GENERAL

RAILWAY DIRECTORY,

SHAREHOLDERS' GUIDE,

MANUAL,

AND

ALMANACK FOR 1850.

CONTAINING LISTS OF THE DIRECTORS, TOGETHER WITH THE ENGINEERS, SECRETARIES, AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF ALL THE RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;

THE AMALGAMATIONS AND LEASES OF LINES, WITH THE RENT AND TOLLS OF THE SAME, GUARANTEED STOCKS, DIVIDEND OR INTEREST PAYABLE BY EACH LINE OF RAILWAY;

FORMING AN AMOUNT OF MATTER INDISPENSABLE TO PARTIES DESIROUS OF PURCHASING RAILWAY SHARES,

AND ALSO TO ALL PERSONS REQUIRING A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE of

BOTH THOSE IN OPERATION AND ALSO THOSE IN PROGRESS AND FOR WHICH ACTS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED TO THE PRESENT TIME,

&c. &c.

London:

PUBLISHED BY W. J. ADAMS,

BRADSHAW'S GENERAL RAILWAY PUBLICATION OFFICES, 59, FLEET-STREET.

Manchester:

BRADSHAW AND BLACKLOCK, 47, BROWN-STREET.

ALSO AT

BRADSHAW'S RAILWAY PUBLICATION OFFICES, NO. 2, OLD HALL-STREET
LIVERPOOL; 26, WATERLOO-PLACE, EDINBURGH; 124, QUEEN-STREET,
GLASGOW, AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.
Price 2s. 6d.

BRADSHAW AND BLACKLOCK, PRINTERS, 47, BROWN-STREET, MANCHESTER,

AND 59, FLEET-STREET, LONDON.

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Dates of Openings of Railways (foot of Calendar)..

DIRECTORY OF ALL THE RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, alphabetically

SHAREHOLDERS' MANUAL-Railway Statistics, alphabetically arranged, revised and

corrected to 15th December, 1849 (See Index)

Stamps and Taxes.......

25 to 167

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Transfer and Dividend Days, and other Business, at the Bank, East India, and South

Sea House......

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Window Duty

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