _ _

JOWETT seconded the motion, and strongly
recommended the abandonment of the Settle and
Carlisle line.
The Rev. J. MORTON thought the shareholders
were more frightened than hurt, and he regarded the
proceedings of the Manchester party as calculated
to injure the interests of the company. The direc-
tors had nothing to be ashamed of. It was very
good and judicious foresight that the directors bad
prepared for an outlet in the heart of London.
The resolution was then emied unanimously.
Mr. J. RHODES moved—
"That this meeting recommends the appointmmt, at
the meeting of the Midland Company on the 13th of

January, of a committee of consultation, consisting of
large shareholders, to confer with the directors on the
position of the railway, and especially on the extent to
which projected lines aLd works can be relinquished or
postponed."
Mr. J. 0. MARCH seconded the motion, and it
was carried.

Mr. Alderman GEORGE proposed that Mr. Baines,
M.P., Mr. Garnett, and Mr. Jowett be a com-
mittee to confer with the directors, which was car-
ried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN recommended this meeting not
to begin hostilities if there were to be any. The
course taken at this meeting was so reasonable that

it might have great influence at .Manchester. lie 1
believed that only-one contract (for £250,000), in
connexi,:n with the SA:le and Carlisle line hal bmn
let. The Midland in 1951 had a mileage of 490 ;
in 18:i6 of 550 ; is 1801, of 620 ; iil 1801, of 63)
miles. The gross traffic recei:As in 1351 were
1,186,191 ; in 1850, £1,611,707 ; in 1861,
£2;101.772; in 1866, £2,743,751. In the firstflve
years :he mileage increased 11 per cent., and the
traffic increared 361 per cent.. That was the gro s
sum, and the working expenses haul to be deductel
from it, but at least one h tlf would be profi'. In
the second five years the increased mileage was 15
per cent., and of traffic 30 per cent. In the third
five yews theducrease of mileage-was 9i- per cent.,
and the increase of traffic 301 per cent. These
were very satisfactory figures. They proved that
up to this time all that had been done on their own
line had been done profitably. (Hear.)
In reply to a cinestion, the CHAIRMAN said he
believed the capital of the company in 1860 was
£20,931,119, and in 1867 it was £30,679,030.
The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to
the chairman.

EAST INDIAN.
The 42d half-yearly general meeting of this com-
pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern ;
Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., in the chair.
Mr. NOAD, the managing director, having read
the notice convening the meeting, the report, an
abstract of which appeared in . The San, was taken
as read. _ _

The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, explained
that they could not hold the meeting earlier, and

could not have deferred it longcr, as it was neces-
_ _ _

sary to have the consent of the shareholders to de-
clare the extra dividend. The report referred .to
the particul a's of the receipts and expenditure, so
that it would not be necessary for him to detain
them at any length upon the subject. This was the
second time they had had surplus profits to divide
over the five per cent. guaranteed to them. The
additional dividend was at the rate of one-half per
cent. per annum free of income tax. This was left
after paying income tax at the rate of 6d. in the
pound, after providing for Sir M. Stephenson's an-
nuity, after setting aside £lB,OOO to meet bad and
doubtful debts, and £3,000 for insurance against
fire. They did not burden the report with numer-
ous statistics, which were seldom read or appre-
ciated. They had merely stated what was useful
and easily understood. The directors had called
the attention of Mr. Mendel, their consulting engi-
neer, before his departure for India, to every point
of interest respecting the working and completion
of the railway. The working expenses in the past
half year had increased to 44 per cent., against 41i
per cent. in the corresponding period of the previ-
ous year. The permanent way and rolling stock
were maintained in the highest state of effi-
ciency. Every item of expenditure was
brought to account in the half year, and
they had the certificate of the Government engi-
neer to the effect that the stock and works were
maintained in first rate condition. With regard
to the progress of the works on the line, they
had only to make the Chord line, which was now
in course of construction ; it cut across through the
collieries from one portion of the main line to the
other, and would be about 140 miles in length. It
was not the fault of the directors that the contrac-
tors had been so slow with the works on this sec
tion. Still, they had two years to complete the
line, and he hoped that more progress would soon
be made with it. The Jubbulpore line was opened
on the Ist of August last for general traffic, and it
was to be regretted that the Great Indian Peninsu-
lar Railway had not yet been completed up to the
East Indian line at Jubbulpore. They were glad
that. the traffic in that direcuion was increasing, but

it could not increase to any large amount until the

railway communication was completed from Jub-
bulpore to the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, so
as to allow the trains to run through without ob-
struction. The communication between the two
lines was at present completed by means of a tem-
porary conveyance along the road for a distance of
180 miles. The mails were now being carried that
way between -Bombay and Calcutta; but the
main traffic of the country could . not be deve-
loped until the gap between the two-linea was filled
up by means of. complete railway communication.
The man question, however, was that Mr. Rendel
had placed himself at their service to examine and
report on their line and works iu India. The direc-
tors had never at any time entered on works that
had not previously the full assent of the share-
holders. In June, 1865, the directors submitted
a report by Mr. Rendel as' to. the sum of money
that would be required from that time to be ex-
pended in the completion of the works ; but new
circumstances had since arisen, and new exigencies
had shown that other things were now required be-
yond what was then anticipated. They now wanted
to know the full extent of works required of them.
In the early part of this year they had received an
estimate of certain additional Works proposed by
the Government, amounting to £400,0'.)0, including
the construction of houses, &c., for the persons em-
ployed on the railway ; but the board, not having
received an explanation of so large an outlay, tele-
graphed to India. The explanation was so far satisfac-
tory that the expenditure was to be spread over a
period of ten years, which had the effect of bringing
it into smaller proportions. The necessity of pro-
viding places for workpeople to live in was not con-
filled to India alone, where the provision was now
so much required, but it had arisen years ago on
English railways, such as near London, Crewe,
Wolverton, Swindon, and other places. But in
India their line passed near large eities, and it was
especially necessary they should provide proper
habitations, not only for hundreds, but for thou-
sands. They might, therefore, have to sanction an
expenditure on that account. It was the necessity
of this outlay, probably, that made Mr. Power,
their engineer, write so strongly about the ne-
cessity of providing the European workmen and
others with healthy habitations, as he knew the
company could not expect to get their full ser-
vice out of them if badly provided in that re-
spect. It was true that the rent of these places
would be paid to the company in lieu of the capital
expended in the construction of those houses. This
would be one of the subjects that would have to be
brought before the shareholders. The directors
were exceedingly anxious to have a clear and dis-
tinct understanding of all that would be required
of the company before they were called upon to in-
cur any additional outlay of capital. Mr. Rendel
had expressed his readiness to go to India with the
sole object of seeing the company carried in credit
through the great works 'they had undertaken. The
length of railway now made wns 1,4971 miles, which
was divided into two districts —one from Calcutta
to Delhi, and the other, the loop line,sfrom Allaha-
bad to Jubbulpore and the Chird line. They
would have to provide for the maintenance of 562
miles of double line, and 9341 iniks of single line,
making together 1,496, miles, and beyond that they
had no other arrangements with the Government.
The whole was completed with the exception of the
Chord line and places on the main line. He then
read the instructions given to Mr. Rendel prior to
leaving for India, minutely detailing every inquiry
he would have to make and report upon both as to
the working of the line, the state of the works and
rolling stock, and the making of a careful estimate
of the works required to complete the whole under-
taking; also as ° to whether some of the proposed
works could not be deferred or abandoned ; to con-
sult with the officials in India as to indispensable re-
quirements ; and, above all, to economise further
capital expenditure as much as possible ; to report
on the utility or otherwise of the proposed bridge
over the Ilooghly, near Calcutta; and also as to
further requirements of rolling stock for a traffic
increasing from 4g5 per mile per wycls up to £4O,