 Now that the line was open, £37,000 had been subscribed and £28,000 borrowed from the Exchequer; the Johnson Brothers had negotiated an advantageous rate for their traffic, and any receipts from it would return to them for moneys owing to them; and there seemed to be little general traffic.The dominance of Johnson Brothers traffic is shown by the return of receipts from 26 September 1823 to 5 July 1825