The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-17
friends the favorable prospects which this imporan,

friends the favorable prospects which this important
enterprise must inspire.
The GAINESVILLE Qexas) Standard OF the 4th instant
says hat the books OF the Memphis, NJ Paso and Pacific
Railroad Company opened at Paris the LIST instant
ard all the stock taken by Col Charles Todd hate
Minister TO Austria, agent for the New York Pacific
Railroad Company with the guarantee that the road shall
be built, and beginning at Fulton to coon with
the Cairo and Fulton Road, shall a line not south
Of the town Of Mckinney, in Collins county.
The Ocean Steam Mills, in Newburyport have declared
semi annual dividend Of five per cent, payable de-
mand.
special meeting Of tine shareholders Of the Rutland
and Burlington Railroad Company held at Bellows
Falls the 18th inst II voted TO execute third
mortgage on the road and equipment, not exceeding
81 zoe, 00o in amount-the bonds running to 1862 and
bearing per cent interest payable semi annually
These bonds be offered TO the creditors of the
pany at par in settlement Of claims The statements
to business prospects quite encouraging The Che
shire and Htchburg Railroad companies to furnish,
at once, all the equipment necessary to transact the
business Of the line and further delay trouble will
hereafter be experienced from lack of motive power and
rolling stsck An arrangement has also been made with
the owners Of the line Of boats lake Champain, by
which the Rutland Company sell their boats and thus
terminate competition for the Lake businessthe boat
company running in connection with the Rutland road
10 one VI importance
land and Burlington Railroad Company, insuring il
does to that line large share OF the business
Montreal and the two cities of New York and Boston
An interesting Parliamentary paper has just been
printed for the first time ito be continued annually Of
the statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
from 1910 to 1853 The statistics relate to the
and expenditures, imports, exports, transhpmt ship
ping excise prices and sales Of corn coinage savings
banks Bank of England and the population. Fhe docu
ment extends to twenty folio pages and contansa
great mass of figures, having been prepared by the
statistical department of the Board of Trade In the
the largest for ten years The of the
several branches Of the Of the United Kingdom
paid into the Exchequer f54 43O 344 The expendi
ture out of the revenue paid in the same year was
Sol, $780, In 1853 the taxes repealed reduced
amounted to f3, 247 474 and the estimated i'm
posed was f3 $685. At the Of the last year the
balances in the Exchequer GA, 4s5 23O The capital
of the national debt last year f77o DOL The
quantity Of cotton imported last year sos
$50 bs and of WOOL Ill 1896 445 lbs The declared
value Of British and Irish produce exported last year
sos 1857 306 Last year the number Of vessels built
and registered 1885, Of III tons The number of
vessels belonging to the United Kingdom last year. ex
elusive Of river steamers, 1906 of 0s7 TONS
and the employed exclusive of masters IT,
The coinage in the year f12 125 The births in
the year 612 and deaths AL 775 and the
rages 1872 1885, The total paupers relieved sls 35
and the einigrants numbered 1928, S07.