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Summary statement of capital, mileage, debt, of opened railways
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| Mileage | Ordinary share capital paid up | Preference share captial paid up | Bonded debt paid up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| miles | $ | |||
| Albert | 51.00 | 642,000 | - | - |
| Brockville and Ottawa * | 86.50 | 495,600 | - | 848,000 |
| Brantford, Norfolk & Port Burwell | 34.00 | 30,000 | - | - |
| Canada Central | 105.00 | 40,000 | - | 1,330,000 |
| Canada Southern | 322.50 | 15,100,000 | - | 11,197,189 |
| Carillon & Grenville | 13.50 | 94,000 | - | - |
| Chatham Branch | 9.00 | 50,000 | - | - |
| Cobourg, Peterboro and Marmora | 47.00 | - | 600,000 | 400,000 |
| European and North American † | 91.50 | 550,000 | - | - |
| Fredericton | 23.00 | 321,160 | - | 100,000 |
| Grand Trunk | 1,388.50 | 53,403,668 | 61,829,438 | 20,476,379 |
| Atlantic and St. Lawrence | - | 5,000,000 | - | 3,484,000 |
| Buffalo and Lake Huron | - | - | 2,555,000 | 3,715,982 |
| Chicago, Detroit and Canada G. T. Junction | - | 1,074,736 | - | 1,095,000 |
| Great Western | 866.50 | 26,595,539 | 2,461,335 | 17,392,152 |
| London and Port Stanley | - | - | - | - |
| Wellington, Grey and Bruce | - | 221,200 | - | 2,589,066 |
| London, Huron and Bruce | - | 22,210 | - | - |
| Hamilton and North Western | 33.00 | 145,000 | - | - |
| Intercolonial | 744.00 | - | - | - |
| Kingston and Pembroke | 47.50 | 106,000 | - | - |
| Levis and Kennebec ** | 70.00 | 1,085,024 | - | 486,666 |
| Massawippi Valley | 34.50 | 400,000 | - | 400,000 |
| Midland | 129.00 | 834,114 | - | 2,237,172 |
| Montreal and Vermont Junction | 23.00 | - | - | - |
| Montreal, Portland and Boston | 32.00 | 974,800 | - | - |
| New Brunswick | 152.00 | 200,000 | - | 1,722,000 |
| New Brunswick and Canada | 120.00 | 1,178,000 | 610,000 | 170,000 |
| Northern | 167.50 | 425,000 | 21,184 | 4,192,633 |
| Petitcodiac and Elgin | 14.00 | 8,000 | - | - |
| Port Dover and Lake Huron ** | 63.00 | 80,000 | - | 167,900 |
| Prince Edward Island | 198.50 | - | - | - |
| Quebec and Lake St. John | 25.50 | 112,210 | 10,000 | 100,000 |
| Quebec Central | 61.00 | 295,985 | - | - |
| St. Lawrence end Industry | 12.00 | 42,100 | - | - |
| St Lawrence and Ottawa | 59.00 | - | 789,909 | 730,000 |
| South Eastern ** | 65.00 | 833,251 | - | 894,000 |
| Stanstead, Shefford and Chambly | 43.00 | - | - | - |
| Toronto and Nipissing | 105.50 | 193,350 | - | 769,000 |
| Toronto, Grey and Bruce | 191.00 | 773,085 | - | 1,999,726 |
| Wetland | 16.25 | 798,712 | - | 957,273 |
| Whitby and Port Perry | 46.00 | 110,080 | - | 689,611 |
| Windsor and Annapolis | 84.00 | 1,467,300 | - | 1,532,628 |
| Total | 5,574.25 | 113,702,126 | 68,876,866 | 79,674,382 |
| † From last year. | ||||
| * Not able to give information. | ||||
| ** Last year's return. | ||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1879. | ||||
