Part 2 — APPENDIX (F). CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY.
Reading edition
(Estimates 1863-4).
Conveyance of Mails by Railway in England and Wales, viz.:— Amount required for 1864‑5.
£
By the Birkenhead Railway2,500
"Bristol and Exeter9,875
"Chester and Holyhead30,200
"Cockermouth and Workington104
"Colne Valley15
"Cowes and Newport23
"Cornwall5,500
"Great Northern9,877
"Great Western49,829
"Great Eastern21,367
"Knighton120
"Lancaster and Carlisle18,206
"Lancashire and Yorkshire6,900
"Leominster and Kington300
"Llanelly40
"London, Brighton, and South Coast1,890
"London, Chatham, and Dover94
"London and North Western82,416
"London and South Western21,620
"Manchester and Altrincham60
"Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire2,600
"Maryport and Carlisle841
"Midland35,190
"Monmouthshire91
"London, Tilbury, and Southend25
"North Eastern39,177
"North Staffordshire712
"North Union4,878
"Oystermouth40
"Oldham and Guide Bridge20
"Seaham and Sunderland70
"Shrewsbury and Hereford2,031
"Shrewsbury, Borth, &c.2,180
"Shropshire Union Railway2,085
"South Devon7,479
"South Eastern23,635
"South Staffordshire45
"South Yorkshire18
"Stockton and Darlington1,311
"Taff Vale1,000
"Tenbury8
"West Cornwall1,500
"West Hartlepool17
"Whitehaven Junction364
"Allowance for probable variation of Awards or Agreements19,313
405,566
The Irish Railway Service (the principal recipients being the Great Southern and Western £30,982, Midland and Great Western £15,208, Belfast and Dublin Junction £5,917, Dublin and Drogheda, £4,485) requires86,833
The Scotch Railway Service (the principal items being the Caledonian £28,497, the Scottish Central £13,068, the Scottish North Eastern £12,000, and the Great North of Scotland £7,584) requires79,754
Total for conveyance of Mails by Railway£564,102