nine millions; and, according to the acts of parliament, which sanctioned railways, the share capital and borrowing powers of all the British railway companies amounted on March 1st, 1853, to three hundred and sixty millions sterling. Up to the year 1858, the sum of £308,824,851 had been invested in railways. The cost, per mile, of the railways of Great Britain averages £34,243.

DATES OF OPENING THE PRINCIPAL RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

1825-Sept. 27th, Stockton and Darlington.

-July 4th, Grand Junction, Birmingham to Newton, and

-Oct. 1st,

-Oct. 8th,

-Dec. 17th,

1841-January 4th,

-Feb. 10th,

Chester and Crewe.

Taff Vale.

Birmingham and Gloucester.
York and Darlington.

Stockton and Hartlepool.

--March 1st, Manchester and Leeds.

-March 24th, Glasgow and Greenock.

», —April 12th, Merthyr Tydvil, and Cardiff. -June 30th, Great Western.

,,August 2nd, London and Blackwall. "-Sept. 21st, London and Brighton. 1842-Feb. 8th, Edinburgh and Glasgow. "-August 10th, Manchester and Birmingham.

-October 1st,

1844-Feb. 6th,

Hertford Branch of the London & Cambridge.
South Eastern.

"-May 1st, Bristol and Exeter.

Brighton and Hastings.

Leeds and Bradford.

London and Richmond.
Nottingham and Lincoln.
Manchester and Rawtenstall.
Hull and Bridlington.
Shrewsbury and Chester.
Lancaster and Carlisle.

Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds.
Tynemouth to Newcastle.

Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton.
Dublin and Carlow.

Ely and Huntingdon,

Kendal and Windermere.

Ely and Peterborough.

Edinburgh and Musselburgh.

Newcastle and Berwick.

Chester and Holyhead.

Lowestoft Branch of the Norwich & Yarmouth.

Lynn and Ely.

Rugby and Stafford,

Salisbury Branch of the London & Southampton
South Eastern, North Kent Line.

London and Warrington. (Branch of the
Great Northern.)

North Leverton and Saxilby.

Belfast and County Down.

Rugby and Caldecott, London and North

Western.

Kelso Branch of North British.

Chepstow and Swansea. (South Wales).
Nottingham and Grantham.

Dunfermline and Alloa. (Stirling and Dun-
fermline).

Oxford and Banbury.

West and East India Dock and Birmingham
Junction, from the Blackwall Railway to
Camden Town.

Royston and Hitchin.

Rugby and Leamington.

-June,

-July,

" -July,

" -July,

Swinton and Barnsley.

Gloucester and Chepstow.
Newmarket and Cambridge.
Cork and Bandon.

Penzance to Camborne.
Worcester and Droitwich.

Shrewsbury and Ludlow.

Tipperary and Clonmel.

Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton.

Dublin and Belfast Junction.

St. Andrews.

Bangor and Carnarvon.

Birmingham, Wolverhampton, & Stour Valley.

Warrington and Retford.

Great Northern).

Newtonstewart and Omagh.

(Branch of the

Newcastle Branch of the North Staffordshire.
North and South Western Junction.

Stourbridge and Dudley.

C

NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION OF PERSONS EMPLOYED UPON ALL RAILWAYS (OPEN AND NOT OPEN) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AT THE END OF JUNE, 1859.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 1859.

Total

Ireland.

Total.

£ s. d. £ s. d. 187,225 2 33,154,731 1 8 257,713 18 03,769,801 6 10 103,467 18 2 971,207 3 0 162,071 14 72,962,551 16 10 16,355 18

0 247,440 9

6

9,409,924 5 0 968,973 1 10 726,834 11 011,105,731 17 10