APPENDIX (F). CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. |
(Estimates 1863-4). Conveyance of Mails by Railway
in England and Wales, viz.:— | Amount required
for 1864-5. | | | £ | | Bythe | Birkenhead Railway | 2,500 | | " | Bristol and Exeter | 9,875 | | " | Chester and Holyhead | 30,200 | | " | Cockermouth and Workington | 104 | | " | Colne Valley | 15 | | " | Cowes and Newport | 23 | | " | Cornwall | 5,500 | | " | Great Northern | 9,877 | | " | Great Western | 49,829 | | " | Great Eastern | 21,367 | | " | Knighton | 120 | | " | Lancaster and Carlisle | 18,206 | | " | Lancashire and Yorkshire | 6,900 | | " | Leominster and Kington | 300 | | " | Llanelly | 40 | | " | London, Brighton, and South Coast | 1,890 | | " | London, Chatham, and Dover | 94 | | " | London and North Western | 82,416 | | " | London and South Western | 21,620 | | " | Manchester and Altrincham | 60 | | " | Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire | 2,600 | | " | Maryport and Carlisle | 841 | | " | Midland | 35,190 | | " | Monmouthshire | 91 | | " | London, Tilbury, and Southend | 25 | | " | North Eastern | 39,177 | | " | North Staffordshire | 712 | | " | North Union | 4,878 | | " | Oystermouth | 40 | | " | Oldham and Guide Bridge | 20 | | " | Seaham and Sunderland | 70 | | " | Shrewsbury and Hereford | 2,031 | | " | Shrewsbury, Borth, &c. | 2,180 | | " | Shropshire Union Railway | 2,085 | | " | South Devon | 7,479 | | " | South Eastern | 23,635 | | " | South Staffordshire | 45 | | " | South Yorkshire | 18 | | " | Stockton and Darlington | 1,311 | | " | Taff Vale | 1,000 | | " | Tenbury | 8 | | " | West Cornwall | 1,500 | | " | West Hartlepool | 17 | | " | Whitehaven Junction | 364 | | " | Allowance for probable variation of Awards or Agreements | 19,313 | | | 405,566 | | The Irish Railway Service (the principal recipients being the Great Southern and Western £30,982, Midland and Great Western £15,208, Belfast and Dublin Junction £5,917, Dublin and Drogheda, £4,485) requires | 86,833 | | The Scotch Railway Service (the principal items being the Caledonian £28,497, the Scottish Central £13,068, the Scottish North Eastern £12,000, and the Great North of Scotland £7,584) requires | 79,754 | | Total for conveyance of Mails by Railway | £564,102 |
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