CONTENTS TO SECTION I.

Among the New Lines or Extensions in this Section, opened 1879-80, are the following:-On the Metropolitan-West Hampstead to Willesden. Metropolitan District-West Brompton to Putney Bridge. London, Brighton, and South Coast-Hailsham to Heathfield. Jersey Rail; and Jersey Eastern. Liskeard to Looe.

SOUTHERN PORTS OF ENGLAND.

"The death rate in May, 1880, at Brighton, Dawlish,, Dover, Eastbourne, Ilfracombe, Littlehampton, Penzance, Ramsgate, Ryde, Teignmouth, Torquay, Weston-super-Mare, and Worthing did not exceed 16.5 per 1,000; affording conclusive evidence of the excellent sanitary condition of these holiday resorts," in the South of England.