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Great North of England . . . 20,526 

 Grand Junction . . . . 22,757 

 Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock . 23,481 

 London and Birmingham . . . 72,868 

 London and South Western . . 41,467 

 Manchester and Leeds . . . 49,166 

 Midland Counties .... 28,776 

 North Midland . . . . 41,349 

 Northern and Eastern . . . 74,166 

 Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Man- 

 chester ;3M73 



South-Eastern .... 82,292 



In some cases, Porter explains, the sums here given contain 

 the expenses of surveying and other disbursements which 

 necessarily precede the obtaining of an Act of incorporation. 

 On the other hand, they include only the costs defrayed by 

 the proprietors of the railway, and not the expenses incurred 

 by parties opposing the Bills. Nor do they include the 

 expenses incurred in connection either with rival schemes 

 or with schemes that failed altogether ; though, in these 

 instances, of course, there would be no chance of recouping 

 the outlay out of rates and fares. No fewer than five different 

 companies, for instance, sought for powers to construct a line 

 from London to Brighton, and the amounts they expended 

 are given by John Francis as follows : 



Rennie's line 72,000 



Stephenson's ^53,75 



Cundy's 16,500 



Gibb's 26,325 



South-Eastern . . . . . 25,000 



Total . . . 193,575 



Another" company, the name of which is not given by 

 Francis, had so vigorous a fight that they spent nearly 

 500,000 before they got their Act ; but still worse than this 

 was the fate of the Stone and Rugby Railway, whose pro- 

 moters spent 146,000 on attempts made in two successive 

 sessions to get an Act (the Committee on the first Bill sitting 



