The number of engines and cars May 1 (1862 to 1869), yearly, was as follows:

-not including gravel, rubble and other working cars. Operations for the six years ending April 30, 1869:

1. MILES RUN BY LOCOMOTIVES HAULING TRAINS:

2. NUMBER OF PASSENGERS AND NUMBER CARRIED ONE MILE:

3. TONS OF FREIGHT CARRIED AND TONS CARRIED ONE MILE:

West.

Tons of Freight: East.

West & East.

Carried one mile.

494,480 593.823
821,883 978,563

508,583

559,455

937,489

1,029,746

116,753,508 107,579,360 113,766,959 not stated. 132,435,027| 146,499,422

4. GROSS EARNINGS FROM OPERATIONS:

$956,475 $1,508,234 $1,757,388 $1,543,714 $1,482,507 $1,659,309
2,979,016 3,919,860 4,204,741) 4,124,693
104,432 153,758) 213,424 414,731

4,216,911 4,758,864 455,229 394,636

$4,039,923 $5,581,852 $6,175,553 $6,083,138 $6,154,647 $6,812,809

Statement of the Earnings and Expenses for six years ending April 30, 1869 :

Statement of the Income Accounts of the Company for the same period:

Total

$2,025,873 $3,100,840 $3,744,999 $3,446,076 $4,850,123 $3,670,872

Total

Balance, April 30.

74,718

136,706

62,922

197,205

130,002

109,437 102,664

129,000

50,600

49,500

161,200

$999,780 $2,112,439 $3,293,014 $1,540,580 $4,358,154 $3,170,618 $1,026,093

$988,401 $588,691 $1,905,496 $491,968 $500,252

Abstract of the General Balance Sheet of the Company for the same years:

566,113

$6,571,140 $8,376,510 $10,193,010 $10,399,010 $12,544,030 $13,825,025
6,128,031 5,924,968 5,754,406 5,458,250 5,218,750 4,794,250
270,000 270,000
525,218 204,206 365,542 382,702
546,461 649,125 778,125 828,725 878,225
1,026,093 988,401 588,691 1,905,496 491,968
$14,837,838 $16,464,264 $17,518,440 $18,957,024| $19,785,777| $21,999,134

346,639

1,226,207

1,036,761

500,252

ASSETS.

$14,837,838 $16,464,264 $17,518,440 $18,957,024 $19,785,77 | $21,999,134

C. & A. 1st. m. 7s, due July 1, '67..
C. M. T. 1st m. 7s, due July 1, '64..]
C. M. T. 2d m. 8s, due May 1, '68..
C. M. T. plain 8s, due March 1, '76.
C. B. & Q. 1st m. 8s, due Jan. 1, 183.
C. B. & Q. plain 78, due Sept. 20, 290.
C. B. & 2d m. 4s, due July 1, '90...
C. B. & Q. scrip (without interest).

Total, April 30..

Directors (elected June 30, 1869).-Erastus Corning, Albany, N. Y.; James F. Joy, Detroit, Mich.; Chauncy S. Colton, Galesburg, Ill.; John C. Green, New York City; Nathaniel Thayer, John M. Forbes, Sidney Bartlett, John W. Brooks, Robert B. Watson, William Boott and John N. Denison, Boston, Mass.

Line of Road.-New Orleans, La., to Canton, Miss......

206 miles.

[The projected extension of this road from Canton to Decatur, 242.42 miles, will probably be assumed by a separate organization-the Decatur Branch Railroad Company-to which the N. O., J. & G. N. Company will subscribe the amount already invested in grading, etc., north of Canton. The cost from Canton to Aberdeen, 122.75 miles, is estimated at $2,760,000; from Aberdeen to Decatur, Ala., 119.67 miles, at $3,240,000, or at $6,000,000 for the whole line.]

Sidings, turnouts, etc., 10.3 miles. Gauge, 5 feet. Rail, 54 lbs. to yard.

Rolling Stock (December 1, 1869).-Locomotive engines, 32. Cars-passenger, 26; baggage, 7; express, 6; box, 231; platform, 182; stock, 12; wood, 15—total, 475. Also 15 dump cars and 35 pairs timber trucks.

Operations for the year ending November 30, 1869.-Gross earnings—passenger, $496,465 93; freight, $840,166 58; and mail, $15,731 19-$1,352,363 70; and operating expenses, including $10,206 74 U. S. taxes, $789,980 44; nett earnings, $562,383 26. Interest on bonds, $330,320.

Income account: Statement of total receipts and expenditures:

Receipts: Cash, Dec. 1, 1868, $49,493 83; capital stock, $195; 2nd bonds, $11,

000; bills payable, $92,877 26; paymaster, $62,551 94; loans, $105,563 91; sundries, $7,605 85; nett earnings, $562,383 26.

Expenditures: Construction, etc., $189,093 53; interest on bonds, $330,320; funds on coupon account, $9,081 86; interest and exchange, $43,307 06; redemption of small notes, $13,355 45; currency loan account, $57,548 88; D. D. Withers' coupon suit, $70,000; sundry expenses, $19,501 72; locomotives, cars and tools, $52,341 65; sundry balances, $23,400 11; cash on hand, Nov. 30, 1869, $30,880 70. Total, $882,671 05.

General Balances (December 1, 1868-69).-Statements of receipts and expenditures of Company from their organization to date :

The funded debt consists of the two series of mortgage bonds as above, viz.: 1st mortgage 8 per cent. bonds of July 1, 1856, due July 1, 1886, $2,741,000; 2d mortgage 8 per cent. bonds of October 1, 1860, due October 1, 1890, $1,168,000. Each series provides for the issue of $3,000,000. Of the 1st there are $200,000 pledged as security for the Chickasaw School Fund Loan, and $59,000 have been canceled through the sinking fund; and of the 2d there has been canceled and destroyed, before issue, $1,500,000; and pledged for loans, $225,000; and there are still on hand, $107,000. The floating debt of the Company amounted, November 30, 1869, to $855,626 69, an increase of $133,586 14 since December 1, 1868. In this amount is included $154,996 bills and loans on account of extension of road from depot to the river.

Statement of the affairs of the Company for several years, omitting the three years of war, commencing with March 1, 1862, and ending with February 28, 1866:

Directors (elected third Monday of April, 1869).-G. T. Beauregard, C. Fellowes, A. Schreiber, William Henderson, E. J. Forstall, Williamson Smith, H. Florance, J. C. Dennis, J. I. Warren, C. J. Leeds, John Armstrong, W. A. Gordon, Wirt Adams, L. Montgomery, J. Green, John B. Hemphill, B. L. Hatch and L. E. Houston.

On part of City of New Orleans: J. M. Howell, J. L. Gubernator and C. M. Selph; On part of State of Louisiana: J. H. Oglesby, D. Cronan and J. F. Casey, and— On part of State of Mississippi: C. C. Shackleford, J. C. Lucas and Samuel Young. .New Orleans, La.

G. T. BEAUREGARD-President.......

Line of Road.-Mechanics' Falls (Grand Trunk Railway) to Canton, Me.27 miles. Sidings, turnouts, etc., 1.2 mile. Gauge, 5 feet 6 inches. Rail, 50 lbs. to yard.

Rolling Stock (January 1, 1870).—Locomotive engines, 4, and cars-passenger, 2; baggage, etc., 1; and freight, 25-total, 28.

The Company issued in 1863, 1st mortgage 6 per cent. bonds to the amount of $240,000. Capital stock-Common, $140,000; preferred, $100,000. Local town aid has been granted to the amount of $50,000. Cost of road about $20,000 per mile.

Directors (elected January, 1870).--F. B. Smith, Canton, Me.; Irving W. Parker and Henry S. Wells, New York City; Otis Hayford, Canton, Me. ; and F. O. J. Smith, New York City.

Line of Road.-Hartford, Ct., to New York State Line....... .65 miles. [Subscriptions to amount of $1,750,000 have been raised for grading, masonry, bridging and right of way. Bonds will be issued at the rate of $15,000 per mile for the superstructure and rolling stock.]

Directors (elected August 19, 1869).-William H. Barnum, Lime Rock, Ct.; Alex. H. Holley, Lakeville, Ct.; E. T. Butler, Norfolk, Ct.; W. H. Gilbert, Winsted, Ct.; Byron Loomis, Suffield, Ct.; George M. Bartholomew and James G. Howard, Hartford, Ct.; George H. Brown, Washington, N. Y.; O. W. Baines, Fishkill, N. Y.;