14
Inland Transit.
corn factors, mealmen, tea dealers, grocers, drapers, publishers, and all other traders, who return in exchange to these districts, containing a population exceeding three millions and a half of people, articles in their particular lines of equal consumption to the metropolis.
| £ | |
|---|---|
It can be proved also, that the coach traffic alone, between London and York, and the intermediate line of country,amounts to about per annum |
550,500 |
That the carriage by vans and waggons may be taken at half that amount, without including posting and carriage of mails, troops, and military stores |
275,250 |
The inland trade from the ports of Hull, Boston, Holbeach, Spalding, Wisbeach, Lynn, Lowestoffe, Yarmouth, and other northern ports, and shipments of perishable goods, detained by contrary winds, viz, fish, butter, cheese, meats, tallow, hemp, flax, corn, &c, are estimated per annum at |
150,000 |
The carriage of the landed produce and stock to the London markets, as above described, would exceed per annum |
200,000 |
The general merchandise passing to and from the above extensive manufacturing district in the north and the metropolis |
150,000 |
Making together an annual revenue of |
1,325,750 |
The estimated annual expense of conducting the railroad when completed is |
160,000 |
Interest on four millions of capital |
200,000 |
Making together an annual expense of |
360,000 |
