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FAR ftl K R iS ' R E U I iS V K R . 



[No. S 



These expenses are very low, and are exceeded ! From 3d May 1836, to 3l3t De- 

 on eve<:y other rail-road. I cember ]836, - - - - 24,82.5 llcuesi. 



From 1st January 1S37, lo 31st l)e- 

 VII. Expenses per Mile nf Travel. ccnibcr 1837, . . - Gl,592 lieue«. 



Tlic nuinbter of miles performed l)y all tlio iooo- ^ Total, 101,227 iieiies. 



motives wiih their trains was : at 500 metres, or 314. 506 JCn^iish miles ; tlie ex- 



Fiom oili May 1835, lo 2d May j penses during the same period ol" 2 years am! S 



1836, 14,810 iieues.i months were, 



For maintenance oi'vva}'. 

 For tnuisporlaiion account. 

 Genera! expenses, - 



529,045i: 95l-. thenMiire per mile ol' iravel, If. 68i-. or 31^. ccms. 



1,032,6861: G4c. " " " 3r. 2Sc. or 6U cents. 



193,647f. 72c. " " " Oi: 62c. or 12" cents. 



Total, l,755,380r. 31c. 



51". 58c. or 105 cent?. 



The expenses lor every mile which a locomotive' 

 with ite train runs, amount iherelbre to 5 Irancsi 

 68 centimes, or 1 dollar 5 cents, beinpc very near; 

 the same as «a the American rail-roads. | 



VIII. Number of Passengers per trip. \ 



In tlie table u»der No. 3, we have shown tliat 

 the number of passengers I'rom the 5ih oC xMay, 

 1835, to the 31st of December 1837, reduced ior\ 

 the lemgih of a single mile of road, amount toj 

 45,093,899 ; durin;uf the same period the trains per- 

 {brmed 314,505 miles ; this gives 143 as the aver- 



■,\(re number of passengers in a train. Tliis num- 

 ber compaied wiiii 5f. 5Sc.. as the expenses per 

 mile of iravel, gives again 3-89c. or 0.73 cents as 

 t!ie expense per j)assenger [)er mile. 



IX. Compari:^on, between the gross income and 

 the nell revenue. 



The following tal)le contains ihe aimual gross 

 income, current expenses and ihe surplus of income 

 over the expenses, as is related in the report ol ihe 

 Minister ol the 26ih of Novemlier 1833, to vvlncli 

 is annexed the an.nua! surplus lor every 100 francs 

 of the trross income. 



As au average, tlierefnre, of 3.^ years, of every 

 100 francs revenue, only 34 francs 41 centimes re- 

 mained, but as all the bx-.omotives and cars are 

 Blil! new, and no amount lor ircncral depreciation 

 nppears under the expenses, it is to be suppo.seii, 

 that in future o.nly 30 iVi^iics will remain fom 100. 

 This surplus serves as interest and a »?inliing fund 

 fur the capijal. 



X. Gross income per mile of rail-road. 



The public in Europe is almost throughout of 

 opinion, tint only short lines, ami these especially 

 between two populous cities, will pay a good in- 

 terest, but the branch roads extending lo remote, 

 les.s populated parts of a country will never yield 

 any profits. What results the Belgian roads give 

 in tliat respect, the annexed table will show : 



lu the second column apoeara for the yea? 1835, 

 i>idv llie section between Hrussels and Malines ol 

 12,0 tuilee, opened at that time. In the year 1836, 

 iheae 12.6 miles weru in operation liir 365 davs, 

 and the second s'"clion from M alines to Antwerp, 

 of 14.6 nvilca, for 213 days only. In muliiplying 

 tlie length of eacli sections by the respejiive num- 

 bei% of day«, and dividing tlio sum liy 365, we 

 receive 22.3 miles ft.? the average lenffih in ope- 

 ration during the whole year 1836. In the same 

 uiannfir the averniire lenirih wa-j obtaijied for the 

 yCTwa 1837 and 1838. The last column shows, 

 lliat llio annual reecipt \vtr single mile of road 

 amounted in the first year, when the novelty at- 

 tfaciml many passongera, and only 12.6 miles 



were opened, to 32,333 francs 75 centimes, and 

 ihar in the 3d and 4th year, when curiosity attract- 

 ed but lew, and the greatest number travelled for 

 business only, and while a mudi greater length of 

 road was in operation, these receipts amounted 

 still to 26,500 francs per mile yearly. This 

 amount will undoubtedly be increased in the Ibl- 

 lowing years, as in 1838 four new sections came 

 in operation, on which the Iralfic will develope it- 

 self only by-and-by ; ftesides there will be the 

 transportation of i^oods, which for the year 1839, 

 is estimated to give a revenue of 850,000 I'rancs 

 for 159 miles, or 5346 francs per mile; the gross 

 income on the Belsiian rail-road.s, will therefore 

 also in future, like the first year, amount to about 



