RAILWAY STATISTICS,
Mr. Cardwell's return comprises details respecting railwaysperations at the close of last year in so far as the construction of lines is soneerned. Little was doing in the way of adding to lines already in operation, com- pared with the Parliamentary powers possessed by the companies.
Selecting those companies which were constructing upwards of ten miles of additional line in December, we have the Dublin and Wicklow employed upon 22 miles; the Eastern Counties upon 114 the Eastern Union, 101.; the Great Southern and Western, 17; the Great Western, 117; the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, 17; the London and Black- well, 36;. the London and South-Western, 32;, the Londonderry and Enniskillen, 18; the Manchester and Southport, 17; the Midland; 13; the Midland Great Western of Ireland, 50; the Newmarket, 14; the North Devon, 32; the South Wales, 52; the•South Yorkshire, 20; the Taff Vale, 12; the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 16.
The new companies preparing for traffic were—the Ayr and: Dalmel. lington 15 miles ;. the Cornwall, 50; the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worceelershire Junction, 7; the East Grinstead, 6; the Great North of Scotland, 39; the Halesworth, 13.; the Hull and Iolderness, 18; the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction, 9; Leven 5;, Limerick and Ennis, 10; Middlesbrough, 101 ; Newry and Enniskillen,. 3; Northern Counties Union 7 • Peebles, 10 • Port Carlisle Dock and Railway, 11; Somerset Central, ; Staines, Wokiugham, and•Woking, 22; Stamford and Essendine, 22; Ulverstone and Lancaster, 18; Waveney Valley, 6; • Wycombe, 9.
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