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With reference to the main line of rail road and converging 

 branches, the Editor is confirmed in the belief, before express- 

 ed, that the whole will be completed within two years and 

 a half; the latest information be has received states, that it 

 will soon reach Vaniembaddy, and that it is expected to be 

 carried to Salem in the course of 1857 — ; by which time, 

 the greatest portion of the line between Salem and Calicut 

 will also be completed. 



