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troit. Their capital stock is $8,000,000. The road is completed and 

 equipped throughout its whole extent, in the best and most permanent 

 manner. Having heretofore had no winter connection with the East, 

 it has not yet shown its true value and capacity for business ; still its 

 yearly dividends have ranged from 8 to 14 per cent., and its stock has 

 stood much above par in the market. 



The financial year of the Company closes on the first of June, so 

 that we cannot give its statistics up to the present time : 



Its receipts by report of last June, were $1,149,537 Yl 



For previous year, 1,075,294 15 



The business of the year was as follows : 

 Number of passengers carried, 247,552 



AMOUNT OF FREIGHT MOVED. 



Apples, 25,912 bbls. 



Beer and Ale, 1,906 « 



Ashes, .- 263 tons. 



Barley, 94,426 bush 



Buckwheat flour, 15 tons 



Beans, 1,064 bush 



Bran and Shorts, 1,090 tons 



Beef, 6,872bbls 



Butter, 205 tons 



Com, 260,931 bush 



Commeal, 346 bbls 



Cheese, 146 tons 



Cranberries, .. 1,036 bbls 



Coal, 1,091 tons 



Fruit, dried, 339 tons 



Flour, 416,864 bbls 



Furniture and Luggage, 2,084 tons 



Grass and Clover Seed, 340 " 



Garden Roots, 1,045 « 



Ham andBacon, 328 " 



Highwines, 9,032 bbls 



Hides, _ 224 tons 



Iron and Nails, 3,194 " 



Lime, 481 « 



