§ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the Bill to insert the following clauses—
§ The Midland Company shall, within three months after the expiration of each calendar year, prepare and forward to the Board of Trade a return showing with respect to the Londonderry section—
- (1) The capital expenditure made by them for the period covered by the return.
- (2) The receipts from traffic of all descriptions, the proportionate receipts in respect of over-sea traffic being estimated where actual figures are not ascertained.
- (3) The expenses incurred in working the railway, divided under the heads prescribed in Table No. 12 of the First Schedule to The Regulation of Railways Act, 1868, general or other charges applicable to the whole of the Midland Company's system being estimated.
- (4) A return of working stock as prescribed by Table No. 6 of the said schedule.
- (5) A mileage statement as prescribed by Table No. 14 of the said schedule.
- (6) A train mileage statement as prescribed by Table No. 15 of the said schedule.
§ The first return made under this section shall cover the period of eighteen months ending on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six.
§ The annual returns required from the company under Section 9 of The Regulation of Railways Act, 1871, and Section 32 of The Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, shall distinguish separately the statistics relating to the Londonderry section, such figures as are not actually 3 ascertained being estimated by the Midland Company.—(Mr.Lough.)