The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-05-24 00:00:00

EXPENSE.

The distance between the extremities of the line will he abou
thirty-two miles, and when respect is paid to the recent grew
improvements in the formation of railways it is expected that
the costs will be less than £lO,OOO a mile, hut it has been deem-
ed expedient to have a capital to the extent of this rate, being
£320,000, by which means a steady and sure progression and
completion of the work may be relied on.

THE PROFIT.

Considering that the county of Forfar is internally destitute
of, and that Fife abounds in coal, and considering the facilities
which would he given to the ports of Kirkaldy and Dundee for
exporting, the agricultural, and mineral, and manufacturing.
productions of the county of Fife, a very great source of re-
venue would be thence derived.

In passengers, however, the greatest reliance fur a revenue
may be placed. The number of passengers at present is up-
wards of 90,000 annually, exclusive of those travelling farther
north, and who would also avail themselves of the railway
through Fife. But say that the increase of passengers was only
to the extent of one half of this gross number, or 135,000
throughout the line, and nearly as maul; for intermediate dis•
lances, but say altogether 250,000 passengers for various
distances, this would yield yearly £35,250 0 0
Goods, consisting ef coal, lime, grain, flax yarn,
&c. &c., carried along the railway, at least .... 18,000 0 0

£53,250 0 0

Deduct expense of maintenance and maonre-
-17,750 0 (
went, conveyance, R:c

Yielding 35,500 0 0
a profit of upwards of 11 per cent. annually on the
capital stock.
1. The capital Stock of the Company shall be £320,000 di-
vided into Shares of £5O each; a SIIM not exceeding £3 per
Share of deposit shall be paid upon subscription, and no Nil her
call shall he made until an act is obtained, and this act shall
provide that not more than £5 per share shall be called up at
one time. The deposits to be payable at the Western Bank of
Scotland, and to Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., London.
2. The undertaking shall be under the management of a
Committee of fifteen Subscribers, to be nominated by the Part-
ners at a General Meeting to be called for that purpose, to be
held in Edinburgh, and the sederunts of the Committee shall be
held in Edinburgh.
3... The Company shall be held as constituted as soon as one
half of the Capital shall have been subscribed, and a General
Meeting of the Subscribers shall then be called, for the purpose
of appointing the Committee, and another General Meeting
shall be held so soon as the Surveys ate completed, and the
Engineers' Report obtained.
Applications for Stock to he made by letter to Messrs. Ro-
BERTSON and Co., 15, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh; Mr. Jas.
WATSON, South Frederick-street, Glasgow; Messrs. SH IE L
and SmA Lt., Writers, Dundee; Mr. RICH AP D DA WSON, Ex-
change-alley, Liverpool, and also to WIT. LIAM DUNCAN,
W. S. and J. J. DUNCAN, 29, Windsor-street, the interim
Clerks, in the annexed form

Edinburgh, 12t1z April, 1836.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
Messrs. W. Duncan, W. S. and J. J. Duncan,
29, Windsor-street, Edinburgh.
GENTLEMEN,
. _

(Date.)

I request that I may be enrolled as a Subscriber for
Shares of the Capital Stock of the Fifeshire Junction Railway
rn the terms stated in the Prospectus, dated 12th April, 1836.

I am, &c.
(Name and residence of Applicant.)