The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-23 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, HURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1868.

RAIL IPA Y AND OTHER COMPANIES.

CAPITAL OF RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM, 1866.
It appears from a return issued by the Board of
Trade that the total amount of capital authorised
to be raised up to the end of the year 1866 on rail-
ways in the United Kingdom amounted to
£466,151,633 on shares, and to £154,412,773 by
loans ; total, £620,564,406 ; showing, as compared
with 1865, an increase of capital authorised in
the Session of 1866 of £44,272,743. The total
amount paid up on ordinary shares was £228,245,629,
being an increase of £8,647,433 in the year 1866.
The amount paid up on preferential shares and
stock amounted to £134,455,098, being an increase
of £19,191,623. The amount raised on debenture
stock was £14,105,594, being an increase of
£310,219, and on debentures £105,065,863, being
an increase of £7,244,766, making the total amount
of capital paid up to the 31st of December, 1866,
£481,872,184, being an increase of £26,394,011 as
compared with the amount paid up on the 31st of
December, 1865.
The capital authorised to be raised by railway
companies in England and Wales amounted on
shares to £388,605,689, and by loans to
£129,702,809 ; total, £518,368,498, being an in-
crease of £41,158,142 during the year 1866. The
capital paid up on ordinary shares amounted to
£193,674,973, being an increase of £6,735,621 ;
on preferential capital to £109,322,844, being au
increase of £9,392,492 ; on debenture stock to
£12,566,697, being an increase of £251,690 ; and
on debentures to £86,659,720, being an increase of
£6,239,644, making the total amount paid up to the
end of 1866 £402,224,274, being an increase in the
paid-up capital of £22,619,447.
The capital authorised for railways in Scotland
amounted to £50,104,794 on shares, and ou loans
to £17,024,623 ; total, £67,129,417, being an in-
increase of £2,083,601 in the year 1866. The paid-up
capital on ordinary shares amounted to £19,797,076,
being an increase of £1,489,229 ; on preferen-
tial shares and stock, £19,460,908, being an in-
crease of £405,756; on debenture stock, £1,254,732,
being an increase of £47,964 ; and on debentures,
£12,566,082 being an increase of £920,817, making
the total paid-up capital £53,078,798, being
an increase of £2,872,766 in the paid-up capital
in 1866.
The capital authorised to be raised for railways
in Ireland to the end of 1866 amounted, on ordi-
nary shares, to £27,441,150, on loans to £7,625,341;
total £35,066,491, being an increase of £1,031,000
in 1866. The paid-up capital on ordinary shares
amounted to £14,773,580, being an increase of
£422,583 ; on preferential shares to £5,671,306,
being an increase of £393,375 ; on debenture stock
to k 284,165, being an increase of £10,565; and to
£5,840,061 on debentures, being au increase of
£75,305, making the total paid-up capital
£26,569,112, being an increase of £903,821 in
866.

affairs, upon the report of Mr. Thompson, their
active secretary, who had exerted himself to
the utmost, although unsuccessfully, to bring about
a satisfactory termination to the negotiations in
India. The Board felt bound to give the earliest
intimation to the shareholders that the prospects of
carrying out the objects of the company in India
had been completely neutralised by causes which
would be stated in their report at the adjourned
meeting ; but they could not express any opinion
until after the secretary's return as to the actual
results, beyond stating that they did not anticipate
the necessity of making a call for the amount of the
shares remaining unpaid. He then moved that,
pending the return of the secretary from India
with the information called for by the Board, the
meeting be adjourned to Tuesday, the 25th of
February next.
Mr. J. Walker, a director, seconde I the motion,
which was carried unanimously, and the meeting
adjourned.