Wed 23 Apr 1851
Half Yearly General Meeting. Tonnage £3373 5s 5d. Balance after wages, etc, £2758 0s 10d. Dividend of £13 10s declared.
At a General Half Yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee Room at Wallbridge on Wednesday the 23rd day of April 1851
M^r T C Croome Chairman.
The Minutes of the last General Assembly were read and confirmed.
The several Books and Accounts were produced as directed by the Act of Parliament and were examined and passed.
It appears that the sum of £3373..5..5 has been received for Tonnage, etc, from the first day of October 1850 to the first day of April 1851 a part of which has been applied towards the payment of Wages Disbursements, etc, and that these remains in the Treasurers hands after paying the last Dividend the sum of £2758..-..10.
Ordered that a Dividend of £13..10 on each Share be declared payable on the 1st day of May next.
Ordered that the Committee for the ensuing year do consist of the following nine Gentlemen, viz:
M^r G H A Beard, J H Waeman, Fred^k Eycott, W Fryer, Rich^d Martin, C H Fisher, C Hooper, T C Croome, H^y Harris.
Ordered that the next monthly Meeting of the Committee be held on Monday the 7^th May.
