The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-20 00:00:00

EASTERN BENGAL RAILWAY.

The directors have just issued their report for
the half-year ending the 30th of June last :—" The
general traffic returns for the last ,half-year show
an increase of £7,115 over the receipts of the cor-
responding half-year of 1867. The working expenses
of the railway during the half-year amounted to
45.86 per cent. of the gross receipts, against
45.29 of the corresponding period of last year.
The increase is accounted for by the exceptional
items of repairs, consequent on the cyclone, which
were paid out of revenue. The gross receipts
from the railway traffic of the first quarter of the
current half-year show an increase of £9,467 over
those of the corresponding period of last year ; the
receipts from the company's flotilla also show an
increase over those of the corresponding period.

the steamers and cargo boats of the company have
been kept in good working order, while fully em-
ployed in the Serajgunge, Dacca, and Cachar
services, and in carrying materials for the
Goalundo extension. The company has re-
cently purchased an additional cargo boat, and
the flotilla consists of three powerful steamers,
capable of carrying, besides passengers, 100
tons of cargo each. in addition to the requisite
supply of coals ; and five cargo boats which are con-
structed to carry on the average 350 tons each. The
permanent way and works on the open line and the
rolling stock have been efficiently maintained during
the past half-year. The works and repairs rendered
necessary by the high floods of September of last
year, referred to in the two former reports, of the
directors, are nearly completed. In pursuance of an
arrangement sanctioned by Government the principal
portion of the cost will be chaaged to capital
account. On the 18th of June last, in pursu-
ance of an arrangement made with Government,
this company undertook the working of the Cal-
cutta and South-Eastern Railway for a period of
one year. No formal agreement had been executed
at the date of the last advices, but the arrange-
, ment contemplates that the Government shall pay
a certain sum of money to this company for superin-
tendence, and also fpecified terminal charges for the
use of this company's passenger station at Sealdah,
between which and the South Eastern Railway a
junction had been previously made. The receipts
from that railway will belong to Government, who
will pay all expenses and take upon themselves all
liabilities in respect to it. The directors submit, as
usual, the half yearly accounts, which are made up
to the 30th June, 1868. The revenue account had
not been passed by Government at the usual time,
as certain sums which this company has credited itself
with as against Government for interest on revenue
balances, for special carriages provided for the use
of the Post-office, and for conveyance of troops by
the steamers, were then still under discussion.
The interest on revenue balances is now under
consideration. The item of £1,214 15s. 4., ap-
pearing in the printed accounts to have been
charged for facilities to the Post Office, is
under settlement in India. The item for the con-
veyance of troops—viz., £4,B44.—has been ad-
mitted and passed by the Secretary of State.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Shoit ... 11 16 ... 11 181
Do
Rotterdam _
... 12 i ... 12
Antwerp — ~. 25 31... 25 40
Brussels
Ilainburgh ... ... 13 10 ... 13 10k
Paris
Ditto
Mraseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 120 f
Vienna — ... 11 Bil ... 11 95
Trieste — ... 11 87i ... II 92f
Petersburg
Copenhagen.... .......
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz —
... 48-} ... 481
Leghorn
Milan. — ... 26 95 ... 27 10
Genoa — ... 26 95 ... 27 10
Naples
Palermo — ... 26 95 ... 27 10
Messina
Lisbon — ... 521 ... 53
Oporto — ... 52-i- ... 63
Rio Janeiro — see -
New York — •.•

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