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London, England, 1845-09-10 00:00:00

London, August 21, 1845.

(Provisionally Registered, previous to the date of the late Standing
Orders of the House of Lords.)
AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY.
From Sydney (New South Wales) to Paramatta, Penrith,
Castlereagh, Richmond, and Windsor, with a Branch to Liverpool
and Campbelltown.
Capital, 1,000,0501., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 108. per Share.
The increased and rapidly increasing ratio of the produce of Now
South 'Wales has long called for a corresponding means of facili-
tating Its transit to the port of shipment, and has induced the pro-
moters of this undertaking to communicate with her Majesty's
Secretary for the Colonies on a subject of such great commercial
interest, and they are happy to announce that their representations
have led to an assurance of the Government support.
The proposed Railway will commence at Sydney, and be carried
near to Newtown and Homebush to Paramatta, thence to Penrith,
in nearly a straight line north of the existing road, and from thence
to Castlereagh, Richmond, and Windsor, with a branch at about
two-thirds of the distance from Sydney to Paramatta, leading in a
sonth-westerly direction to Liverpool and Campbelltown.
By this means an opening will be presented at Penrith by the
Great Western road for the immense quantities of wool, stock, and
other traffic! which concentrate there, from Wellington, Bathurst,
and the extensive districts beyond the Blue Mountains; at Camp-
belltown, by the road from Yass, Goulbourne, Barrima, &c.,
in one direction, and from Appin and Ilawarra, in another ; and
at Paramatta, by the Great North road from Wollambi and the
The population, already large, is fast increasing, and an immense
addition to the passenger traffic may be therefore looked for as a
natural consequence.
The colony is just now recovering from the effects of a great mo-
netary panic, and the present is therefore considered an eligible time
for the introduction of such a project, and would have been earlier
brought under the notice of the public, but the promoters waited the
result of their application to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the
Colonial Department.
This undertaking will necessarily bring into cultivation a vast ad-
ditional quantity of .land, and thus stimulate further emigration and
hasten the development of the great and valuable resources of these
important colonies.
The line presents no difficulties of an engineering charreter ; on
the contrary, the general basis of the country traversed consists of
sandstone, disposed in horizontal strata, easily quarried, affording a
very cheap and excellent building stone. The undulations of the
ground are in general formed by masses of clay, superimposed on
sandstone, strongly impregnated with iron, and occasionally in the
form of pipe-c.ay, gradually increasing in compactness and indura-
tion in a direct ratio with the depth below the surface, whilst land-
springs, which so often embarrass the construction of European rail-
ways, would be scarcely, if ever, encountered in Australia. Timber
and all other necessary materials may be had in abundance at the
mere cost of labour, and good coal at a very moderate price.
From the large amount of traffic which may be expected, and
the smallness of the cost at which the line can be completed, a con-
siderable return may be expected on the capital employed. The
undertaking will open a widely extended field for labour and en-
terprise.
The necessary application will be immediately made to the Legis-
lative Council at Sydney, under the sanction of her Majesty's Home
Government.
The capital will be raised in 50,000 shares of 201. each, and it is
proposed that a portion shall be reserved for the colonies, in order
to afford an opportunity to the colonists of participating in the un-
dertaking.
A list of the Provisional Directors, and a more detailed prospectus,
will shortly be published ; in the interim, further inforniationetnalbalyo
be obtained, and application for shares (accompanied by rez
references)
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AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY.
From Hobart Town to Launceston, Van Dieman's Land.
Provisionally registered, previous to the date of the late standing
orders of the House of Lords.
In a few days the Projectors will be prepared to submit to the pub-
lic a plan for more closely connecting these two important towns by
means of a railway.
Any information may be obtained by application to Messrs. Fyson
and Curling, solicitors, No. 3, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; or to
the Provisional Committee at their temporary offices, No. 54, Old
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