Tue 7 Jun 1796
Meeting at Mr Sills House Upper Thames Street London
Tonnage on Fullers Earth reduced to one penny per ton per mile.
Trade along the canal must be extended and encouraged. Expenditure required. The interest to be paid on the mortgages would not allow the sums required to invest or to extend the coal and general trade to the River Severn. Mortgagees to be requested to forego for a limited time the receipt of their interest money. The cash thus raised and the money from the half shares to be applied to the purposes of trade.
Reminders to be sent to each proprietor to buy half shares. All proprietors that had not subscribed to the half shares be desired to attend the next meeting in person.
