Is 198½ miles long The receipts during the year were $130,665, and the expenditure $228,595. The receipts from passenger traffic decreased from the preceding year, but those from freight considerably increased. The total increase on the year was $12,604. The cost of renewals and improvements will for some time be considerable. The cost of working, exclusive of rail renewals, was 85¾ cents per mile. The total expenditure on the Railways under the control of the Dominion Government for the year ending June 30th, 1877, was for—

Surveys, C. P. R	$754,624
Construction C. P. R	936,525
Construction Intercolonial	1,318,352
Staff and maintenance Intercolonial	1,661,673
Staff and maintenance P.E.I.R.	228,596
Construction P.E.I.R.	200,000
Total	$5,099,770