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Laa diagrammaa suivanta iliuatrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 §xd IdSdmi Unil-IRnali €mp\i^ At •! Meeting of the Stockholflers of the Company, held in the Court House, on Monday, the L'nd iustiiut, for the jjurpose of electing Directors for the ensuing year ; E. C. TnoMXs, !>(!., Sheritt; presided; J.T. Gilkison, Esq., acting as Secretary. The Clminuiui, having explained the object of the Meeting, called on the Secretary to read the Ueimkt of the retiring Directors : To Till Stockiioldk»« o» tiik 0«iat WeiTERN Railkoad Coupant. Tlie ilinotors iiviiil of jour nimiiiil ineolinR to report their prooeedingi during their year of office j in wtlch they Inolnae » TeTlew of the prcBunt ixmilion and pro»pi'cU> of your Coinpnny. At your incotinK, Uth ()ctol).r last, held to iiulliorino «ill« for liMtnlinonti, your Dlrootcn mihmlttod « Report, detailing their procecd- iiiL'H to tliiit (iuto ; in which tlioy announced tho Mulweription liir Slock by tho City of Hamilton, and the nctual eommenoemcnt of ..« woik by liio omilriietors. They Iwivo now to nequaint you of tho additional Hubsciiptions for Stock by tho County of Oxford and the TowiiB of l^)ndoii nn.l Cult, eueh for twenty-live Tliousand Pounds Provincial Currency, and of tho unaninumt pannage of a By-law, by the Rale-payers of tho County of MiddleK.v, aulhorisins tho proper ofticcrs of that County to confirm and subseribo for n similar amount whieli Kubseriptiou is expected to bo perfected very shortly ,-and other Mutiicipidilies aro willing to Uikc stock if required. Wilhllie foregoing Stock taken by Cor|«>inlioiis, and tho subscriptions of private Shareholders, your Board felt justified in gmdunlly cx- teuding the works and there is at the present time a force empl.>ycd on tho line, between this City and Womlstook, equal to throo thousand men besides the iieec>.8ary Kngineeis, AgenU, &o., &o. The sections between Woo-lslock and London aro staked out, ready for work, and the eor.traotors notified to eo.nmencu the grading o,R.rati«ns. Tho cuttings on this part of the line, however, are light, and can bo mado ready for the superstrueluro in a much shorter periml of time tliau tho licavior works on tho cast side of tho Grand River. Your J{<«rd,relj>Mg .«) tho Provincial Cuarantec, to furnish one-half tho cost of tho road, have resolved to limit tho issue of sharen to Vorly Thousand : Ten Thousand of whi.luhey have placed at tho disposal of Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Atcheson, tho Agents for tho Company in Great Britain ; and otlie. Ten Thousand shares they have, by agreement, reserved for subscription by Railroad Corporations and CupiUilisls, interested in your road, belonging to the neighboring Slates ; and with tho view of this latter subscription being carried into effect at an early day, three genllenieu of the highest re8i)eelability, iiaving very great experience in railway nmtters, and being connected with and peKcssing the confidence of cori»iralinn8 and individuals from whom tl:o largest sub«cription8 are to be got : vii., Krnstus Corning, of Alljiniy, John .M. Forbes, of Boston, and J. \V. Bnmks, of Itetroit, Kaquiros, liavo become, by tho purchase of Stock, qualified to bo Directors ..f your Company, and tlio retiring Directors beg to recommend tho election of said Gentlemea by tho Stockholders prpsent, as iiart of tho Board for the coming year. Until tho subscriptions for Stock sent to Great Britain, or for tho United States, are perfected, and the necessary instalmenU paid thereon, your Board have confined, and aro restricting the outlay of money to the partt of the road which can be finished with tho present avaiiablL resources of tlio Company, that is to say, tho division between this City and London, and the lino to Gait ; and so soon as tho sub- scriptions referred to are received, (and no doubt is entertained of their being perfected during the present month,) tho retiring Director* rteoiuuKud iheir «iieeet»Jnd .June, IS.'il. i Moved by W. L. Distin, l'>q., seconded by Mr. U. Hull, HeiulreU,—'nnl the Report just rea.l i'lid submitted to this Meeting be adoptwl, and the same be published. Moved by I>r. Hamilton, seconded by W. L. Dislin, F^q., «f»<./rerf,— That the thanks of the Shareholders nro especially due to the President, Robert V} . Harris, Ksq., for the time and atten- tion he has devoted to the iiffiiirsof the Company during the p:ist year, and that the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds be presented to him, not as an ade((uate r.inun. ration, but as an acknoHlidKniiut of the v.iluable services ho has rendered the Company at a period of m much imporlniice to their interest.i. (In acknowledging whiili, tho President respoell'ully ileelined iiecepling tho i350.) Moved by Mihs (I'lleilly, lOs.; , seconded by Kdward .laekson, Ksq., «e«o/rir, and nr<' hireby tendered, to Sir Allan N. MoNab, the representative o( this City, for the services which he has remlered to the Company in his place in Parliament. Moved by Sir Allan N. .McXab, secondid by tieo. S.Tilliiny, &((., iftsodf (i,— That Alex. Campbell, and W. J,. Distin, hjiqis., bo requested to act as scrutineers. The election of Directors was then proceeded with, and tho following gentlemen declared duly elected : — RonERT W. Hakris, Ksq., Hamilton ; Sm .\lla.n N. McXab, Ks(|.. Dundurn ; Hbsrv McKiNsrar, l'j>c|., Riciiako .Iijsom, Ksq., .Jno. YouNQ, Esq., Oeoroe S. TiKi'ANV,i;fq., Hamilton; W. H. Dukfo.n, K<(|., M. P. P., Niagara; Wm. P. McLaren, Ksq., Hamilton; Krabtib CoBNi.Mi, Ksq., Albany ; John M. Foriies, l'j>q., Boston ; ,1, W. Brooks, Esq., Detroit. On motion of Walter H. Dickson, Esq., the Sherill' left the Chair, and the same being taken by Sir Allan N. MacNab, the tbankj of the meeting wore tlion given to the Shcrilf for hia conduct in the Chair. (Sifencd,) J. T. GILKISON, Secretary. Court IToibr, ) Hamilton, dune It, I8.M. j -Vt a meeting of the Directors, subsequent to the above, liobert VV. Harris, unl \V. V, Mclairon, lisqrs., wi're respectively elected President and Cliuirmun of the Company, (Signed,) J. T. GlUvlSON, Secretary. 0»»'ic«ot'TnE (Irkat AVksteh.n Railroau Co., ) liionilU'U, June ii, lt>jl. )