41 940
Brighton. 41 1,155
North British. 31 825

[Footnote 2: Not reckoning mileage west of Exeter.]

EXPRESS ROUTES ARRANGED IN ORDER OF DIFFICULTY OF GRADIENTS, ETC.

North British,
Caledonian,
Manch., Sheffield & Lincoln,
Midland,
Glasgow and South-Western,
Chatham and Dover,
South-Eastern,
Great Northern,
South-Western,
Great Eastern,
Brighton,
North-Western,
North-Eastern,
Great Western.

LONG RUNS IN ENGLAND.

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| Number of | Average | Running
| Trains. | Speed. | Averages.
------------------------------------+-----------+---------+------------
| | Miles. | Miles.
Midland. | 104 | 53 | 46 (5,512)
North-Western. | 98 | 60 | 45 (5,880)
Great Northern. | 49 | 73 | 50 (3,616)
Great Western. | 24 | 56 | 48 (1,344)
Great Eastern. | 24 | 56 | 42 (1,362)
Brighton. | 23 | 45 | 42 (1,047)
North-Eastern. | 20 | 56 | 44 (1,120)
South-Western. | 13 | 47 | 44 (615)
South-Eastern. | 12 | 66 | 42 (795)
Chatham and Dover. | 8 | 63 | 45 (504)
Caledonian. | 8 | 59 | 45 (476)
Glasgow and South-Western | 8 | 58 | 44 (468)
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln. | 8 | 48 | 43 (390)
North British. | 7 | 60 | 40 (423)
------------------------------------+-----------+---------+------------
Total. | 406 | 58 | 45 (23,550)
=======================================================================

From this it will be seen that the three great companies run 61 per
cent. of the whole express mileage, and 62 per cent. of the whole
number of long runs.

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IMPROVED OIL MILL.

The old and cumbersome methods of crushing oil seeds by mechanical
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