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RAILWAY TRAFFIC and MEMORANDA.

ABERDEEN.
72 Miles open.—Week ending May 25:
Passengers ... £715 0 0
GoocLs and parcels ... ... 530 0 0

' Total, exclusive of mails ... £1,245 0 0
Corresponding week of last year (33 miles 0pen)6591.
The total receipts of the year, up to• the present time,
have ,bcen 20,0151., against 9,946/ in the corresponding
period of last yeur. The amount authorised to be raised
by capital and loan is 1,474,6661., of which, at the date
of the last report, there had been expended 1,366,713/.
The line includes the Arbroath and Forfar, leased at 5-1
per cent. per annum.
BELFAST AND BALLYMENA.
37f Milos open.—Week ending June 1:
Passengers . . £321 6 11
Goods ... 213 17 4

Total £535 4 3
Corresponding week of last year, 5451.
The total receipts of the year, up to the present time,
have been 11,0261., against 10,1571. in the corresponding
period of last year. The amount authorised to be
raised by capital and loan is 500,0001., of which'49l,ls2l.
had been expended at the date of the last report.
BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE
JUNCTION..
16 Miles open.—Week ending June 2:—
Passengers, parcels, &o. .:. £777 12 7
Merchandise and cattle ;.. 472 7 9

Total ... £1,250 0 4
Corresponding week of last year, 1,1951.
The total receipts for the year, up to the present
time, have been 21,6031., against 17,1241. in the corre-
sponding period of last year. The amount authorised
to be raised by capital and loan is 2,200,0001., of which
1,796,563/ had been expended at, the date of the last
report. The dividend paid last year was 5 per cent.
BOLTON, CLITHEROE, AND WEST YORKSHIRE
14 Miles open.—Week ending May 26:
Passengers and parcels ... £270 9 3
Goods ... 183 3 8

Total

. . 2453 12 11

Corresponding week of last year, 4331.
The amount authorised to be raised by capital and
loan is 1,333,3301., of which, at the date of last report,
there had been expended 968,1131.
BRISTOL AND EXETER.
85 Miles open.—Week ending Jane 2:—
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £2,864 4 11
Goods and mails 1,317 16 0

Total ...£4,182 0 11
Corresponding week of last, year, 4,943/.
The amount of authorised capital and loan is 3,000,000/.
of which 2,902,429/. had been expended at the date of
last report. The dividend paid last year was 3i per
cent.

CALEDONIAN.
16 Miles open.—Week ending May 26:
Passengers, parcels, &e.(inolnding
a special trip) £2,678 4 2
Goods, cattle, &c. ... 3,660 10 0

Total ... £6,338 14 2
Corresponding week of last year (14 miles open), 5,4891.
The total receipts of the year, up to the present time,
have been 124,7001., against 95,1881. to the correspond-
ing period of last year. The amount of authorised
capital and loan is 5,460,0001., of which 5,326,1434 had
been expended at the date of the last report.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD.
94i Miles open.—Week ending June 2:—
Passengers, parcels, &c. £l,BOO 13 1
Goods, cattle, &c. .1,009 6 7

Total .. £2,809 19 8
This return includes. 1121. 15s. 7d. earned on the Mold

line, and 2351. Is. sd. by the company's steamboats.
Corresponding week of last year (83 miles open), 1,910/.
The total receipts for the year, up'to the present time,
have been 38,6421. against 27,6821. in the corresponding
period of last year. The total authorised capital and
loan is 4,339,332/, of which 3,915,3831. had been ex-
pended at the date of the last report.

DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION.
22' Miles open.—Week ending May 29:
Passengers,
parcels, &c. £2lO 8 9
Goods, cattle, &c. ... 20 6 0

Total £230 14 9
Corresponding week of last year, 2451.
The amount of authorised capital and loan is
1,266,660 L, of which 643,2391. had been expendei at the
date of the last report.
DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA.
53 Miles open.—Week ending May 30:—
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £757 • 6 0
Goode, cattle, &c 113 3 10

Total £.B'o 9 10
Corresponding week of last year (35k miles open), 9261.
The total receipts of the year, up to the present time,
have been 17,9421., against 16,2881. is the coresponding
period of last year. The amount of authorised capital
and loan is 800,000 L, of which 785,152/. had been ex-
pended at the date of the last report. The dividend
paid last year was 13k per cent.

DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN.
74 Miles open.—Week ending June 4:—
Total receipts ... 21,373 19 8
Corresponding week of last year, 1,3861.
The total receipts for the year, up to the pre,ent time,
have been 16,9461., against 18,3351. in the corresponding
period of last year. The amount of authorised capital
and loan is 450,0001., of which 442,0001. had been ex-
pended at the date of the last report. The dividend
paid last year was 7 per cent. 14 miles of this line
from Dalkey to Kingstown is worked by atmospheric
power.

DUNDEE AND ARBROATH.
• 16 Milei open.—Week ending June 1:
Passengers £289 10 1
Goods, &c. ,„ 148 9 2

Total ... £437 19 3
DUNDEE AND PERTH AND ABERDEEN.

31 Miles open.—Week ending June 1:
Passengers ... ... .. £283 14 5
Goods, &e. ... ... ... 308 6 7

Total

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The total receipts of the year, up to the present time,
have been 71,1171., against 75,9911. in the corresponding
period of last year. The authorised capital and loan is
3,000,000/., of. which 2,887,808/ had been expended at
the date of the last report. The dividend paid last year
was 3i per cent.
EDINBURGH, PERTH, AND DUNDEE.
71 Miles open.—Week ending*May 25:
Passengers, &c.
... £1.397 7 . 3
Goods, cattle, &c. 972 18 0

Total ••• ••• £2,370 5 3
Corresponding week of last year, 2,300/.
The receipts from the Tay and Granton Ferries, toge-
ther 8 miles in length, are included in the returns. The
total receipts of the year, up to the present time, have
been 47,499/, against 41,318/. in the corresponding
period of last year. The amount of authorised capital
and loan is 2,750,000/., of which 2,371,3351. had been ex-
pended at the date of the lest report.

FURNESS.
18 Miles open.—Week ending June 1:
Total receipts ... .£421 0 0
Corresponding week of last year, 3931.
The amount of authorised capital and loan is 333,6091.,
of which 242,402/. had been expended at the date of the
last report. The dividend paid in 1849 was 2 per cent.
GLASGOW, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR.
100 Miles open.—Week ending June 1:
Total receipts .£3,0i5 5 8
Corresponding week last year, 3,127/.
The total receipts of the year, up to the present time,
have been 62,0311., against 56,840/. in the corresponding
period of last year. The amount of authorised:capital
aad loan is 2,804,550/., of which 2,705,6011. had been
expended at the date of the last report. The dividend
paid in 1849 was 1 per cent.
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND. GREENOCK.
22k Miles open.—Week ending June 1:
Passengers and parcels ... .....£714 13 5
Goods ... ••• ... 418 1 4

Total.. £1,132 14 9
Corresponding week of last year, 1,0861.
The total receipts for the year, up to the present time,
have been 21,3431, against 20,4391. in the corresponding
period of last year. The amount of capital and loan
authorised is 866,6661., of which 866,4621. had been ex-
pended at the date of last report. The dividend paid in
1849 was 2i per cent.

GREAT NORTHERN.
143 Miles open.—Week ending May 26:
Total traffic ... £3,195 11 0
Corresponding week of last year (126 miles open), 2,283/.
The total receipts for the year, up to the present time,
amount to 62,8191., against 39,3191. in the corresponding
period of last year. The amount of authorised capital
and loan is 8,200,0001., of which 5,406,1571. had been ex-
pended at the date of the last report. This company
guarantees 6 per cent. on the East Lincolnshire line,
upon which 667,6291. has been expended.
GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN (IRELAND).

188 i Miles open.—Week ending June 1:

Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £3,276 14 4
Goods and cattle ~. ... 942 12 8

Total .•• ~, £4,219 7 0
Corresponding week of lastyear (1681 miles open), 3,5381.
The total receipts on this line, which extends from
Dublin to Cork, with a branch to Carlow, for the year,
up to the present time, have been 88,5591. against 74,528/.
in the corresponding period of last year. The amount
of authorised capital and loan is 4,000,0001.; of which
3,890,228/. bad been expended at the date of the last
report. The profits on the traffic account have been
advanced by way of loan to the capital account.

GREAT WESTERN.
230 Miles open.—Week ending June 2:—
Total receipts ... ... £16,702 5 2
Corresponding week Ist year (2.204 miles open), 18,0601.
The total receipts of the year, up to the present time,
have been 383,5171., against 394,244/. in the correspond-
ing period of last year. The authorised capital and loan
is 15,448,9131.; of which 13,238,411/. had been expended
at the date of the last report. The dividend paid for
1849 was 4 per cent.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE.
227 Miles open.—Week ending June 2:—
Total traffic £13,775 12 9
Corresponding week last year (1964mileropen), 17,1001.
The returns include the Lancashire' and Yorkshire
portion of traffic on the Preston and Wyre.
The total receipts for the year, up to the present time,
have been 267,5491., against 255,0671. in the correspond-
ing period of last year. The amount of authorised
capital and loan is 1.1,202,045!.; of which, 10,818,479/.
had been expended at the date of the last report
(1,377,9471. being as yet unproductive). The dividend
paid in 1849 was 3} per cent.

LANCASTER AND CARLISLE.
90 3filed open.—Week ending May 26 :
Passenge rs, parcels, &o. £2,87.5 1 6
Goods, cattle, ... 1,159 12 10

Total £4,034 14 4
Corresponding we-k of last year (70 miles open). 3,1651.
The total receip.s for the year, up to the present time,
have been 6‘,1721, agsinst 39,9411 in the corresponding
period of last year. The amount of authorised capital
and loan is 2,000,0001., of which 1,950,0001. was ex-
pended at the date of the last report. The dividend
paid in 1849 was 4/ per cent. The line is worked by
the London and North-Western Company.

LEEDS AND THIRSK.
39 Miles open.—Week ending May 26:—
Total traffic ... ... £1,157 9 6
Corresponding week of last year (27 miles open), 2621.
The amount of authorised capital and loan is
2,500,0001., of which 1,911,5841. had been expended at
the date of last report.

LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT.
12i Miles open.—Week ending May. 26:
Total traffic ....£229 18 1
Corresponding week of last year, 148/.
The total receipts for the year, up to the present time,
have been 2,3321., against 1,839/. in the corresponding
period of last year. The amount of authorised capital
and loan is 300,000/., of which 120,1851. had been ex-
pended at the date of the last report. The dividend
paid in 1849 was 14 per cent.

LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN.
15 Miles open.—Week ending Juno 1:
Passengers ... ... ... ... £76 3 10
Goods ... ... ... ... 44 14 3

Total ...£l2ols
Corresponding week of last year, 146/.
The total receipts of the year, up to the present time,
have been 3,0631., against 2,939/. in the correspo❑ding
period of last year. The amou❑t of authorised capital
and loan is 566,666/., of which 193,406/. had been ex-
pended at the date of the last report.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.
470 Miles open.—Week ending June 2:—
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £31,390 12 8
Goods and cattle ... 15,450 12 1

Total ... £46,841 4 9
Corresponding week last year (435 miles open), 45,226/.
The returns are exclusive of the traffic of the Hud-
dersfield Canal, Shropshire Union, North Union, Pres-
ton and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton,
and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the proportion
of traffic deducted under agreement with the Nord'
Staffordshire Company.
The total receipts of the year, up to the present time,
have been 915,2071., against 856,7531. in the correspond-
ing period of last year. The amount of authorised capi-
tal and loan is 32,040,8531., of which 28,192,054/. had
been expended at the date of the last period. The divi-
dend paid in 1849 was 6 per cent., the last half-year's
dividend being 5 per cent.
LONDON AND BLACKWALL.
5i Miles opened.—Week ending June 2:—
Passengers ..• £1,048 4 1
Goods .• ... 26 18 0

... £1,075 2 1

Corresponding week of last year, 1,0691.
The total receipts for the year, up to the present time,
have been 15,4071, against 13,5931. in the corresponding
period of last year. The authorised capital and loan is
1,400,000/. of which 1,362,1561. had been expended at
the date of the last report. The dividend paid for 1849
was 9s. per cent.
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.
1714 Miles opened.—Week ending June I:
Passengers ...
... 13,262 9 8
Goods ... "• ••• 1,739 3 3

Total "• ••• .115 101 12 11
Corresponding week of last year (170' miles open),
10,2131. 2s. sd.
The total receipts of the year, up to the present time,
have been 180,3431., against 171,268/. in the correspond-
ing period of last year. The amount of authorised capi-
tal and loan is 7,440,9301., of which 7,103,103/ has been
expended at the date of the last report; and it is not
intended to raise 426,666/., authorsed for the Ports-
mouth line—so it will be seen the capital account is
nearly closed. The dividend paid in 1849 was 3i per cent.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.
239 Miles open.—Week ending June 2:—
£9 112 15 9
Passengers Goods
: 2
,524 12 5

Total • • £11,637 8 '2
Corresponding week l*st year (2161 miles open), 12,3811.
The total receips of the year, up to the present time,
have been 194,6251., against 194,8431. in the correspond-
ing period of last year. The amount of authorised
capital and loan is 9,952,7661., of which 8,113,4601. had
been expended at the date of the last report, The
.dividend paid in 1849 was 3.1 per cent.
MANCHESTER, BUXTON, AND MATLOCK.
11 Miles open.—Week ending June 2:—
Passengers ,•• £79 2 0
Goods ••, 54 19 0

Total ... ... ... ...£134 1 o
The amount of authorised capital and loan is 1,760,0001.