BILLS LODGED FOR SESSION 1871. 73 North London.-Extension of time for construction of works; purchase of additional lands; power to grant leases and to hold and dispose of surplus lands; alteration of certain works; regulation and increase of capital; repeal or amendment of Acts. North Metropolitan.-Extension of time for purchase of lands and construction of works; agreements with Midland and Midland and South Western Junction with respect to junetions; working and traffic agreements with Great Western and Midland; division of undertaking and capital of company into separate sections; amendment of Acts. North and South Western Junction.-Powers of lease or sale to, or amalgamation with, London and North Western, London and South Western, North London, and Midland, and working, traffic, and other arrangements with and between those companies; and powers to them to raise and apply moneys; appointment and incorporation of joint committees; confirmation of agreements; amendment or repeal of Acts, and other purposes. North and South Western Junction.-Leased to Midland, with provisions for participation therein, by London and North Western, London and South Western, and North London; provision for management by lessees; agreements; amendment of Acts. Northampton and Banbury Junction.-Railway from Banbury to Blockley; deviations in authorised extension to Ross, and extension and revival of powers, and further powers with reference thereto; abandonment of portions of extension to Ross; further powers as to capital; powers to use part of Tewkesbury and Malvern; working arrangements with the Ross and Monmouth; cancelling of bond under Extensions Act of 1865; partial repeal and amendment of Acts, and other powers. Pontypool, Caerleon, and Newport.-Revival and extension of time for purchase of lands and completion of railways; reducing number of directors; amendment of Acts, &c. Scarborough and Whitby.-Incorporation of company; power to construct railways and works; to purchase lands compulsorily; to levy tolls; to repeal, alter, and amend Acts; to extinguish rights and privileges, and other purposes. Scotswood, Newburn, and Wylam.-Incorporation of company for making railways from the North Eastern at Scotswood, through Newburn, to join the North Eastern at Wylam ; power to construct dock at Scotswood; powers to the North Eastern; amendment of Acts, and other purposes. Sidmouth.-Incorporation of company; power to construct works; compulsory purchase of land: tolls; power to use portion of South Western; arrangements with South Western; amendment of Acts, and other purposes. Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Junction.-To extend the powers of the company for the taking of lands not already acquired, and the completion of their undertaking; to make provision for a county guarantee on part of the company's capital; to enable Viscount Dillon to increase his subscription to the company's capital and charge his estates in the county of Mayo therewith; and for other purposes. Somerset and Dorset (Extension to Midland at Bath).-Construction of railway from the Somerset and Dorset at Evercreech to the Midland at Bath, with branch to the Bristol and North Somerset at Radstock; working and traffic and other arrangements with the South Western and Midland; running powers and compulsory facilities over Midland; compulsory facilities over Bristol and North Somerset; purchase and relinquishment of portions of the undertaking of the company of proprietors of the Somersetshire Coal Canal Navigation; arrangements with the Poole and Bournemouth; confirmation of agreements; constitution of separate undertaking; powers to raise additional and separate share and loan capital; provisions as to rights and powers of shareholders; amendment or repeal of Acts. South Eastern.-Revival and extension of powers as to portion of railway No. 1, authorised by the Act of 1866, and amendment of Acts. Southern (Additional Powers).-Extension of time for purchase of lands and construction of works; power to landowners to subscribe to the undertaking and charge their lands in the county of Tipperary with the amount of such subscription, and to accept amount of purchase-money in shares of the company; amendment of the Improvement of Land Act, 1864; running powers of the company over the railways of the Great Southern and Western of Ireland, Waterford and Limerick, Kilkenny Junction, and Waterford and Kilkenny, Waterford and Central Ireland and Kilkenny Junction, Limerick and Ennis, and Athenry and Ennis, and of those companies over the railways of the company; traffic arrangements and other agreements between the company and those companies and the Great Western; cancellation and reissue of certain shares of the company; limited guarantee by the county of Tipperary, or portion of that county, with consent of the grand jury; amendment of Acts, and other purposes. Sutherland and Caithness.-Incorporation of company; construction of railway from Helmsdale, in the county of Sutherland, to Wick, in the county of Caithness, with branches; power to the Highland, to the Sutherland, and to the Duke of Sutherland, to subscribe to the undertaking; working and other arrangements between these companies and the Duke of Sutherland, and mutual running powers and facilities; amendment of Acts. Tottenham and Hampstead Junction.-Alteration of constitution of Tottenham and Hamp stead Junction; termination of present management; retirement of present board of directors and election of new board; prohibiting Midland and Great Bastern from voting in such election, &c.; to rescind or annul or alter and vary working arrangements between the company and the Midland and Great Eastern; compulsory powers of transfer and sale of undertaking to and purchase by the Midland and Great Eastern, or of amalgamation with these companies; compulsory raising of money by those companies for such transfer, sale, purchase, or amalgamation; to extend and apply provisions of the Tottenham and Hamp stead Junction Act, 1866, to those purposes; penalties on the company and the two companies; compulsory payment by the two companies of debts and liabilities of company; dissolution of company; prohibition or suspension of exercise of present powers of transfer, sale, amalgamation; termination of powers, duties, &c., of receiver; payment of costs of Act: amendment of Acts, and other purposes. Usk and Towy.-Incorporation of company; railway from Senny Bridge to Llandovery traffic and working arrangements; running powers; amendments of Acts. Waterford and Central Ireland and the Kilkenny Junction.-Deviations from the authorised Central Ireland railways between Maryborough and Geashill; abandonment of the authe rised Central Ireland between those places and of railway D; extension of time for purchas of lands for and for construction of the remainder of the Central Ireland railways; purchase of additional lands on the Kilkenny Junction; amalgamation of the Waterford and Central and Kilkenny Junction; further money powers to them; arrangements, regulation, and appropriation of their capitals; money powers and income; arrangements between them and the Great Western; amendment of Acts. Waterford and New Ross.-Incorporation of company; construction of line; arrangements with other companies, &c. Waterford and Wexford.-Incorporation of company; construction of line; arrangements with other companies, &c. Weedon and Northampton Junction.-Incorporation of company; construction of railways: working, traffic, and other arrangements and facilities affecting the Midland, the London and North Western, the Bedford and Northampton, and the Weedon and Daventry; power to create preference capital, and amendment of Acts, &c. West Cork.-To authorise the company to run over and use the Cork and Bandon; and fr other purposes. West Lancashire.-Incorporation of company; construction of railways from Southport Preston and connecting lines with the North Union and Lancashire and Yorkshire; arra ments with London and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire; running powers s facilities over railways, &c., belonging to or worked by those companies, and powers to lesy alter tolls thereon; amendment or repeal of Acts. Whitehaven.-Incorporation of company; construction of line and works in and n Whitehaven; arrangements, &c. Windsor, Ascot, and Aldershot.-Incorporation of company; construction of railways from Great Western near Windsor to Ascot and Aldershot; purchase of lands by compulsion. tolls; running powers over Great Western into Windsor station, and use of that states. facilities over the lines of and working and other arrangements with and other provimen affecting the Great Western, the London and South Western, and the South Eastern; amend ment of Acts. Worcester, Dean Forest, and Monmouth.-New railways; traffic arrangements; running powers; money powers; amendments of Acts. Wye Valley.-Extension of time for execution of works. Yarmouth and Ventnor.-Incorporation of company; power to construct railway, tram way, pier, and other works; compulsory purchase of lands; tolls; working and other agree ments; traffic facilities and arrangement with Isle of Wight; amendment of Acts relating that company, and other purposes. London Street (Extensions, &c.) City Lines). Metropolitan Street (Extensions, &c.) London Street (Kensington, Westminster, and Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich Stress (Extensions, &c.). Vale of Clyde. BANK RATES OF DISCOUNT. 6.-BANK RATES OF DISCOUNT. 75 The dates and duration of minimum rates of discount, from 1836 to 1869, inclusive, have been as follow: 7.-FLUCTUATIONS IN PRICES-1870. The following Table exhibits the extreme fluctuation in Prices of the principal Stocks and Shares, during the year 1870 : First Last Exta STOCK. quotd quotd Highest Price. Lowest Price. Fluc price. price. Bombay Baroda and Central India.. £105 £1031 Bristol and Exeter 76 87 22 East Indian 110 108 134 105 11 Great Northern 1104 125 110 136 129 3rd May..108 89 31st Dec... 89 31st Dec... 87 19th May.. 26 3rd May..115 15th March.136 123 9th March. 16 39 29th April.. 43 10th May..111 14th June.. 15 31st May ..125 3rd June..137 | 3rd June..131 72 3rd June.. 75 11th March, 171 30th Dec...112 7th June..135 5th Nov...225 99 22nd Dec... 99 4119th April.. 47 14 19th April.. 17 129 3rd June..1324 90 11th Feb... 94 105 4th May..109 3rd June.. 54 7th Jan... 82 1st April.. 40 14th June..133 3rd June.. 39 17th May ..137 145 14th June..149 116 18th Feb...122 5th Aug... 55 5th Aug...100 22nd July.. 12 26th July.. 44 5th Aug... 612 |