. Railway Times . ngs per mile of road operatedAverage received per ton of freight ...\verage receipts per ton per mile ....Average received from each passengerAvera,ge receipts per passenger per m. 1910-1911MexicanSilver. Percentageof Increaseor Decrease ?5 02543 1872I 838210,100 18 6,405 56 Dec. Dec. J-35 6 55209 Inc. 02g26|I 80069 An example of the efforts of the railway company to spreadin English-speaking countries a knowledge of the attractionsof Mexico and the facilities afforded by the railways is
. Railway Times . ngs per mile of road operatedAverage received per ton of freight ...\verage receipts per ton per mile ....Average received from each passengerAvera,ge receipts per passenger per m. 1910-1911MexicanSilver. Percentageof Increaseor Decrease ?5 02543 1872I 838210,100 18 6,405 56 Dec. Dec. J-35 6 55209 Inc. 02g26|I 80069 An example of the efforts of the railway company to spreadin English-speaking countries a knowledge of the attractionsof Mexico and the facilities afforded by the railways is givenby a handsomely illustrated booklet called Facts andFigures about Mexico, which is being extensively this country it is being issued from Mr. Brays office at theaddress already mentioned. The book extends to 123 pagesand is written for the purpose of giving information to thoseproposing to settle in the country as well as to attract peopleto Mexico who have not previously considered that country. office, Dashwood House, EC. 1)\ Mr i;. J. Brav, the agent for the company, sliows that despite warlikedisturbances in the country, the gross earnings were fullymaintained as compared with the previous year. Theyamouated to $61,934,421 (.Mexican currency), an increase ofabout $450,000. [The Mexican dollar may be taken roughlyas equal to 2s., so that the conversion to British money isreadily effected by dividing by lo.] The operating expenseswere $39,279,344, an increase of over 2J million dollars,giving a ratio of expenditure to receipts of per cent.,against After paying interest on funded debt andotlier prior charges there was a net balance of $2,557, per cent, of this was transferred to the reserve fund,and $2,306,632 was employed to pay the full dividend of4 per cent, on the first preferred shares. The total capitalstock amounts to $447,770,353, and the funded and otherdebt to $386,668,080. A great deal of improvement workis go
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