last night's Gazette contains another announcement from the Railway Department
of the Board of Trade, bearing yesterday's date. " The Board, having had under consideration the following schemes for com- pleting the Eastern line of railway communication to Scotland, have determined on reporting to Parliament in favour of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, with branch to Kelso; and against the Northumberland Railway, with branch from Berwick Railway to Kelso.
"And the Board having had under consideration the following schemes for extending railway communication in the districts of Norfolk and Suffolk—viz. the Bury and Ipswich Railway, the Diss, Beecles, and Yarmouth, the Dies and Colchester, the Direct East Dereham and Norwich, the Dias and Colchester (Red- ham and Loddon Branches), the Eastern Counties (Colchester and Bury Exten- sion) the Ipswich and Eorwich Extension, the Lynn and Ely., the Lynn and East the London and Norwich Direct, the Norwich and Brandon (Diss and am Branches), the Wells and Thetford—have decided on reporting to Par- liament in favour of the Bury and Ipswich, Ipswich and Norwich Extension, Lynn and Ely; against the Diss and Colchester, Eastern Counties (Colchester Sud Bury Extension), London and Norwich Direct, Norwich and Brandon (Dies Branch), Wells and Thetford; and recommending the postponement until a future period of the Direct East Dereham and Norwich, Norwich and Brandon (Dereham Jkanch), Lynn and East Dereham, Diss, Beetles, and Yarmouth, Diss and Col- ihester (Redham and Loddon Branches.)
"And the Board having had under consideration the following schemes for ex- tending railway communication to the North and North-west of Ireland—viz. the Belfast and Ballymena Railway, the Dublin and Belfast Junction, with branch to Drogheda and Kells, the Dublin and Drogheda (Howth Branch), the Dundalk and en, the Great North-western (Irish), the Northern Railway, Inland Line Armagh to Dublin), the Newry to Enniskillen, the Ulster Railway (Extension m Portadown to Armagh)—have determined on reporting to Parliament in Favour of the Belfast and Ballymena, Dublin and Belfast Junction, with Branch
PDrogheda and Kells Dublin and Drogheda (Howth Branch), Ulster Extension ortadown to Armagh_); and of the Dundalk and Enniskillen (with the excep- tion of the Monaghan Branch), Newry and Enniskillen (with the exception of The portion of the line between Newry and Armagh); subject to equitable arrange- ments for the construction and joint use of the lime between Enniskillen and `Clones common to the two schemes; and also for improving the railway commun- ication by the Belfast Junction line to Newry, and for securing due facilities to the Newry traffic; and against the Great North-western (Irish), Northern Railway, Inland Line (Armagh to Dublin.)"
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