A return on the subject of railway travelling in the
Three Kingdoms and the receipts from all sources, for the half-year ending 30th June 1853, has appeared. In England and Wales, the mileage in operation had in- creased from 5650 to 5747. The income from all sources was 7,029,2461.; namely, from goods, cattle, and mails, 3,810,2431., and from passengers 3,219,003/. The travellers of all "classes" amount to 37,317,544i. Ana- lyzed, there is an increase under every head as compared with the corre- sponding half-year of 1852. The mileage is increased 6 per cent ; the first- class passengers, in number, 20 per cent ; the second-class, 10 per cent ; the third-class, 20 per cent; the Parliamentary-class, 10 per cent, The holders of periodical tickets have increased by 20 per cent. The income from passengers has improved by 10 per cent; from goods, cattle, &c., 15 per cent. In Scotland, the mileage was 978; the number of passengers 4,793,167; the income from all sources, 793,981/. The mileage in Ireland was 708; the number of passengers, 2,969,604k; the income from all sources, 360,830/. The money increase in both countries stands thus—Scot- land 10 per cent ; Ireland, 17 per cent, as compared with the half-year of 1852.
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