The results of the working of the French railways for the year may be briefly shown thus:—

Per mile.  Per train mile.
Coaching£8893s. 10d.
Goods and Minerals1,3569s. 8½d.

The results of the working of the German railways for the year 1884 were as under:—


State Railways.
 Private Railways.		Total of
 all Railways.
Gross receipts£44,621,504£4,127,569£48,749,073
Expenses 24,267,185 2,206,937 26,474,122
Net receipts£20,354,319£1,920,632£22,274,951

The expenses being 54·38, 53·47, and 54·31 per cent., respectively, on the receipts—

The average amount per mile and per train mile of the following receipts:—

 Coaching receipts £12,989,912
 Goods and Mineral 33,591,675
 Miscellaneous 2,167,486
48,749,073

being
Per mile.
 Per train mile.
 Coaching receipts£5753s. 4¼d.
 Goods, &c.£1,4869s. 10¾d.

The private railway companies in Belgium are not required to furnish the Government with returns similar to those supplied to the Board of Trade in this country. It is, therefore, difficult to obtain complete information on this head. But the results of the working of the State railways, which, as has been explained, form more than 71 per cent. of the whole system of the country, are accessible, and may for this purpose be taken as fairly representative.

Gross receipts of the State railways for the year 1884, viz.,

Coaching£1,620,565
Goods and Minerals3,088,109
Miscellaneous  98,970
£4,807,644
and the expenses to 59·72 per cent.  £2,871,268
leaving net receipts£1,936,376