-------------------+------------+------------ | UNITED | ENGLAND AND RECEIPTS. | KINGDOM. | WALES. -------------------+------------+------------ | £ | £ Coaching | 30,030,450 | 25,584,196 Goods and Minerals | 37,670,592 | 31,973,011 Miscellaneous | 2,821,601 | 2,541,804 +------------+------------ Total | 70,522,643 | 60,099,011 -------------------+------------+------------ [60] See page 5 of Sir B. Samuelson’s report. It is not known to what the observation as to charges to capital can refer. The larger (if not all) companies in this country charge to revenue portions of the cost of improvements to stations, sidings, &c., which might strictly be charged to capital. In the published returns of the working of German railways, there is nothing to show to what extent, if any, the cost of new works is charged to capital. [61] The number of passengers, or tons of goods are not reliable for the purpose of comparison, inasmuch as a passenger or a ton of goods carried over two railways appears as two passengers or two tons, and therefore after various lines are amalgamated, the returns may show an apparent decrease when in fact there may have been an actual increase in traffic. United England and Kingdom. Wales. The working expenses to £37,217,197, £31,732,486 or 52·77 and 52·80 per cent. respectively; and the net receipts to £33,305,446, £28,366,525,. The gross receipts yielded an average of-- ------------------+-------------------+-------------------- | UNITED KINGDOM. | ENGLAND AND WALES. ------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------- | |Per Train| |Per Train |Per Mile.| Mile. |Per Mile.| Mile. ------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------- | £ | s. d. | £ | s. d. Coaching Receipts | 1,592 | 4 2 | 1,918 | 4 2½ Goods and Minerals| 1,997 | 5 11 | 2,397 | 6 0 ------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------- The gross receipts of all the French railways, except the small local lines, for the same year amounted to:-- Coaching £16,214,240 Goods and Minerals 24,743,480 Miscellaneous (about) 960,000 ----------- 41,917,720 The expenses to 56·45 per cent. of the receipts 23,662,160 ----------- and the net receipts to £18,255,560 The results of the working of the French railways for the year may be briefly shown thus:--